vlondi
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Ok, I know that I should not have an anenome in my tank right now because it is under 2 months old. My friend decided that he did not want his green bubble tip any more and was just going to flush it (ugh) so I told him that I would take it. All of my water parameters have stayed very stable since my cycle completed and I have 220 watts of PC on my 55 so I reasoned it was worth a shot; it had a better chance in my tank than in the toilet, no?
Anyhow, the anenome had been fine for me the entire 2 weeks I've had it. It moved between two rocks the first night I had it but was still open to full light. It opened up fully the 2nd night and hosted my tomato then. Just yesterday it started moving from between the rocks onto the side of one.
All day today it had been full and looked healthy. Just a few minutes ago I noticed that it was almost completely wilted. In a matter of 1-2 hours it wilted like this. It now droops on the rock (still attatched) and looks really pitiful. It still has full color, a nice vibrant lime green, but looks unhealthy.
I just now tested water and it looks like this:
no2 0
no3 15-20
nh3 0
salinity 1.025
temp 81-82 (hard to read exactly)
The nitrate is a little higher than normal, I have a 15% water change scheduled for tomorrow (I do regular weekly changes) so that should lower it a bit. I had two mexican turbos die recently from being sucked into a filter, that may be what gave the increase although I thought I got them in time. Other than that everything stays at these readings. Salinity sometimes goes up to 1.026 if I'm gone all day and can't top off but this happens like once every 3 weeks (not recently).
Should I give up on him? I thought it might be normal seeing how he is fairly new to the tank; other threads said this "may" be slightly normal as they are acclimating themselves to a tank. No excretions, good color, still attatching.
Any suggestions?
Anyhow, the anenome had been fine for me the entire 2 weeks I've had it. It moved between two rocks the first night I had it but was still open to full light. It opened up fully the 2nd night and hosted my tomato then. Just yesterday it started moving from between the rocks onto the side of one.
All day today it had been full and looked healthy. Just a few minutes ago I noticed that it was almost completely wilted. In a matter of 1-2 hours it wilted like this. It now droops on the rock (still attatched) and looks really pitiful. It still has full color, a nice vibrant lime green, but looks unhealthy.
I just now tested water and it looks like this:
no2 0
no3 15-20
nh3 0
salinity 1.025
temp 81-82 (hard to read exactly)
The nitrate is a little higher than normal, I have a 15% water change scheduled for tomorrow (I do regular weekly changes) so that should lower it a bit. I had two mexican turbos die recently from being sucked into a filter, that may be what gave the increase although I thought I got them in time. Other than that everything stays at these readings. Salinity sometimes goes up to 1.026 if I'm gone all day and can't top off but this happens like once every 3 weeks (not recently).
Should I give up on him? I thought it might be normal seeing how he is fairly new to the tank; other threads said this "may" be slightly normal as they are acclimating themselves to a tank. No excretions, good color, still attatching.
Any suggestions?
