Sick Anemone Help
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ccCapt
SW 20 & Over Club
Hard to tell with it being inside a Mason jar. Calcium has absolutely no affect on an anemone.
pat8you
Aquarium Advice Addict
Best place to start is to provide us with as much information as you can.
water parameters
Light info
type of anemone
when you got it
Anything else that you have noticed that you think might be relavent. As cccapt said it is difficult to see in the jar. Best thing for it right now is to put it back in the display and don't mess with it. See if you can get some pictures once it is back in the display.
water parameters
Light info
type of anemone
when you got it
Anything else that you have noticed that you think might be relavent. As cccapt said it is difficult to see in the jar. Best thing for it right now is to put it back in the display and don't mess with it. See if you can get some pictures once it is back in the display.
ok, here goes, and thank you so much!!
125 gallon
45 gallon sump
Cal=350
KH=125.3
Phoso=0.0
Nitrate=7.5
Lights=MH 150w specific for aquariums
Water temp 80
Salinity 26
1 Purple Tipped Sebae Anemone (1 month ago I got it)
3 feather dusters
2 O'Cellaris Black clown fish
2 soft corals
2 emerald crabs
1 yellow-tail Damsel
3 Blue Green Chromis
1 Diadema Pseudochromis
1 Magenta Pseudochromis
1 Turbo Snail
1 Varia Stomatella Snail
1 Horsehoe Crab
3 Hermit Crabs
1 Sand Sifting Star
sandbed and about 20 lb cured live rock
I hope this helps oh and 10 hrs lighting a day
125 gallon
45 gallon sump
Cal=350
KH=125.3
Phoso=0.0
Nitrate=7.5
Lights=MH 150w specific for aquariums
Water temp 80
Salinity 26
1 Purple Tipped Sebae Anemone (1 month ago I got it)
3 feather dusters
2 O'Cellaris Black clown fish
2 soft corals
2 emerald crabs
1 yellow-tail Damsel
3 Blue Green Chromis
1 Diadema Pseudochromis
1 Magenta Pseudochromis
1 Turbo Snail
1 Varia Stomatella Snail
1 Horsehoe Crab
3 Hermit Crabs
1 Sand Sifting Star
sandbed and about 20 lb cured live rock
I hope this helps oh and 10 hrs lighting a day
cmor1701d
Aquarium Advice Addict
Water parameters are ok, even the Calc at 350 is fine (on the low end).
Not much LR in the tank, but nitrates are acceptable too.
Are you feeding it?
Has it moved around the tank?
Acclimation to aquarium life can be very difficult for the sebae anemone, They also tend to be Difficult to keep in captivity.
IMO we should not try to keep anemones in our tanks. They are much better off left in the ocean where their lifespan is indeterminiate (30+ year - infinite - nobody knows).
Not much LR in the tank, but nitrates are acceptable too.
Are you feeding it?
Has it moved around the tank?
Acclimation to aquarium life can be very difficult for the sebae anemone, They also tend to be Difficult to keep in captivity.
IMO we should not try to keep anemones in our tanks. They are much better off left in the ocean where their lifespan is indeterminiate (30+ year - infinite - nobody knows).
mrg02d
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Salinity seems low to me. I was under the impression that inverts liked salinity more near 35, no?
26 seems okay for fish only, but Id imagine inverts being happier with a salinity closer to that of natural seawater.
Another idea is that the salinity of 26 was not intended and some mixup may have QUICKLY brought it that low. This possible swing would likely stress the nem out.
No?
Matt
26 seems okay for fish only, but Id imagine inverts being happier with a salinity closer to that of natural seawater.
Another idea is that the salinity of 26 was not intended and some mixup may have QUICKLY brought it that low. This possible swing would likely stress the nem out.
No?
Matt
Kurt_Nelson
Aquarium Advice Addict
I assumed they meant 1.026, but you might be right - if it's 26 ppt, that's really low.
cmor1701d
Aquarium Advice Addict
I also assume he meant 1.026 and not 26 ppm. That would be low. Good catch Matt!
Jimbo7
Aquarium Advice Addict
Agreed with the above posts. Also, I'm a bit of a lighting freak so it might just be me, but one MH for a 125 seems like not even close to enough. How high off the water is the light?
StripesTheEel
Aquarium Advice Addict
It is abit hard to say when you have it inside a jar. Did it look like this in the tank also?
