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Does anybody have any advice for me?

I have a Bubble Tip Anemone for 3 days and it's not open... Is it dying? I've attached a photo of it yesterday and what it currently looks like. I have a 45 gallon tank with 2 clownfish, 1 Angelfish and 1 Goby.

I've never added any chemicals to it to date and don't intend to. I'm going to try PWC every week and turn the lights out to see if that works. I'll look into these pad thingys if things don't improve. Has anybody else used these? Will they help with the algae? What was your intended purpose for...

It comes off real easy!

I increased the flow on my powerheads. And when I go to the LFS early this week I'll get the water chemicals checked and I'm going to get more Emerald Crabs to eat my hairy algae.

What's poly pads? I haven't heard of these...

And I really don't want to add any chemicals to the tank. I don't want to harm any of the fish I already have in it.

I have 2 VorTech power heads at either end of my tank. I'll increase the water flow and see if that helps. Is there anything that will eat it? None of the crabs or snails will get anywhere near it. And my Phosphate level is 0 so I can't do anything about that. I have perfect water so there...

45 gallon tank and lights are 5 months old.

I have a reef octopus BH1000 protein skimmer. And I have an aquaclear biological filter

You betcha it is. And water temperature is 79... The heater doesn't run much at all anymore. Every 2 weeks the water gets a 15-20% change. The RO can't do anymore than that at a time. I am looking to get a bigger RO around Christmas time to do more of a water change. And the tank is about 6...

So I have a 45 gallon tank with 2 powerheads that are sync'd at a moderate speed, and 2 T5 lights (on for 8 hours). I have 2 clownfish, 1 coral beauty angelfish, 1 clown goby, 15 red legged hermit crabs, 2 emerald hermit crabs and 3 large snails. I do not have any coral but want to get some in...

When I tried coral and it died my LFS told me to remove it as it would hurt my tank.

Can anyone tell me if this is good or bad algae? And if It's bad, what I can do to get rid of it. All help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you for suggesting a refractometer. And I do have an RO... All is well now.