My rbta

[Mashpotatoes74402]

Half to 3/4 of it has shrunk in the last hour. And the bottom on each tentacle has turned greenish brown. Instead of the normal Please help. Don't want it to die. Clown is still tryin to host.
Nitrates at ~6ppm

 

[Bectan01]

We need a bit more info. How long have you had it? What kind of lighting do you have?


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[Mashpotatoes74402]

For 2 months now. It's in a REDSEA max 130 about 3/4 of the way up

I hve two 55 watt. 50/50 power compact bulbs

 

[Bectan01]

My guess is that's not enough lighting to keep an anemone. I tried under 4x 54w t5 and it wasn't enough. If you can't upgrade your lighting I would say it's destined to fade away. Can you re-home it?


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[Mashpotatoes74402]

No. I'd rather skip a car payment and upgrade my lights #priorities lol

 

[mwilliams]

Tao tronics led lighting great prices too. Got mine on Amazon don't buy them from Ebay.

 

[Dav3]

Nothing wrong with buying on eBay.

 

[mwilliams]

Nothing wrong with buying on eBay.

From what I have seen from others that have bought from eBay the sellers do not guarantee the product that they are selling...

 

[Dav3]

Depends on the seller.

 

[Mashpotatoes74402]

Slightly off topic but it may be something affecting te rbta. ( which was back to normal the next day)
I have some brown ....algea? Growing on my sand bed. Only on the sand bed. It's been there for weeks. In small amount. Never developed into red slime. Just gets dark brown throughout the day Ten later in the day/ evening it kinda fades slightly whether this is due to snail and crab traffic or not. I don't know. Also everytime I try to upload a pc it says I've exceeded my quota.

 

[Ingy]

if its a light brown colouring on the sand, check diatom pics out. If it is diatoms, simply wait it out. Diatoms eat silica (or rather use it) and crabs/snails eat diatoms. eventually it will go away