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I added my 3rd inverterate - a Sabae Anemone - less than 10 days back (see post : https://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/saltwater-beginners/135435-new-addition-sebae-anemone-already-hosting.html).
it seemed to be doing fine.. however for the last 4~5days it would close up /open up/ and detach itself from any substrate and float around with the water flow.
I guess it was trying to adapt. I checked Nirate levels just before putting it in it was ~ 10 ppm (always around that - cannot get it better).
Today around 6~7 hrs back it found a spot and opened up and the clowns were back up nuddging it etc.
However, later in the evening it is now all shrived up and now has some green stuff near it foot. I checked water paramters and it had nirtates as 80 ppm( not sure how it happened).see
I immediately did a 25% water change - and added 1 ml of Seachem prime .. (I use prime on every 2nd water change - only for amount of water I change)
Readings are now:
Ammona: : 0ppm
No3: 0ppm
No3: 40 ppm.
PH : 8.4
Alkalinity: 180
I will do another water change - get it down to 10 ...
Others: Tank: 20 Gal Long, 40 LBS live rock, Aquafuge Hangon back Refigum (has sand and nothing else), Runing - Aquarclear 30 filter (activated cardbon, sponge, bio-modules), Hydor Nano Slim skimmer, 2 powerheads (600 Gph & 1200 Gph)on a Hydor smart wave controller, Ocean sun (Zoo Med Ocean Sun T5HO 100000K) light on a Aqueon Fluorescent Strip.
Water use for Change is ot RO/RI but from tap after filtered through a PUR tap filter..
Please advice.. I am not sure it it is dead or if it can recover.
The other 2 atlantic condylitic Anemones are doing fine... (see picture)- other stock is are fine. (wrasse is hiding under the sand somehwere- it does every evening)
Stock: 2 clarki clowns, 1 Yellow tail Damsel, 1 royal Gamma, I Yellow Wrasse, 2 trubo snails, 1 emerald crab.
it seemed to be doing fine.. however for the last 4~5days it would close up /open up/ and detach itself from any substrate and float around with the water flow.
I guess it was trying to adapt. I checked Nirate levels just before putting it in it was ~ 10 ppm (always around that - cannot get it better).
Today around 6~7 hrs back it found a spot and opened up and the clowns were back up nuddging it etc.
However, later in the evening it is now all shrived up and now has some green stuff near it foot. I checked water paramters and it had nirtates as 80 ppm( not sure how it happened).see
I immediately did a 25% water change - and added 1 ml of Seachem prime .. (I use prime on every 2nd water change - only for amount of water I change)
Readings are now:
Ammona: : 0ppm
No3: 0ppm
No3: 40 ppm.
PH : 8.4
Alkalinity: 180
I will do another water change - get it down to 10 ...
Others: Tank: 20 Gal Long, 40 LBS live rock, Aquafuge Hangon back Refigum (has sand and nothing else), Runing - Aquarclear 30 filter (activated cardbon, sponge, bio-modules), Hydor Nano Slim skimmer, 2 powerheads (600 Gph & 1200 Gph)on a Hydor smart wave controller, Ocean sun (Zoo Med Ocean Sun T5HO 100000K) light on a Aqueon Fluorescent Strip.
Water use for Change is ot RO/RI but from tap after filtered through a PUR tap filter..
Please advice.. I am not sure it it is dead or if it can recover.
The other 2 atlantic condylitic Anemones are doing fine... (see picture)- other stock is are fine. (wrasse is hiding under the sand somehwere- it does every evening)
Stock: 2 clarki clowns, 1 Yellow tail Damsel, 1 royal Gamma, I Yellow Wrasse, 2 trubo snails, 1 emerald crab.
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