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Jaydog · 04-26-2008, 06:06 PM

I know you probably hear this all the time. I use to be a freshwater guy. Did it for years. I recently (about a year and a half ago) went to saltwater. I have not had any real problems where fish are concerned, but I can't keep an invert alive to save my hide. After I saw that my tank was in good standing, around 8 months into it, I decided to get a tomato bubble tip anemone for my Clowns. It would not stay high in the tank at all. Everytime I would stick it on the rocks, about an hour later I would find it under them. I didn't think this was a real problem, just anoying. I then purchased a Pink Condy, and it never did stick to anything. It just floated around the tank for a day or so, then it died. Meanwhile, my Bubble tip lived for about 3 weeks, then he went too. My PH was okay, 8.2; Nitrite was good at 0.0 ppm; Amonia was 0.0; but my Nitrate was extremely high at 80 ppm. I quickly got it under control though. Like a fool, I wiped out my biological filtration by cleaning my canister too well, and I think it spiked up so highly for this reason. Now, about 2 months later everything is back to normal. I still can't seem to get the Nitrate below 15 ppm though. My tap water comes out at over 20 ppm, so I can't really do a whole lot about that. I am using Fluval Clearmax in my canister. The other day I purchased a Chocolate chip Star. He did well for two or three days. He crawled under my rocks and melted into a pile of sticky, very nasty slime crap. Anyway, Thursday I decided to try another anemone again. I got a Pink Hatian Condy and I'm getting concerned. He was completly inflated, and very active. Now, Saturday afternoon he's very deflated, and not active at all. Is he dying? If so, is there anything I can do to help him, and also make it safe for more. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

04-26-2008, 06:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jaydog Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 25 View Gallery Karma Komment	Is my anemone dying? I know you probably hear this all the time. I use to be a freshwater guy. Did it for years. I recently (about a year and a half ago) went to saltwater. I have not had any real problems where fish are concerned, but I can't keep an invert alive to save my hide. After I saw that my tank was in good standing, around 8 months into it, I decided to get a tomato bubble tip anemone for my Clowns. It would not stay high in the tank at all. Everytime I would stick it on the rocks, about an hour later I would find it under them. I didn't think this was a real problem, just anoying. I then purchased a Pink Condy, and it never did stick to anything. It just floated around the tank for a day or so, then it died. Meanwhile, my Bubble tip lived for about 3 weeks, then he went too. My PH was okay, 8.2; Nitrite was good at 0.0 ppm; Amonia was 0.0; but my Nitrate was extremely high at 80 ppm. I quickly got it under control though. Like a fool, I wiped out my biological filtration by cleaning my canister too well, and I think it spiked up so highly for this reason. Now, about 2 months later everything is back to normal. I still can't seem to get the Nitrate below 15 ppm though. My tap water comes out at over 20 ppm, so I can't really do a whole lot about that. I am using Fluval Clearmax in my canister. The other day I purchased a Chocolate chip Star. He did well for two or three days. He crawled under my rocks and melted into a pile of sticky, very nasty slime crap. Anyway, Thursday I decided to try another anemone again. I got a Pink Hatian Condy and I'm getting concerned. He was completly inflated, and very active. Now, Saturday afternoon he's very deflated, and not active at all. Is he dying? If so, is there anything I can do to help him, and also make it safe for more. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.