bubble tip anemone

obybobie · 01/16/2006, 09:23 PM

well ive had my bubble tip anemone for about 2 months, for about the first month it was healthy amd very plump and bubble tip teniacals, now my water quality at the time wasnt probably the best when i put him in and kinda got worse there after, for about 2 weeks now ive been trying to get my water quality perfect cause all my corals were looking real bad and also last week i bought two 250 watt hqi 15k,AND IN COMBINATION WITH THE 2 96 WATT PC10K AND ANTIC I HAD and my leather coral is doing much better opened all up and my flower pot has open up as well,but still , my anemone is doing a little better, but still has long tenicals, not bubble, still does not look like when i first bought him WHAT DO I DO? PLEASE HELP! PH 8.3, DKH 9.3PPM, CA 430PPM ,N03 50PPM HIGH YES I KNOW TRYING TO GET DOWN,NO2 .O1 , PO4 .O1 AND I JUST BOUGHT THE PO4 TEST AND FOUND THAT I HAD PO4 SO I BOUGHT PO4 REMOVER AND NOW ITS DOWN TOO .O1PPM WATER TEMP 79, SALINITY 1.028 -1.030 HIGH YES I KNOW TRYING TO GET DOWN AS WELL. I HAVE HIGH FLOW 125GTANK DOLPIN2700 IN MY TANK I HAVE ABOUT 60 GALLONS OF SUMP,SOON REFUGIUM, I HAVE A CRAPPY Aqua Medic Turboflotor 1000 LOL. THANKYOU

BeanAnimal · 01/16/2006, 09:41 PM

Well first of all, your post is kind of hard to read due to the lack of punctuation. From what I gather you have made several big changes to the system in a short period of time.

The extra light may be to much to quick for some of the corals. You may want to cut back the photo period with the new lights and ramp them up to full time over a few weeks.

Secondly, you need to do a few water changes to get the P and N down. This may be a lot of the problem.

Thirdly, do you water changes with the correct SG water. DO not drop the SG by more then .001 or so a week. This will help reduce the stress to the corals also.

You can also turn the skimmer up and produce a lot of wet skimmate, this should remove a lot of stuff faster than trying to run it dry.

The CA and DKH seem OK and you should ensure that no matter where you keep them, you try to maintain them as stable as possible. This means testing and adjusting the parameters of your water change water to match that of the tank (or close).

I am sure others here will have more ideas and maybe a better prognosis and treatment plan. What I have told you are just the basics of a good stable system to reduce the stress on the corals. Make changes slowely and let the corals adapt.

Bean

obybobie · 01/18/2006, 07:56 PM

allrighty salinity is going down adding ro/di water with buffer and calcium, came down today look at my tank, lights off, anenome looked good, put on power compacts to to simulate sunrise then matal halide one at a time and then mr bubble anenome started to shirvle up,WHAT THE HELL? YESTERDAY TRIED TO FEED WAS VERY HARD TO FEED WAS NOT GRABING THE FOOD LIKE NORMAL. THE ANENOME PAIN IN THE BUTT.

obybobie · 01/18/2006, 08:20 PM

.001 IN A WEEK DAMN DUDE THAT WOULD TAKE FOREVER ALLREADY TOO LATE FOR THAT ALLREADY BELOW .028

01/16/2006, 09:23 PM	#1
obybobie Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: corona ca Posts: 205	bubble tip anemone well ive had my bubble tip anemone for about 2 months, for about the first month it was healthy amd very plump and bubble tip teniacals, now my water quality at the time wasnt probably the best when i put him in and kinda got worse there after, for about 2 weeks now ive been trying to get my water quality perfect cause all my corals were looking real bad and also last week i bought two 250 watt hqi 15k,AND IN COMBINATION WITH THE 2 96 WATT PC10K AND ANTIC I HAD and my leather coral is doing much better opened all up and my flower pot has open up as well,but still , my anemone is doing a little better, but still has long tenicals, not bubble, still does not look like when i first bought him WHAT DO I DO? PLEASE HELP! PH 8.3, DKH 9.3PPM, CA 430PPM ,N03 50PPM HIGH YES I KNOW TRYING TO GET DOWN,NO2 .O1 , PO4 .O1 AND I JUST BOUGHT THE PO4 TEST AND FOUND THAT I HAD PO4 SO I BOUGHT PO4 REMOVER AND NOW ITS DOWN TOO .O1PPM WATER TEMP 79, SALINITY 1.028 -1.030 HIGH YES I KNOW TRYING TO GET DOWN AS WELL. I HAVE HIGH FLOW 125GTANK DOLPIN2700 IN MY TANK I HAVE ABOUT 60 GALLONS OF SUMP,SOON REFUGIUM, I HAVE A CRAPPY Aqua Medic Turboflotor 1000 LOL. THANKYOU

01/16/2006, 09:41 PM	#2
BeanAnimal Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 20,772	Well first of all, your post is kind of hard to read due to the lack of punctuation. From what I gather you have made several big changes to the system in a short period of time. The extra light may be to much to quick for some of the corals. You may want to cut back the photo period with the new lights and ramp them up to full time over a few weeks. Secondly, you need to do a few water changes to get the P and N down. This may be a lot of the problem. Thirdly, do you water changes with the correct SG water. DO not drop the SG by more then .001 or so a week. This will help reduce the stress to the corals also. You can also turn the skimmer up and produce a lot of wet skimmate, this should remove a lot of stuff faster than trying to run it dry. The CA and DKH seem OK and you should ensure that no matter where you keep them, you try to maintain them as stable as possible. This means testing and adjusting the parameters of your water change water to match that of the tank (or close). I am sure others here will have more ideas and maybe a better prognosis and treatment plan. What I have told you are just the basics of a good stable system to reduce the stress on the corals. Make changes slowely and let the corals adapt. Bean

01/18/2006, 07:56 PM	#3
obybobie Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: corona ca Posts: 205	allrighty salinity is going down adding ro/di water with buffer and calcium, came down today look at my tank, lights off, anenome looked good, put on power compacts to to simulate sunrise then matal halide one at a time and then mr bubble anenome started to shirvle up,WHAT THE HELL? YESTERDAY TRIED TO FEED WAS VERY HARD TO FEED WAS NOT GRABING THE FOOD LIKE NORMAL. THE ANENOME PAIN IN THE BUTT.

01/18/2006, 08:20 PM	#4
obybobie Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: corona ca Posts: 205	.001 IN A WEEK DAMN DUDE THAT WOULD TAKE FOREVER ALLREADY TOO LATE FOR THAT ALLREADY BELOW .028