junkyard please

[Ichthy]

I had 2 anemones for my 2 clownfish.

[Pennies2Cents]

Want to give us a little info about your tank..

How old, lights, salinity, cal, etc...

[Double-O-Zilch]

Pretty new tank, should wait a few months before getting one.

[kkiel02]

Here is a list to go down for the possible suspects-
Lights- Need t5 or halides
Flow- They will usually move to where there is sufficient flow for themselves.
Food- Make sure you arent feeding food bigger than their mouth as they will spit it out later and get stressed out from that(also Ive read about silversides bones killing them although I feed them every so often and havent had it happen)
Levels- Nitrates should be lower than 5ppm without any ammmonia or nitrite. Ph should also be monitored here as large swings can stress them out.

It is usually recommended to wait 6 months before an anemone is placed in the tank as they need a very stable enviroment to live in. If this is your first shot at anemones I would recommend Bubble tips as the other species are/can be alot harder to tend to. Just be aware the first couple days they might roam around so make sure powerheads are anemone proofed.

Hope that helps some.

[Big_Pun]

you really dont need to feed them, lighting is very important, i broadcast feed every other day my fish by shutting off the return pump and only leaving one koralia on and my anemones pick up what ever flows to them, and about once a month ill feed a small defrosted chunk of krill.

[Ichthy]

Lights are T5, i believe the white bulb is 10,000 and the blue is 8,000. I dont have the box infront of me so i'm guessing on the blue bulb.
Salinity is 1.021
Tank has been up for almost 2 weeks.
Calcium is 400
Nitrate- 0ppm
Nitrite- 0ppm
Ammonia-0ppm
pH- 8.4 i believe.
Flow- 2 canister filter size 6 of the XP3 or something [box isn't in front of me] and 2 fans

-kkiel02; i had 1 before in my 20gal tank but the store i bought it from said i only needed to feed it microvert, once a week, which it didn't last very long. Right now, my bubble tip seems to be dying, the arms have shrunk alot but it doesnt smell yet...


I dont want it to die so what can i do to save it?

[Third Coast Tropical]

Tank has been up for almost 2 weeks.


That's not a very long time. As previously mentioned. they do best in stable, established tanks....minimum of 6 months.
Is everything (sand, live rock) in the tank new?...IF so. your tank needs to cycle.
Do you have another tank that has been set-up you can place it in?...

[Ichthy]

Some live rock is and some isn't.

My other tank, i am selling and has been w/o water for almost 2 weeks.

[jrsatx20]

What test kits are u using to test ur water. With having the dead rock in there u tank will go through a cycle which is not good for the anemone. Really need to wait on anemones.

[StevenSeas]

Ya as i had told you before patience is key in this hobby, for anemones I consider any tank under 1 yr old with a new aquarist usually a death trap unfortunately as conditions are usually not nearly stable enough and the tank isnt established enough. Also feeding microvert wast really feeding anything as it is too small for the anemone to really care about. It should be brine shrimp size up to the size of the mouth of the anem, and only 1 time every 3 days at most if not just 1 time a week of small peices. Another thing not mentioned yet is anems release chemicals to basically have chem warefare w/ eachother, so aggressive skimming and carbon usage is usually needed to remove these. If it is just severly shrunken in finding an aquarist with an established tank that is willing to take it off your hands and try to save it. And dont worry in an aquarium clowns dont need an anem as they shouldnt have any predators in your tank so dont worry bout that and just take everything slow and easy. If you must keep the anem then do this:

Get your HOB fuge/sump up and running on a reverse cycle (to help stabilize the pH swings and other swings)
keep your renas running for the time being
clean out your sponges atleast every 3 days preferably w/ RO or saltwater from the tank.
replace your carbon
dont touch or move the anem as this will just further stress it
put a box such as that which strawberries come in around the anem to prevent anything like clowns from messing w/ it and stressing it
dont feed it for atleast a week

just my opinion, dont mean to sound harsh just some things that need to be done, and remeber patience and maintence are the keys to success in this hobby

[Ichthy]

I know you told that patience is key, it's just it's really pretty and i wanted my clowns to have one but something told me i should wait and i have a habit of telling that something to shut up, which i should listen to it.
I know anemones release a toxic when they die so i've been watching the bubble tip very closely.
Yeah i know Clowns dont need one cause my pair was fine w/o one for a year in my 55gal.

Nah, you dont sound harsh, i know you're trying to help as does Randy & Adriene :)
If anybody is willing to buy it & try to save it, PM me. I paid about 40 bucks for it so i'll let it go for 20.

[txg8gxp]

Not to steal your thread, but what does everyone thing about pc's. I just set up a bc29 for a GSM pair and would like to add a BTA. Is the pc's a bad idea, if so no big deal it gives me a reason to add some led's:)

[Mike]

My understanding is PCs are not very effective with anemones.

If you want to try to find a new home to save your bubble tip, you should probably post in the for sale or trade section. You might get more traffic in those areas. We have 4 already, so there is no room at this inn.

Clowns will often host in other things, easier to keep that anemones. We have seen them host in things like torch corals, frogspawn, and even star polyps. Just make sure the coral is big enough to not be killed by all the clown lovin..
You might even be able to make a trade for something in exchange for the struggling anemone.

[Bill S]

You need to find that anemone another home right away.

As most folks know, I've had over 20 anemones reproduced in my tanks. Mine are almost never fed. I have a Rose BTA that's about 14" wide. Eats only what the fish don't.

2 weeks? When I set up my 215 it went 2 months without a fish. Even when I reset my 215 up for freshwater, it went 6 weeks before a fish went in it. Bad, bad things happen in this hobby to those that rush.

[allan]

Oh wow dude, two weeks? I'd remove you're anenome and fish. I've got a 75 if you want me to house the anenome until your tank gets stablished.

X2 for chris and bill, best advice I ever got was to stop feeding my BTAs.

Additionally, and especially with a new tank, don't add too much at one time. Add a fish. Wait a week or two. Add another fish and wait a week or two. Looks like you added two bta at once in a new tank. Add something that poops you got to give your filtration ample time to atke the added bio load

Jmho, take it for what it's worth.