Help Rose Bubble Tip Dying I think

[psychob82]

Can some one help me with my Rose Bubble tip. I think it is dying. Here are some pics some before and after pics. I will get the levels of my tank up here soon. Some one please help i dont want to loose it.

Before;



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NOW:



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His mouth is all swollen.

[Reptoreef]

get those levels in check asap and then monitor the progress from there... consistancy is key.

[lReef lKeeper]

i agree with repto, its hard for us to help if we dont know the water parameters and all the key "ingredients" you are using.

[Whoyah]

Please detail what type of lighting you have and feeding schedule fo the anemone.

[psychob82]

I have 4 T5 lights:
54W 6500K Daylight T5 HO Fluorescent
54W 11000K Aquablue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent
2-54W Actinic/Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent

I feed it about every 3 days. I feed him a small piece of shrimp or MYSIS shrimp. Sometimes i soak the mysis shrimp with Kent Garlic.

I think it is my water. i just did a 10% water change. I usually check it once a week, and my numbers have changed alot since last week.

PH is 8.1
temp 80
Ammonia .0125
Nitrate 10
Nitrite .075
Alkalinity 1.6
Calcium 320

I hope i can get my levels back to normal before she dies. Any ideas on how to save her or get my levels back to normal??????

[unleashed]

I have 4 T5 lights:
54W 6500K Daylight T5 HO Fluorescent
54W 11000K Aquablue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent
2-54W Actinic/Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent

I feed it about every 3 days. I feed him a small piece of shrimp or MYSIS shrimp. Sometimes i soak the mysis shrimp with Kent Garlic.

I think it is my water. i just did a 10% water change. I usually check it once a week, and my numbers have changed alot since last week.

PH is 8.1
temp 80
Ammonia .0125
Nitrate 10
Nitrite .075
Alkalinity 1.6
Calcium 320

I hope i can get my levels back to normal before she dies. Any ideas on how to save her or get my levels back to normal??????

i would def dare to say it a few water quality issues.
PH is 8.1- bring that up to 8.3
temp 80
Ammonia .0125- down to 0 or as close as possible
Nitrate 10- nitrated down (those arent lethal yet but will be soon
Nitrite .075.get this one down -0
Alkalinity 1.6 needs to be in the ranges of 2.51-4.34 bring those levels up
Calcium 320. cal needs to be up between 350-450

as an addeditve for your enenome food in place of garlic(it doesnt do anything for inverts) i reccomend selcon which is good for all marine life fish and inverts small peices of boneless fish(marine species) will also do your anenome well.I hope this helps good luck. water changes and buffers after water changes test all levels .I would go as much as 50% but no more in a day time

[Whoyah]

I agree with Unleashed. You need to get your water parameters back in line. I would do a water change daily until you get them under control. How old is the tank? It seems like you maybe going through a cycle. Did you recently increase the bio load on the tank?

[psychob82]

Yes i add some plants in my refug that was mailed to me, more snails, and hermits and 2 fish.. tank has been up and running for about 2 months with animals in it and about 1 and half before that. No that i think about it i probably getting some die off from those plants.

[Whoyah]

Do the plants look pretty health? I would leave them in if they seems healthy. Remove any that are clearly dying. The health plants will help with the nitrates at least. I am guessing you are experiencing a mini cycle due to increase in bio-load. I would due a water change daily, turn up your skimmer and back off on the feedings. Getting the ammonia and nitraites down to zero is very important. This will happen as the cycle completes and will be helped along by the water changes. I would also raise the alkalinity to stabilize the pH swings. Baking Soda will work. Here is a good calculator.

http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chem_calc3.html

[Fatman]

Mine does that sometimes, I think it has to do with releasing waste or something. It happens for like 30 mins, then stops. Hopefully everything gets better soon good luck.