Rock anemone healthy?

ashleyb · 02/02/2015, 02:21 PM

So someone told me they though my rock anemone didn't look very healthy BC its color was off can anyone tell me if its color is wrong it eats well and has found a spot it likes please advise

joshky · 02/02/2015, 02:28 PM

It looks like it's stretching for light and bleached. I would say your lighting is insufficient to keep corals/photosynthetic invertebrates.

Please give us a detailed list of your equipment and we can go from there.

syrinx · 02/02/2015, 02:35 PM

Looks like a new tank as well from the rock and diatoms.

ashleyb · 02/02/2015, 02:36 PM

I have t5 ho super daylight and actinic 420 coral sun on for 13-14 hrs

ashleyb · 02/02/2015, 02:37 PM

55 gal tank

joshky · 02/02/2015, 03:28 PM

What type of fixture?

IMO you need a minimum of 4 bulbs over a 55g, with decent ballasts/reflectors and good bulbs. Rock flower anemones don't need really high par levels but the light fixture you're currently using is not good enough.

edit:

be sure to read this thoroughly, you can also post in the new to the hobby section for all the help you would ever need setting up your tank correctly for ALL animals you intend to keep in your aquarium.

ashleyb · 02/02/2015, 04:03 PM

Thanks got to invest in more lights

taylor t · 02/02/2015, 04:38 PM

What's to the left of your rock anemone in the picture?

ashleyb · 02/02/2015, 09:42 PM

A bubble tip anemone it just moved there the other day

ashleyb · 02/02/2015, 09:43 PM

Tzwizzle · 02/03/2015, 09:16 PM

My rock flowers moved to the top of the tank when my lights were too low. I would give it some time and see what it does. It'll move if it's unhappy and hopefully the colors will come back. I feed mine krill and Mysis and they have grown quickly.

ashleyb · 02/04/2015, 06:54 AM

Well it seem happy where it is it has not moved in a week and eats and catches frozen food also

ashleyb · 02/04/2015, 06:56 AM

Not to mention that it was given to me that color I did not buy it it was attached to a very small rock along with a smaller rock nem and once it got put in tank it decided to get off of the little rock

garygb · 02/04/2015, 10:49 AM

Your BTA is probably going to move. That attachment spot is not the kind of place they like for any length of time. They like to have their foot attached in a cave or hole in the live rock. What are your water parameters including temp, nitrates, specific gravity, etc.? Make sure the powerheads are covered to prevent the BTA from getting sucked in.

ashleyb · 02/04/2015, 12:12 PM

I believe he has found his hole and is looking relatively happy

ashleyb · 02/04/2015, 12:13 PM

Temp 79 nitrates 0 nitrites 0 ammonia 0 specific gravity 1.022

addictedreefer · 02/04/2015, 12:32 PM

Salinity is very low. Slowly raise to around 1.025 sg. More importantly, you need more lighting ASAP.

ashleyb · 02/04/2015, 12:35 PM

I have been raising it by buying water from LFS and it is slowly starting to come up before I got the nems it was 1.020 and going to get some lights this weekend

taylor t · 02/04/2015, 09:30 PM

Do you use a protein skimmer AND an air stone?

garygb · 02/04/2015, 11:33 PM

Thanks Ashley for the water parameters, temp and nitrate looks fine. Glad you're bringing the specific gravity up toward natural seawater (1.026). Best luck to you with your anemones.

FraggledRock · 02/05/2015, 09:06 AM

is that a bubbler in the background?

ashleyb · 02/05/2015, 01:50 PM

Yes we got it to help with water movement we are fixing to get a 150gal tank so not really putting a whole lot of money into this small one the big tank is coming with everything

02/02/2015, 02:21 PM	#1
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51	Rock anemone healthy? So someone told me they though my rock anemone didn't look very healthy BC its color was off can anyone tell me if its color is wrong it eats well and has found a spot it likes please advise

02/02/2015, 02:28 PM	#2
joshky Acros & Wrasses Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Central KY Posts: 2,546	It looks like it's stretching for light and bleached. I would say your lighting is insufficient to keep corals/photosynthetic invertebrates. Please give us a detailed list of your equipment and we can go from there. __________________ Josh My 80g: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2677031

02/02/2015, 02:35 PM	#3
syrinx Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: champaign Posts: 3,160	Looks like a new tank as well from the rock and diatoms. __________________ My views are based on 49years as an aquarist, 25 years as a pro reef consultant, 10 years of owning a LFS, and the results of thousands of customers tanks. But I am always learning.

02/02/2015, 03:28 PM	#6
joshky Acros & Wrasses Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Central KY Posts: 2,546	What type of fixture? IMO you need a minimum of 4 bulbs over a 55g, with decent ballasts/reflectors and good bulbs. Rock flower anemones don't need really high par levels but the light fixture you're currently using is not good enough. edit: be sure to read this thoroughly, you can also post in the new to the hobby section for all the help you would ever need setting up your tank correctly for ALL animals you intend to keep in your aquarium. __________________ Josh My 80g: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2677031

02/05/2015, 09:06 AM	#21
FraggledRock Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New York, New York Posts: 2,185	is that a bubbler in the background? __________________ “For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”― Jacques-Yves Cousteau MarineBio.org Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder w/ Bean Animal Overflow 20G Sump, Mixed Reef.

02/02/2015, 02:36 PM	#4
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51	I have t5 ho super daylight and actinic 420 coral sun on for 13-14 hrs

02/02/2015, 02:37 PM	#5
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51	55 gal tank

02/02/2015, 04:03 PM	#7
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51	Thanks got to invest in more lights

02/02/2015, 04:38 PM	#8
taylor t Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Naperville, Il Posts: 2,396	What's to the left of your rock anemone in the picture?

02/02/2015, 09:42 PM	#9
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51	A bubble tip anemone it just moved there the other day

02/02/2015, 09:43 PM	#10
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51

02/03/2015, 09:16 PM	#11
Tzwizzle Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 283	My rock flowers moved to the top of the tank when my lights were too low. I would give it some time and see what it does. It'll move if it's unhappy and hopefully the colors will come back. I feed mine krill and Mysis and they have grown quickly.

02/04/2015, 06:54 AM	#12
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51	Well it seem happy where it is it has not moved in a week and eats and catches frozen food also

02/04/2015, 06:56 AM	#13
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51	Not to mention that it was given to me that color I did not buy it it was attached to a very small rock along with a smaller rock nem and once it got put in tank it decided to get off of the little rock

02/04/2015, 10:49 AM	#14
garygb Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: los angeles Posts: 4,471	Your BTA is probably going to move. That attachment spot is not the kind of place they like for any length of time. They like to have their foot attached in a cave or hole in the live rock. What are your water parameters including temp, nitrates, specific gravity, etc.? Make sure the powerheads are covered to prevent the BTA from getting sucked in.

02/04/2015, 12:12 PM	#15
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51	I believe he has found his hole and is looking relatively happy

02/04/2015, 12:13 PM	#16
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51	Temp 79 nitrates 0 nitrites 0 ammonia 0 specific gravity 1.022

02/04/2015, 12:32 PM	#17
addictedreefer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 965	Salinity is very low. Slowly raise to around 1.025 sg. More importantly, you need more lighting ASAP.

02/04/2015, 12:35 PM	#18
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51	I have been raising it by buying water from LFS and it is slowly starting to come up before I got the nems it was 1.020 and going to get some lights this weekend

02/04/2015, 09:30 PM	#19
taylor t Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Naperville, Il Posts: 2,396	Do you use a protein skimmer AND an air stone?

02/04/2015, 11:33 PM	#20
garygb Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: los angeles Posts: 4,471	Thanks Ashley for the water parameters, temp and nitrate looks fine. Glad you're bringing the specific gravity up toward natural seawater (1.026). Best luck to you with your anemones.

02/05/2015, 01:50 PM	#22
ashleyb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 51	Yes we got it to help with water movement we are fixing to get a 150gal tank so not really putting a whole lot of money into this small one the big tank is coming with everything