tuesday8877 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Hopefully someone can help me figure out what is going on with these guys. We went out of town for a couple of days and returned to find these three not doing very well at all. The BTA is withered and deflated, the waving hand looks dehydrated for lack of a better way to describe it, and the toadstool leather is turning a dark gray. Everything else in the tank seems to be fine including all the fish the other leather coral, mushrooms, shrimp, urchin, etc. Even the new sebae anemone that I got last weekend is looking good. Could the new anemone be emitting a toxin? I checked nitrates, phosphates, calcium, salinity, and temperature. Nitrates = 0, Phosphates < .25, Calcium is low but it always is in the this tank even though I dose fairly regularly. Temperature is around 70. The only thing that seemed off was the salinity which was a lil high at 35ppt and I ususally keep it at around 32-33. The only other thing that is different besides the new anemone is that we just switched to a sump after the canister filter died. If anyone body has any ideas what could be affecting these critters and not the other any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 70 seems really low for temperature... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuesday8877 Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Oops that was supposed to be 72...I will raise it up a notch and see if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 72 is still low IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+etannert Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 +1. Temp should generally be 78-80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesreyn Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 +1. Temp should generally be 78-80. +2, although mine is around 82-83. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuesday8877 Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Thanks! We had the heat off in the house while out of town and the tank heater was only set to 72. I will raise the temp gradually and hopefully that will bring them back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 +1 on temp. Mine is usually about 81-83... though I would recommend most keep it around 78-80 if possible. -Ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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