BTA not so hot

[belzebuth]

Just wondering what to do with this animal at this point.

My green bubble tip is not looking good. He has shrunk in size and his color his marbled. I also noticed some of my other corals not extending their polyps. I had major electrical upgrade on the house and the tank temperature did drop to 75.6(my fault only one of my heater was plugged to the emergency power source:cry:) I am not sure if I should remove it at this point. My water parameters are all good but there is definitely something going on.

Any advice would be great.

[Delphinus]

Don't remove it until you are 100% sure it's dead (and trust me, you'll know when it's dead .. if there's any doubt in your mind, then he's not dead, because they turn into a ball of slimey, smelly, snotty goo within hours.) But they can go through rough patches and come out of it just fine.

Here's a thought though: Test your magnesium. I can tell when my magnesium has gotten low (like 1100 or less) just by looking at my anemones (I have carpets and BTA's). They expand considerably less. I dose magnesium back up to 1400 (never more than 100 per day though) and they are back to looking 100%, and full expansion, within days.

[belzebuth]

Thanks Tony, I will test the magnesium. Hopefully she will make it. I will also do a water change it might help.

[viperfish]

Just wondering what to do with this animal at this point.

My green bubble tip is not looking good. He has shrunk in size and his color his marbled. I also noticed some of my other corals not extending their polyps. I had major electrical upgrade on the house and the tank temperature did drop to 75.6(my fault only one of my heater was plugged to the emergency power source:cry:) I am not sure if I should remove it at this point. My water parameters are all good but there is definitely something going on.

Any advice would be great.

75.6 shouldn't kill the anemone.

[littlesilvermax]

75.6 shouldn't kill the anemone.


My thoughts as well.

What is your normal temp?

[belzebuth]

Normal temp is around 79.5.

[littlesilvermax]

Normal temp is around 79.5.


That swing shouldn't have done anything. Maybe a slight bit of stress, but all living creatures get stress everyday.

What happened to you water circulation in that time?

[belzebuth]

The pump/overflow and skimmer were still running hooked onto my next door neighbor hydro:lol:. The red sea wavemaker was unplugged for about 5 hours, so I had no powerheads running.

I don't know what could of happend? Nothing changed. I did not add anything to the tank. All we did is upgrade the main service on the house and add a sub panel in the fish room. The fish seemed a little freak out when everything was turned back on... I will test all water parameters when I get home. Beside the BTA not looking hot, My Anthelia is not looking good and the GSP are not extending their polyps. Everything else look fine.

I am also making salt water, getting ready for a water change.

[belzebuth]

Tony,
You were right, I tested for Magnesium last night.... 1080 Wow ! Calcium was also low 380. I am currently bringing this up slowly. I should hopefully see an improvement within a few days.

Thank you guys for your assistance. I don't usually test Mag since my water changes are frequent enough but with the house renos the tank has been neglected a bit. Time to catch up on things.:razz: