Bubble tip Nem not doing well

[Susan Edwards]

This guy did great for a long time. He was first in an acclimation box in my RS 240g for a month or longer and then moved to a 45 gal with 2 clowns. My 1 clown may have loved him close to death. I have AI HD 26 primes. Red Sea 45 g tank. Was using the saxby model. Recently switched to eddie putra as the nem kept moving and slowly declined. I just moved him out and back into the big tank in the acclimation box. If he survives I'll add another powerhead to blow into the box as that is what I did before and let him recover.

Last tested tank on 11/30
mg 1330
ca 390
alk 6.9 working that up
no3 23
po4 .21 added phos guard (edited to correct this)

Did a 10% water change on this day as well

Will test again Monday, my day off. All corals in there are doing fine. Sort of my overflow so palys, zoas and a couple of sticks--a tort and digitatia.

Last couple of days the nem has been moving all over the tank and under rocks. but not always under. Just going all over. I don't like the lights so plan to just do m y own, pleasing to my eye (too blue)

I have seen the clown spitting food at it. But since declining, not eating. Was trying to gently blow some food toward it.

What can I do

My big tank prob. has zero no3 and po4 readings but not actual as I have bryopsis starting again, so know that the algae is consuming nutrients. Plan to dose reef flux next week.

So wanted this guy to do well. Love it

 

[Jeeperz]

Look up Cipro treatments

 

[Susan Edwards]

I just checked on it and he moved off bottom of box to top. Lights off of course. Here is also a pic of the shu acclimation box he is in.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

po4 .021 added phos guard

I don't think the nem issue is related, but you're headed for bottoming out phos... why are you trying to lower it from 0.02? Even 0.2 would be fine.

 

[Susan Edwards]

I don't think the nem issue is related, but you're headed for bottoming out phos... why are you trying to lower it from 0.02? Even 0.2 would be fine.

typing error. PO4 0.21 I try to stay under .1

 

[vetteguy53081]

This guy did great for a long time. He was first in an acclimation box in my RS 240g for a month or longer and then moved to a 45 gal with 2 clowns. My 1 clown may have loved him close to death. I have AI HD 26 primes. Red Sea 45 g tank. Was using the saxby model. Recently switched to eddie putra as the nem kept moving and slowly declined. I just moved him out and back into the big tank in the acclimation box. If he survives I'll add another powerhead to blow into the box as that is what I did before and let him recover.

Last tested tank on 11/30
mg 1330
ca 390
alk 6.9 working that up
no3 23
po4 .21 added phos guard (edited to correct this)

Did a 10% water change on this day as well

Will test again Monday, my day off. All corals in there are doing fine. Sort of my overflow so palys, zoas and a couple of sticks--a tort and digitatia.

Last couple of days the nem has been moving all over the tank and under rocks. but not always under. Just going all over. I don't like the lights so plan to just do m y own, pleasing to my eye (too blue)

I have seen the clown spitting food at it. But since declining, not eating. Was trying to gently blow some food toward it.

What can I do

My big tank prob. has zero no3 and po4 readings but not actual as I have bryopsis starting again, so know that the algae is consuming nutrients. Plan to dose reef flux next week.

So wanted this guy to do well. Love it

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Often when they shrink like this, there is an issue with inadequate lighting. Too much light and they hide and too much flow and they move. Moderate light and flow are often their requirements as well as feeding 2-3x per week. As you can see, your zoas are also stretching in search of more light

 

[Susan Edwards]

Often when they shrink like this, there is an issue with inadequate lighting. Too much light and they hide and too much flow and they move. Moderate light and flow are often their requirements as well as feeding 2-3x per week. As you can see, your zoas are also stretching in search of more light

This was the last lightt setting. Tons of blue. The Saxby model also had tons of blue but it had more variance during day I upped the whites but still very blue. Someone with nems had recommended. Each are Almost 90-100 blues I think.
The pic was taken with lights going down. The palys were large even in other tank. Will change lights and see how everything reacts. Possible flow was too much for nem but plenty of places for it to get out. Will add a day pic of tank with powerhead placement. 2 wavemakers on pulse on each end, pointed to front and back.

The little guy was making a circuit of the tank almost daily and not always up high seeking light.

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Eddie Putra

David Saxby

 

[Susan Edwards]

Update. Nem seems to be responding to a different tank and lighting. He's moving down a bit from where he was in the pics but I added a powerhead to the right of it to get more flow into the box (what I did before. Plus lights going down. But he looks a lot better in just 3 days.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Update. Nem seems to be responding to a different tank and lighting. He's moving down a bit from where he was in the pics but I added a powerhead to the right of it to get more flow into the box (what I did before. Plus lights going down. But he looks a lot better in just 3 days.


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Awesome!

 

[Susan Edwards]

Awesome!

thanks. I was so proud to have this guy and to see it fade was heartbreaking. Wish I dared put it in the big tank but I don't want the nem issues in there--too many, damaging corals and having to cover my gyres!