My wife’s tank PLZ HELP!!!

[huppy_222]

To start off I’m a fresh water guy so please forgive my ignorance but my wife has a 40 gallon breeder and she does plan to upgrade her tank in the future. But she currently has 2 clown fish, a star gazing blenny, a blue buffalo tang, a small thing of pulsating xzenia, and two bubble anemones. The tank has been set up for 5months no algae blooms as of now. It has a canister filter rated for a 100gal tank a power head I don’t know the size and a in tank protein skimmer. The problem is with the bubble anemones they have been in there for over a month and they won’t stop moving and won’t find a happy place. I have watched hours of videos and filters through a lot of the bta threads but to no solution. I can give a full tank build shortly also we tested all of the parameters and nothing was high. They were master test kits I don’t trust the strips. I’m hoping someone can cast some light on the subject on this matter please. A food list would be awesome and anything I can’t test for to make them blossom would be awesome I’m about to clear the Lfs shelf of coral stuff to make them thrive! And thanks ahead of time for the help

 

[NanoNana]

Knock on wood no algae issues but yes it is a freshwater tank light and I’ll probably have to rent one from brs from the sounds of it the saltwater legs in my area isn’t overly expansive and the other one is a Petco sooo I’ll get the lights on 8 hours and report back thank you

I doubt that light is going to be adequate for the nems. Algae is part of the maturation process.

How old is the tank? I’m wondering if you haven’t gone through the uglies yet because of weak lights.

How soon is she planning on upgrading because 40 gallons is really too small for a tang. Kept too long in a small tank you may well end up with stress related illness.

 

[Fish Think Pink]

To start off I’m a fresh water guy so please forgive my ignorance but my wife has a 40 gallon breeder and she does plan to upgrade her tank in the future. But she currently has 2 clown fish, a star gazing blenny, a blue buffalo tang, a small thing of pulsating xzenia, and two bubble anemones. The tank has been set up for 5months no algae blooms as of now. It has a canister filter rated for a 100gal tank a power head I don’t know the size and a in tank protein skimmer. The problem is with the bubble anemones they have been in there for over a month and they won’t stop moving and won’t find a happy place. I have watched hours of videos and filters through a lot of the bta threads but to no solution. I can give a full tank build shortly also we tested all of the parameters and nothing was high. They were master test kits I don’t trust the strips. I’m hoping someone can cast some light on the subject on this matter please. A food list would be awesome and anything I can’t test for to make them blossom would be awesome I’m about to clear the Lfs shelf of coral stuff to make them thrive! And thanks ahead of time for the help

Welcome and glad you joined. This is a great couples hobby! I brought my husband into the hobby. I'm sure your wife appreciate your outreach to try and get some anemones help.

As you've probably read, light and water flow are two key things that anemones seek. They also enjoy protected space for their foot, if they can get that space where they also get sufficient light and water flow. Xenia aren't as picky about light as anemones, but with her tank moving into the area of animals (corals & anemones) that need light, lighting is important. To put it in freshwater terms, freshwater fish aren't that picky about light, but when real plants are introduced into the aquascape, now that tank's needs became more complex - same with your anemones. They also care more about water parameters than fish tolerate.