Anenome

<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">My anenome has not opened up for a while now. My nitrate levels were high and i have been lowering them down with several water changes. The pH level is fine and so is the alkalinity. I have noticed that when i do a water change the anenome starts to grow again but after 1 or 2 days, it will close up again. Does anyone know what might be causing it to stay close all the time?

Edited by jgutie38 - May 01 2013 at 8:51pm

Have you tested for phosphates? Are you using RO water?

Aloha,

I agree that the answers to those questions would be good to know. Also a pic of the tank(not the stand, just the tank) would help.

Here is what I would do.
1. If you have a Refugium, turn the light on 24/7 for a week or more.
2. Go on the Reef Tour this Saturday to learn more about keeping a good reef. Take a bucket of saltwater and while visiting, ask for Macroalgae - as much as anyone can give you. Place that in your tank as close to good light as possible. Algae is a powerful water purifier and anemones typically do awesome when there is algae in the system. After a couple weeks the system will have grown enough bacteria and bugs that you can remove some, not all, of the Macroalgae. Remove it a little every week until you get to the amount that you like. Removing it all at once will throw the the system off balance which leads to nuisance algae growth.

That's what I would do, but is by no means the only way to reduce Nitrogen pollution.
Mark


Edited by Mark Peterson - May 02 2013 at 11:03am