condy anenome

[botie]

my nitrates were goin up so i did a 10% water change and now my condy anenome that was white with puple tips is all shrivled up and the tentecles are greenish blue any idea what to do

[lunatik_69]

Need some more info. like;
How old is the tank?
What kind of lighting do you have?
Did you aclimate it?
Where did you get the salt water, did you check the salt level?
Have you checked your parameters?

[SAW39]

Sometimes they do that for no reason that I can discover. Or, it could be that one of the other parameters (salinity, temperature) changed too quickly for its liking. In my experience, wait 2-6 hours. It should recover.
If not, check all of your parameters again. Anemones are especially sensitive to changes in pH and salinity.

[botie]

the ph is 8.2 salinty is 1.022 in tank water i put in was 1.024 i just discovered my heater that i had in the bucket of changing water is not working so there was about a 10degree diff and i was using spring water before but after comin on here i see that i should be usin ro water so i changed it this time with that im guessin the problem is the temp i didnt know the damn heater was not workin thankx for all the help u guys r givin me i learned so much about saltwater tanks on here i think the lfs was just tryin to sell me stuff and not really tellin me the right things to do

[SAW39]

Botie,
If your water circulation is good, the next thing you will notice about the Condy is that it moves around -- a lot! He's probably just looking for a location that has mild currents. Mine was on a rock that I bought and stayed on the rock for weeks until I moved one of the powerheads. Since then, he moves to a new location every night or two. And, he regularly closes up, like yours did.

[botie]

ok he seems to be goin back to his old self his tenticles r comin out it just scared me cause he never did that before thankx for all your help