Urgent Bubble Tip Anemone Hiding

Ok this is a first for me. I have two huge bubble tip anemones that been great for a year now. I noticed last night that one had reseated itself back into the rocks, but I didn't worry about it since either one will do that from time to time.

Today I notice on completely gone from view. After looking for a bit I found it under a rock pile near the sand bed. Any ideas? I just tested my water parameters.

Salinity 1.026
PH 8.3
KH 6 (I know it's too low, just dosed)
MG 1500
CA 500
Temp 83 (hotter than what I like)

Any ideas?? The othere one is fine.

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any changes to the tank recently?

 

I replaced the fixture, but it's been 3 weeks already & just replaced 4 bulbs, 2 atinics & 2 daytime, but same bulb mfg & spectrum a week ago.

 

definitely cause for concern. i would take that as a sign that something has changed. Is that KH or temp out of the ordinary?

 

What's the life span of an anemone? These two were from one that had split itself almost 2 years ago that I got from a friend of mine.

 

anemones can be very long lived. 2 years is young.

 

Everything has been fine, except KH being lower & temp being a little higher. I like to keep KH around 10 & temp around 78 degrees.

Salinity 1.026
PH 8.3
KH 6 (I know it's too low, just dosed)
MG 1500
CA 500
Temp 83 (hotter than what I like)

I think I have to pipe a AC duct into my fish room that houses my equipment. Between the LED lights on my 29gal frag/QT & my external pump, it's driving my water temp up. I leave the door open & it drops to 80..

 

BTA can live for decades and decades.

My best response is that the new lighting and a combination of an elevated temp, with a lower alk and higher mag may be contributing to some stress.

I know the lighting was 3 weeks ago but, replacement of 4 bulbs at one time is pretty significant.

You can try cutting back the photo period some.

I would correct the water chemistry and temp, and just watch the anemone. I doubt it's going to just suddenly die, and it may be splitting again.

 

I was figuring that, but wasn't sure of ones that split, unless of course that's how they reproduce. LOL.. I never looked into how they reproduced.. I have to do some reading this week..

 

Broadcast spawning and lateral fission.