Unresolved Carpet Anemone Dying

Had a kalk overdose a few days ago, did a 10g WC on Tuesday, 45g WC yesterday, and 5g WC today.
Dosed white vinegar overnight to reduce pH.
Running carbon.

Lost a few SPS, other than that everything else is fine other than my carpet. I do not know its species, but it is about 1ft wide when fully opened.

It is currently about 5 inches inflated, mouth open with it's "insides" showing, not looking too hot.

Still has a decently strong foot, still sticky to the touch.

I can provide pictures if needed.

PS- I ran out of test kits, have $100 worth of em coming in tomorrow. I tried that quick dip thing and it sucks, so the parameter readings are off of that.

Temperature: 78
PH:Somewhere between 7.4-8.8
Nitrite: Reading is off the charts
Nitrate: Somewhere between 80-200ppm
Salinity: 1.025
dKH/KH/Alkalinity:Reading is off the charts
Calcium:~400
Test kits you own: Currently only Quick Dip
Liquid or Strips: Strips
Brand Name: Jungle
Are they Expired?: No


Tank size - 40g
Estimated total system - 75g

Reef, fish only or, freshwater - Reef

Current inhabitants? What and how many? - Mixed reef, 1 Snowflake eel, 1 Maroon, 1 Lawnmower, 1 Melenarius, 1 Blue Lobster, 1 Peppermint, 1 Cleaner Shrimp
Clean up crew? Various snails and hermits

How long has your tank been set-up? 6m

Substrate - Sand
Depth - 3 in

Live rock - Various
How much - 150+ lbs
Did you recently add some - Few weeks ago added 100lbs

Filtration.
Type - Sump
Protein skimmer - Reef Octopus
Do you wet or dry skim - Wet
Maintenance schedule for filtration - Clean when necessary
Drilled tank/hang on back overflow - Drilled
Sump/refugium. What's in it and how much - ~30lbs LR, cheato, DSB

Lighting.
Lighting type - 2x250W MH 14K
Age of bulbs - 2mo

Feeding
What - Mysis, Brine, Silversides, Pellets
How much - Only whats needed
How often - Every 3-5 days

Water change schedule.
How much - 10g
How often - Weekly
What salt brand - Coralife
Water source - RO/DI

Additives/supplements used - Part A/B, Iodine

Do you have a ground probe - No
What kind of flow does your tank have - Return head, 1x Koralina 3000 l/h

 

Most of your corals, inverts and even some fishes will suffer the effects of rapid changes in water chemistry.
Your inverts are usually the first to go.
Your nem is obviously stressed due to the rapid changes in water chemistry.
There's nothing you can do really besides water changes.
I'm curious to know how come your Nitrite is so high.
Quick Dip test strips are no where near accurate.
Salifert Liquid Kits are the most effective and economical.
I'm so sorry this has happened to your tank.
IMO, automated dosing is a recipe for disaster due to timers shutting down, tubing becoming clogged etc etc.
Your water changes schedule is fine. Keep up with that and hope that you can save as much as you could.

 

Thank you for your response and kind words.

I haven't lost any inverts other than one RBTA, everything else is doing great.

I have no idea why my nitrite is so high continuously, I did order Salifert kits which will arrive tomorrow.

 

Have some waterchange water heated and aerated "on the ready" in case it dies. Additionally, if you have some Prime or Amquel, be ready to dose it as well.

 

I do have about 15g standing by.

How will I know if it's dead? Is it quite obvious?

Damn, I really liked this guy

 

what kind of sps were you keeping?

 

Do you mean species?

If so I honestly do not know.

Few weeks ago




Yesterday

 

those are nice looking pieces, hard to say, but maybe they'll bounce back...

 

The first thing you need to do is run some carbon, especially if you had a nem die....not an expert on carpets, but I know how toxic their decaying flesh can be.

 

I am running carbon in my reactor.

This morning he seemed to be looking better, opened up almost fully but it's mouth is still open :-/