What happened to this Maxi nem?

[peytonk]

Hey guys, I've had some problems keeping a maxi nem and would like to figure out what went wrong. Any input is appreciated.

I bought this maxi nem about a month ago, it did great for a few weeks, then crawled under my rocks. I moved the rocks so that it wasn't completely buried, but it kept going under the rocks. I noticed the mouth looked strange and big, and that just kept getting worse and worse. Yesterday morning I found the nem out in the open on my sandbed, which seems very strange. Basically the anemone deteriorated from the mouth outward until there was practically nothing left. I flushed it after deciding that it reached a point of return and didn't want to damage the rest of my tank. I would like to know what went wrong though, so that I can possibly try again in the future. Here are pics of the progression.

After it hid under a rock for a few days I flipped it over to see this -

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The next day it was significantly worse and there was slime floating all around my tank, and when I noticed one of my SPS frags RTN'd I decided to QT the anemone.

whats left was this

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[mvm]

Uhm. tank specs. water params, ect...

 

[jennm]

Yep, post parameters please.

These little anemones seem pretty resilient. If you're having SPS problems too it seems like something is amiss in your tank.

Jenn

 

[peytonk]

ammonia - 0
nitrite - 0
nitrate - 0
ph - 8.4
alk - 14
calc - 400
mag - around 1100
salinity - 1.025
temp - 78
phosphates - 0.5

 

[crewdawg1981]

Hmmm... any stray electrical current in your tank?

 

[brynbyers]

Peytonk;621020 wrote:
alk - 14

Isn't this a little on the high side?
(Normal range 8-12)

 

[peytonk]

Crewdawg1981;621025 wrote: Hmmm... any stray electrical current in your tank?

Not that I know of...I actually thought that might be an issue from my old stealth pro heater so I bought a new Hydor ETH in-line heater. I cant think of anything that could be putting electric current into my tank. Would I be able to physically feel it?

 

[crewdawg1981]

any old maxijets in there? I've had to MJ1200's release current into the tank. Definitely saw some affects on my corals at the time.

 

[sts04c]

brynbyers;621028 wrote: isn't this a little on the high side?
(normal range 8-12)

+1 imo.

 

[peytonk]

No maxijets, just a K1.

and about the alk...when I test at home with my new API kit, i've gotten 11-12 dkh. the lfs tested and said 14.

 

[sts04c]

Peytonk;621041 wrote: No maxijets, just a K1.

and about the alk...when I test at home with my new API kit, i've gotten 11-12 dkh. the lfs tested and said 14.

API test kits= Garbage, throw them away.....some studies on these kits show they can be very far from the true paramteters sometimes.
I would look for an ELOS DKH kit, easy to use, one reagent to add.