Nitrate!

Anemone, tough call. I got 3 bubbletips and they slowly die.
They need good water quality, strong light, sometimes manual feeding, and
most of all (on my case),
Be far from the filter since they move a lot and get trap on
filters/powerheads.

I think I'm done with them since I got some coral. Besides clownfish will
hide most of the day and become more territorial.

As I said once, do everyting you can (water changes/manual feeding/get some
lights) to keep it alive but under your conditions my advice would be to
take it back to your LFS and trade it for something else.

Good luck,

Ruben




"KurtG" wrote in message
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Blackheart wrote:
how new? if you're a "newbie", you probably shouldn't have an anemone.

Too late. I jumped in with both feet. grin But, I think you are
right. I wouldn't recommend somebody getting in like I did.

I heard that it's "hard", but then I've been told that about a number of
things. Orchids, for example, and, I have quite a few orchids that
bloom regularly. However, I think an aquarium is considerably harder,
more demanding, and less forgiving.

Seems like my nitrate is subsiding. It's already down noticeably and I
did another 10 gallon water change. I'll check again tomorrow.

--Kurt