Anemones

[partydiver]

I have 2 BTA and 1 maximini anemone. Yesterday the 2 BTA which are near each other decided to go for a "walk" to the highest point in the tank. They've been in the same spot for months until yesterday. Now today I used a flashlight looking into the tank and the MM has moved. The 2 BTA wont eat any food given to them and the MM will eat anything what goes on it ex:starfish snails.....
The only thing that has changed is the moonlights fell out of their electrical socket for 2 days. Until I noticed and fixed it. Could that have caused them to move. All paramaters are good. Water change planned for today. 

 

[Seggsy]

Did the angle of the return change when the lights fell?  If the flow, or daylights, or even the temp changed, that might do it.

 

[partydiver]

No, the temp usually drops a degree or so  between day/night. I don't think the moon LEDS would regulate the temp at all.  The lights didn't fall it was the plug in the powerbar which fell.


Also the peppermint shrimp use to stay in his cave all the time, now day and night hes in the back corner of the cube up on the wall all the time.

 

[Seggsy]

Do you use a hydrometer or refractometer to test salt?  I had used a float hydrometer, noticed a shrimp death, some coral death, and everything looking stressed - I had my salt at like 1.032 or something by accident.  SOMETHING is stressing them out.....

 

[Zakk]

Do you use a hydrometer or refractometer to test salt?  I had used a float hydrometer, noticed a shrimp death, some coral death, and everything looking stressed - I had my salt at like 1.032 or something by accident.  SOMETHING is stressing them out.....

I'm going to second this suggestion.  I have 3 floats and a refractometer.  The 3 floats all give different results (one is way off), but the refractometer you can always re-calibrate.... I can't believe I did this hobby without one for so long.  Shrimp don't like changes in salinity at all.  (no idea about the bta).

 

[partydiver]

I have a coralife hydrometer. The readings r:
Salinity:34
SG:btwn 1.025 and 1.026

One of the BTA went back to where it was. The other one moved again. The maximini still in the same spot it moved to.
Lights on in an hour...

 

[Seggsy]

I would have LFS or someone check the salinity to be sure.

 

[partydiver]

I just did the water change. Going to wait a day to see.

 

[Zakk]

Is there any big change in ph or alkalinity recently?

 

[partydiver]

Now I think about it, this was last week I got my RODI unit and made my own water.

 

[Zakk]

When I swapped out my carbon filters, my ph was insanely high in the first few gallons of water I made.  I tested just by chance because I was rinsing off a ph meter.  It was 14 or something until it settled down, now it's putting out water with a ph of ~6.