Anemone BTA emergency

[Rscott]

So my nem has been doing great for a week. Doing laps around the tank

Doing his thing finding a good place to hang out

Tonight I get home and he has almost turned himself inside out?
Can just barley see the tentacles and mostly see his foot???
Help!

I have a very sensitive tang in the tank and if there is any chance the BTA is during I’m taking him out
Has anyone seen this?

#reefsquad

 

[Peach02]

Mine turns itself inside out all the time, I don't think its anything to worry about, I suspect it does it when it eats something

 

[Dom]

So my nem has been doing great for a week. Doing laps around the tank

Doing his thing finding a good place to hang out

Tonight I get home and he has almost turned himself inside out?
Can just barley see the tentacles and mostly see his foot???
Help!

I have a very sensitive tang in the tank and if there is any chance the BTA is during I’m taking him out
Has anyone seen this?

#reefsquad

Post a pic.

 

[Katrina71]

Like this? Look above the barnacle.

 

[Max!]

Mine does it all the time when he's had enough light. Probably nothing.

 

[Rscott]

So I got him a 4 days ago
Been doing what I thought was great

I have not tried to feed him yet
The only thing I have handy is blood worms pellets and flakes
Was planning to get him some silverside tomorrow
So he has not eaten in say 4 days

Pics coming stand by

 

[Rscott]

what the heck???
He just opened partially back up
He is behind a rock so hard to see

 

[Phil D.]

Shape was part of moving method, they blow themselves up and deflate to help move around.

 

[Bmw015]

It’s fine. Totally normal. But I wouldn’t feed it silversides. I feed reef frenzy. They love it. Bought 2 last November and now have 12. Sold 2.

 

[Rscott]

Wheeeeew ok thanks guys
I love this site
Would be lost without y’all support
Will try and locate some reef frenzy

 

[Dom]

Understand this about Nems...

It is normal for them to inflate and deflate. All of my nems deflate and reinflate daily. This is how they excrete waste. Looks bad, but it's normal.

 

[Katrina71]

I wouldn't target feed period

 

[Cell]

Inside out is bad. Receding into the base/foot is normal at times.

 

[Rscott]

Inside out is bad. Receding into the base/foot is normal at times.

I don’t understand the different

He was was planted on a rock, fully extended

His foot Came up around him and he now looks literally like a stuffed mushroom from a restaurant with just a few tentacles peaking out on top

 

[Dom]

I wouldn't target feed period

I rarely target feed... maybe 1 or 2 times per month. Maybe.

When I do, they get dried krill, soaked in tank water so they don't float and are easier for the Nem to hold.

 

[Dom]

What are your water parameters and how old are they?

 

[Rscott]

What are your water parameters and how old are they?

Tank is prestine

34 salt
79 temp
7.8 pH
ORP 430

Alk is 8.8
Calc little low at 370
Mag 1440

Zero ammonia
Zero nitrite
5-10 nitrate
Phosphate .08 or 26 ulr

Lights on 12 noon to 9:30 pm
Pretty low and full actinic after 8pm

Kessil a360x

 

[Cell]

I don’t understand the different

He was was planted on a rock, fully extended

His foot Came up around him and he now looks literally like a stuffed mushroom from a restaurant with just a few tentacles peaking out on top

Anemones can turn literally inside out, picture a long sock on your foot. When you pull it up, it hides your calves. This is like when a nem pulls its foot over its mouth/tentacles. Now take the sock off and turn it inside out, this is a dead or dying anemone.

 

[Rscott]

Well like I said he looks like a stuffed mushroom right now with tentacles poking out the top

 

[Katrina71]

Well like I said he looks like a stuffed mushroom right now with tentacles poking out the top

Mine sleeps like that