Anemone Splitting or Dying?
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Jekyl
GSP is the devil and clowns are bad pets
Right now the best thing you can do is leave it alone and keep it safe. If wandering make sure powerheads can suck it up as said above. THIS DOES NOT MEAN PUT YOUR HANDS ON IT. Sorry for caps but you need to be as hands off as possible. Your nem does not look like it has issues to me though
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AlyHarper
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EMERGENCY!!!
I can't believe I missed it! My anemone has gotten sucked into my return. I have a AIO tank and there is a very small slit under the return pocket of my filter. How do I get him out without killing him?! I have turned off the filter and any flow so he wont get sucked into it any more... but how long can my tank go without the filter running before I compromise my whole tank?!
I can't believe I missed it! My anemone has gotten sucked into my return. I have a AIO tank and there is a very small slit under the return pocket of my filter. How do I get him out without killing him?! I have turned off the filter and any flow so he wont get sucked into it any more... but how long can my tank go without the filter running before I compromise my whole tank?!
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markwayts
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Lost in the Sauce
BANGERANG!!!!
Wrap it up with a towel or three like you would in a power outage to slow heat loss. You can't turn the return pump on for a while.
You can either add a bubbler, Or if you have a wave maker in there better. Don't point it at the nem please!
You can either add a bubbler, Or if you have a wave maker in there better. Don't point it at the nem please!
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BANGERANG!!!!
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It will not take anywhere Near that long. I would put my money that it's out in 2 hours.
Lost in the Sauce
BANGERANG!!!!
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AlyHarper
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So my tank has heat (heater still on just return pump is not), and a wave maker pointed away from the anemone. It has been like this for about 3 hours and I can't tell any difference in him making his way out.
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AlyHarper
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So my tank has heat (heater still on just return pump is not), and a wave maker pointed away from the anemone. It has been like this for about 3 hours and I can't tell any difference in him making his way out
markwayts
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He's happy there lol. Just reach in there and grab it it's probably not stuck on too tight. Don't yank or tear it. Just kind of lift the foot off with your fingernail. Sometimes i use one of those plastic dental pics. Or just let him be. He can probably handle that flow. They are tough.
Rtaylor
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You can try to gently push it back through. If you get much resistance stop, but you might be able to help it out. Honestly, even if you ripped it out it will recover ( be more gentle than that, but it would). Totally shredded anemones can recover, this is not a major injury.
CrimsonTide
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You can also point the wavemaker at it to try to convince it to leave that spot. But you don't actually need a filter in your tank. Really just water movement and surface agitation to add oxygen to the tank. So it should be fine indefinitely until you do a water change. I know plenty of ppl who run frag tanks without filters. Your fish will be fine as long as they have oxygen so surface agitation to create oxygen and you're fine. You can also add an airstone. But I would point the wavemaker at the nem and convince him to move away.
