Bubble Tip Anemone Short Tentacles.

[T-MIKE]

Hello,

I got a fairly small bubble tip a few weeks ago and the first few days it had tiny bubble tips but then they started to shrink. It eats if I feed it and then a few hours later it will deflate and poop. Is this a sign of a bacterial infection or should I just keep feeding it and see how it goes? It’s tentacles are so short it can barely hang on to the food now. I didn’t notice before so I just started feeding it every day, before I was doing every couple of days.

PH:8
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20

 

[Crabs McJones]

What were you feeding it? Shrinking and disappearing tentacles can be a sign that the anemone is starving. How strong of light do you have it in?

 

[Webslinger]

Stop feeding it, they don't need to be directly feed. How old is tank?

 

[T-MIKE]

What were you feeding it? Shrinking and disappearing tentacles can be a sign that the anemone is starving. How strong of light do you have it in?

Half a piece of Krill. When I got it it was just a little bigger than a quarter in diameter when inflated. I currently have around 75W LED on a 40g tank. I can go up to 120W. Yeah, that’s why I’m feeding it more rigorously now and turning up my light a few percent a day.

 

[T-MIKE]

I’m asking because I saw this forum post: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2271385

The mouth isn’t usually wide open, only when pooping but it seems to inflate and deflate a lot.

 

[Webslinger]

good luck, best leave it alone. The overfeeding is going to kill it or/and make it split.

 

[T-MIKE]

Looks like it’s been about a month now. I’ve been feeding it daily krill with Seachem KanaPlex and Seachem Focus mixed in for 2 weeks and it stopped it from deflating and inflating all the time and is looking better also now with some small bubble tips forming. I’m only feeding it twice a week now. Thank God!

 

[calila]

Looks like it’s been about a month now. I’ve been feeding it daily krill with Seachem KanaPlex and Seachem Focus mixed in for 2 weeks and it stopped it from deflating and inflating all the time and is looking better also now with some small bubble tips forming. I’m only feeding it twice a week now. Thank God!

How's the anemone doing? I have a green tip with the same issue and I don't know what else to do. So I might try you did.

 

[D-Nak]

How's the anemone doing? I have a green tip with the same issue and I don't know what else to do. So I might try you did.

Your issue may be different. Probably best to start a new thread where you outline your particular problem and provide your tank parameters so we can assess your situation. In the OP's case, the tank may have been too new to initially house an anemone, and as the tank matured the anemone was able to settle in.

 

[Define You're Fate]

Hello,

I got a fairly small bubble tip a few weeks ago and the first few days it had tiny bubble tips but then they started to shrink. It eats if I feed it and then a few hours later it will deflate and poop. Is this a sign of a bacterial infection or should I just keep feeding it and see how it goes? It’s tentacles are so short it can barely hang on to the food now. I didn’t notice before so I just started feeding it every day, before I was doing every couple of days.

PH:8
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20

I read or watched some where some one say they will start pooping and letting the food drop off if they are not hungry. New tank feed twice a week and an established tank that's got lots of plankton and Zoo Plankton should be good but you can always supplement feed mice's shrimp or Anemone pellets.