Carpet 2nd try

[Trex]

Sorry, haven't been online much (( selling our house, planning a wedding, buying a new house and helping the future sister in law with her new place -- whew )).

I would remove it to a treatment tank, and start dosing Cipro.

Do you have any other S. haddoni in that tank?

 

[Z06-Hec]

Congrats on all !
Dosing Cipro?
I have had it for almost 3 months and it just started doing this recently. How or why would it get sick if it didnt come in like that?
Only other nems are the bubble tips and they have been there for almost 2 years.

 

[Baaron530]

My carpet also started this same thing about a week ago after I think he tried eating a big snail that fell off the glass. I haven't found the cure or exact cause yet so I'm tagging along on this....

 

[Akida17th]

It's sick and looks to be partially deflating. You probably need to administer a cipro treatment as soon as you can. Carpets aren't an easy anemone for anyone. Haddoni species are usually easier but even they get sick or stressed from time to time. Do you have any cipro on hand? If not, you live close to me I can mail you a week supply out. Purchase some extra anyway for future incidences. You need a heater, egg crate, a decent light and a powerhead for the hospital tank. Treat 250mg per 10 gallons, 25mg per gallon (usually 500mg pills so break in half and dissolve in the tank water). It's better and easier to use a 2 tank system, one is always ready and cleaned so you can place the sick anemone in that while cleaning your other tank for the next day's treatment. Let me know if you need that cipro.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-i-cipro.211822/

 

[Akida17th]

Oh watch what you feed. I only feed fresh seafood that has no additives or preservatives added to them; salmon and fresh wild shrimp are my favorite. Many people have lost carpets due to bad food bought from the fish store. A lot of that frozen food isn't really that great and carpets are more susceptible to getting sick from it.

 

[Z06-Hec]

He has eaten nothing since been in the tank, just light... pellets fall on him frequently though, but he walks them off of him. He doesnt do this all the time, last time was a week ago. Also you see him spitting the brown out?

 

[Akida17th]

Yeah I'm not entirely sure what that is. Usually if they're really sick they'll spit up zooxanthellae but it resembles rat poop not stringy brown like that. I would have to assume he is sick one way or another and needs to be treated.

 

[Z06-Hec]

And tonight he looks fine again. He really only does that when he's spitting the brown stuff out. My corals and bubble tips have also spit brown stuff out. I posted a pic of my elegance doing it months ago.

 

[Akida17th]

That is a problem man.....this is per Elegance

Anemones don't poo brown stuff unless they eat something brown. They don't have dead blood cells, or bile from a liver to turn their poo brown. Like Chalkoutline said, they only poo what wasn't digested. Like bones, scales, and exoskeletons. The brown stuff that's often discharged from anemones, and coral, is actually zooxanthellae (The algae that lives within them.) This is very common with newly introduced critters. If the anemone came from a low light environment, it's likely to have a large population of zooxanthellae. The anemone can't survive in a brighter lit environment with such a large population. It must discharge a portion. This is what we see as brown nasty looking stuff coming out of the mouth. Many hobbyists simply brush this off as being poo, and don't give it another thought. This can be a big mistake. The animal is stressed and trying to make adjustments to alleviate that stress. If the stress continues, the relationship between the anemone and its zooxanthellae can break down, causing the anemone to discharge all of its zooxanthellae. In other words, it bleaches. It's important for us to determine why its discharging such a large portion of its zooxanthellae and fix the problem. Most of the time, its a simple case of reducing the amount of light the anemone is exposed to.

 

[Tahoe61]

That is a problem man.....this is per Elegance

Anemones don't poo brown stuff unless they eat something brown. They don't have dead blood cells, or bile from a liver to turn their poo brown. Like Chalkoutline said, they only poo what wasn't digested. Like bones, scales, and exoskeletons. The brown stuff that's often discharged from anemones, and coral, is actually zooxanthellae (The algae that lives within them.) This is very common with newly introduced critters. If the anemone came from a low light environment, it's likely to have a large population of zooxanthellae. The anemone can't survive in a brighter lit environment with such a large population. It must discharge a portion. This is what we see as brown nasty looking stuff coming out of the mouth. Many hobbyists simply brush this off as being poo, and don't give it another thought. This can be a big mistake. The animal is stressed and trying to make adjustments to alleviate that stress. If the stress continues, the relationship between the anemone and its zooxanthellae can break down, causing the anemone to discharge all of its zooxanthellae. In other words, it bleaches. It's important for us to determine why its discharging such a large portion of its zooxanthellae and fix the problem. Most of the time, its a simple case of reducing the amount of light the anemone is exposed to.

Wow, very informative, thanks. Makes complete sense.

To add to the conversation, I have found that substrate type is really important, unless the carpet can put it's food down in a fine grain substrate and anchor the anemone is more prone to wandering, chronic wandering is stressful.