Carpet anemone duying

[drivingmecrazy]

I have had my 10 gallon aquarium for a little over year now.

The carpet anemone has been doing great. And is almost a year in this aquarium.

The problem I'm wondering is this carpet I've been feeding and it's color has been amazing change from brown to multi color tips.

Friday and Saturday it was doing great.

Today it's duying. I've been noticing it's been trying to move from one side of the rock to the other side only a couple of inches.

It has never wandered around until now. The rock it's been attached to is about 3 inch in diameter.

So it's been very happy.

Today it's on my heater and looks as if it's melting.

I've noticed where it use to sit on the rock I have a large apthasia anemone.

Could this be the reason the carpet anemone moved. The apthasia is over 2inches long and a inch wide.

Could it stung the carpet anemone forced it to find another home on my heater.

This is the only one apthasia I have ever seen in this aquarium.

Your advice. Rest of the aquarium is doing great.

Please see pictures. Last picture is of apthasia anemone

I tested all perimeters and they check out.

I believe that the apthasia anemone caused this.

Can someone please confirm this.

 

[drivingmecrazy]

I did pull it out and placed it in a bucket. It did not want to let go of my fingers. Very sticky still. It may survive. Any recommendations for heaters with anemone I've never had to worry about it but it was attached to the heater. And it got burned when it kicked on.

I may make a guard to go around the heater to prevent this in the near future.

I've also destroyed the apthasia anemone.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

The aiptasia could irritate it enough to cause it to walk. Fluval E series have a plastic guard over the heater which would prevent contact burns. The E-50 should work for a 10 gallon.

Is the carpet an S. Helianthus?

 

[drivingmecrazy]

Yes it's Helianthus.

I was wondering why the carpet changed angles last Wednesday through Friday. But I didn't noticed the apthasia anemone at it's foot.

I will take note on the heater.

Thank you, Bob Loblaw

 

[Rjukan]

Nice looking 10g! I think that's the most stocked 10g without a sump I've ever seen! Well done on your part keeping it stable and obviously doing well.

 

[drivingmecrazy]

Nice looking 10g! I think that's the most stocked 10g without a sump I've ever seen! Well done on your part keeping it stable and obviously doing well.

Thank you, Eagle 2

It also has no protein skimmer.

I monitor everything closely. I did end up loosing the carpet anemone. I learned the heater guard lesson. But now it does free up extra room for more corals I can't wait for everything to grow together. [emoji2]

In another year.

 

[vetteguy53081]

My carpet moves around a bit. One day here and there it is shriveled to nothing then suddenly back to full . Aptasia as we know them are annoying and stings anything in its path. Go after aptasia and feed carpet when it fills out again. My biggest challenge with my houdini carpet is feeding. My clowns steal everything I give it

 

[drivingmecrazy]

My carpet moves around a bit. One day here and there it is shriveled to nothing then suddenly back to full . Aptasia as we know them are annoying and stings anything in its path. Go after aptasia and feed carpet when it fills out again. My biggest challenge with my houdini carpet is feeding. My clowns steal everything I give it

I had the same problem with my clowns. I used 12" tweezers and placed the food next to it's mouth.

I fed the carpet weekly and it responded well with the food[emoji2]

 

[Katrina71]

I'm sorry for your loss

 

[Leslie Tabor]

It may have been sick for awhile. They are strange, they can be in failing health but still truck along like nothing is wrong. Your tank was very new for an anemone so that may have something to do with it. Also, I wouldn't put an anemone in a tank with a heater in it for this reason. They can and will move, and latching on to a heater is death. I am so sorry for your loss. It sucks losing them.