Carpet anemone suicide

[HumbleAsianReefer]

So today i woke up and saw my green carpet anemone stuck on my powerhead. Minor injury, foot is still good. As a newbie, i want to ask about water change. Is it ok for me to do a 100% water change? Thank u.

10g nano tank running with protein skimmer, age a year and 2 months ++
2 clownfish
1 red starfish
1 trochus snail
1 sea urchin
1 blue damsel
1 maxima clam
1 torch coral
1 frogspawn coral
1 hammer coral
1 elegance coral
1 bubble coral
1 Green carpet anemone

 

[mdb_talon]

I would suggest not doing 100% because it is extra stress(though no different from taking a coral home from store and plopping in your tank).

In any case with a large water change make sure temp and salinity match as exact as you can and ideally get things like alk and pH at least close.

 

[mdb_talon]

Also get a nem guard. I would not call that suicide so much as 2nd degree manslaughter.

 

[AydenLincoln]

Yes definitely get an anemone guard or make one so it doesn’t happen again. Sadly I’ve made the mistake before too.

 

[Salt Daddy]

I am having the same issue. Woke up this AM to my large nem stuck in the powerhead. Should I just keep him in the tank and let nature try to heal? Do I need to /(can I) treat his injury in anyway?

Pic/DMG below (much larger than it looks..pic taken on tank corner...so..odd perspective.)

 

[MartinM]

Don’t add extra stress, keep with your normal routine IMO. Add (or increase) the carbon, and just give it extra food and time. If it starts the inflate/deflate cycle, it’s time for Ciprofloxacin.