Dead anenome?

[Brooks Ross]

Does this look dead?

Do I need to remove it?

 

[ebushrow]

Doesnt look good....if it starts to get worse and the contents of the insides expel out/disintegrate I would remove it....Looking at the photo I think of a Monty Python joke "I'm not dead yet!"

 

[Jude135]

My BTA does this every day. Sometimes it's all full and looking healthy, but at least once a day is just shrivels up. Is this normal behavior?

 

[Dominic Prezwanski]

Hey guys, thought I’d continue on this thread..

I️ picked up a second hand tank about a month ago that had a small anemone attatched in the rear pipe work!

I️ quickly removed him and kept it alive in a tub with live rock.

Now a month on and it’s in the main tank seems to of found itself a happy crevasse it opens and closes, eats Etc...

In my many hours of research I️ have seen videos of sick looking anemones and the middle of mine looks off? What do you guys think?

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Hey guys, thought I’d continue on this thread..

I️ picked up a second hand tank about a month ago that had a small anemone attatched in the rear pipe work!

I️ quickly removed him and kept it alive in a tub with live rock.

Now a month on and it’s in the main tank seems to of found itself a happy crevasse it opens and closes, eats Etc...

In my many hours of research I️ have seen videos of sick looking anemones and the middle of mine looks off? What do you guys think?

It's super bleached if it is a bubble anemone, although we do have some species of anemones here in Florida that are naturally white. Have you tried feeding it something?

 

[Dominic Prezwanski]

I️ feed it frozen brine shrimp once or twice a week. It has been eating it no problem..

Is the bleaching a permanent thing?

I️ saw the mothership anemone and it far more colourful

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

I️ feed it frozen brine shrimp once or twice a week. It has been eating it no problem..

Is the bleaching a permanent thing?

I️ saw the mothership anemone and it far more colourful

It will take a while for it to bounce back all the way if it even does start to regain coloration. I would just make sure it's stays in a relatively low stress environment and you feed it at least once a week. Try some chopped whole shrimp or silversides if it starts to not like brine shrimp.

 

[Dominic Prezwanski]

Thanks!

It’s kinda really dear to me now cause of the shock rescue of it in the first place!

I’ve just started looking into bleaching recovery techniques, looks like I have another big project ahead of me!

Wish me luck!

Also, would dosing with iodine help?

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Thanks!

It’s kinda really dear to me now cause of the shock rescue of it in the first place!

I’ve just started looking into bleaching recovery techniques, looks like I have another big project ahead of me!

Wish me luck!

Also, would dosing with iodine help?

I'm not sure about the iodine, personally not a big fan of dosing something like that in response to one specific thing in the whole tank. It could cause other problems if you overdo it.

Good luck! I hope it recovers for you!

 

[Dominic Prezwanski]

So my anemone is moving! It doesn’t really look any better however it’s out in the open and moving.. phew!


Coincidentally I had just bought some more fish and a new larger Rose which is happy on the other side of the tank..

Whilst talking the LFS owner he made clear that I probably have low calcium/magnesium which might be the reason the anemone was sad.

Last night I started the Triton core7 method. I’ll keep you all posted as to the progress

 

[Lance M.]

What lighting do you have? tank info?

 

[Dominic Prezwanski]

Kessil a350w 55gallon cube with 20g sump+ 10g Chaeto refugium

 

[Sycoticrealm]

Gonna need two kessil a350w for a 55g. Light may be an issue.

 

[Dominic Prezwanski]

I’ve always been told that this set up is “just right” and that the anemone would move to a happy spot, therefor if it needed more light it would move up?

The new big one is doing well?

 

[Lance M.]

I would move the plate coral to the sand if its still alive.

I’ve always been told that this set up is “just right” and that the anemone would move to a happy spot, therefor if it needed more light it would move up?

The new big one is doing well?

I would say you're on the lower end of light, but probably is ok if the nem is positioned underneath the fixture at midway to the top level of the tank. I would say that nem is not getting enough light on the sand at 21" depth of a 55 gallon. I would let it do what it wants for now. Do you have a pic of the other one that was bleached?

How old is your tank?

 

[Dominic Prezwanski]

Sorry it’s taken a couple days, is been hard getting a camera to where the little guy is. At the start of this thread I had some better ones when the nem was placed midway up the height of the tank.

He seems fairly stable now, just showing the tips off. On the other hand the other rose is doing rediculously well, it’s seriously inflated in the last few days and I believe it’s reacting well to the core7.

I took your advice lance and have moved it where the plate coral was and moved the plate onto the sand.

The tank is about three months old however the rocks were curing from another reefer for 12months, that and about 20 gallons of water. I had used some store bought live sand.

I would move the plate coral to the sand if its still alive.



I would say you're on the lower end of light, but probably is ok if the nem is positioned underneath the fixture at midway to the top level of the tank. I would say that nem is not getting enough light on the sand at 21" depth of a 55 gallon. I would let it do what it wants for now. Do you have a pic of the other one that was bleached?

How old is your tank?

 

[Lance M.]

The first bta looks relatively healthy. I would start to slowly increase your lighting intensity little by little over the next couple weeks.

The plate looks rough, but should be able to come back. See if you can get it to eat a small amount pellets or mysis, turn off flow while feeding if needed.

The last picture, that bta has lost all of its tentacles and body mass, usually from malnutrition/ poor lighting. At this point, it will take a long time to recover, if it recovers. I would leave it alone, as you increase light and keep water parameters stable for the other bta, the sad one will also benefit and thats probably all you can do for it for now, until it regrows tentacles. I would not try to feed it.

 

[Dominic Prezwanski]

The first bta looks relatively healthy. I would start to slowly increase your lighting intensity little by little over the next couple weeks.

The plate looks rough, but should be able to come back. See if you can get it to eat a small amount pellets or mysis, turn off flow while feeding if needed.

The last picture, that bta has lost all of its tentacles and body mass, usually from malnutrition/ poor lighting. At this point, it will take a long time to recover, if it recovers. I would leave it alone, as you increase light and keep water parameters stable for the other bta, the sad one will also benefit and thats probably all you can do for it for now, until it regrows tentacles. I would not try to feed it.

Why does the plate look rough? It looks just like it did when I bought it from the shop??
Are the pellets better than brine shrimp for the plate?

Also thanks for the tips with the bta, I wish I could stick the poor nem higher...

 

[Lance M.]

Why does the plate look rough? It looks just like it did when I bought it from the shop??
Are the pellets better than brine shrimp for the plate?

The tissue looks too tight and the tentacles are too short, imo. Although there are some that can be like that. Most usually expand from the skeleton and can be pretty "fluffy". I use to have an orange one and a green one several years ago.