Dying anemone?

[coris]

Alright I’ve had this long tentacle for a year and he has been completely fine but I’ve been gone away for work the last few weeks with my lady friend taking care of the tank and this has happened. She’s not new to aquariums and from what I’ve gathered the params are fine and she’s been keeping up with water changes.
So far she has taken him out and into a small beta tank with no flow or anything. Also she is going to test and do another water change after work but I’m jus wondering what your thoughts may be on his condition? which apparently happened over night.

 

[Lance M.]

So far she has taken him out and into a small beta tank with no flow or anything.

This will kill anemones so if it is not already, it probably will be soon.

From the condition in the video, something is definitely bothering it but it does not look too far gone, though it is usually an uphill battle at that point when it has detached with mouth exposed. If it is still alive focus on stable, clean water parameters.

If it is physically falling apart/disintegrating then it is dead, with a horrible smell.

It looks like there is a nutrient issue with your tank and a lot of floating particulates.

 

[coris]

Ya noticed the particles too she said she just cleaned it I’m feel like she may have had an algae outbreak n that’s it, though she’s usually pretty good with light feeding. It just happened over night and she was reading around about them fouling the tank thus why she moved it.
Ya think she should put it back in? I’d really hate to see him die but if it’ll cause more death I’d rather not.
Or anybody have any luck with meds?

 

[Lance M.]

Ya noticed the particles too she said she just cleaned it I’m feel like she may have had an algae outbreak n that’s it, though she’s usually pretty good with light feeding. It just happened over night and she was reading around about them fouling the tank thus why she moved it.
Ya think she should put it back in? I’d really hate to see him die but if it’ll cause more death I’d rather not.
Or anybody have any luck with meds?

It has no chance left in a small betta bowl with no flow. I would actually be surprised if it is still alive if its been a while.

Smell it. If its bad then it's dead. If its like salt then it is not dead yet.

If you can get a bare glass tank with heater and powerhead, put it in there with tank water and mix up some fresh salt water to start doing changes. Then treat with cipro, though Ive never read lta treatment with cipro, it would be worth trying.

Can you get a full tank shot? Have her check skimmer and all equipment, heaters, etc. to make sure they are working. If you have float thermometer, check that as well. I have had one crack and that was an overnight tank loss.

 

[coris]

He’s dead now but thanks guys I jus got an update and he looks disintegrated

 

[Amps Reef Life]

This will kill anemones so if it is not already, it probably will be soon.

From the condition in the video, something is definitely bothering it but it does not look too far gone, though it is usually an uphill battle at that point when it has detached with mouth exposed. If it is still alive focus on stable, clean water parameters.

If it is physically falling apart/disintegrating then it is dead, with a horrible smell.

It looks like there is a nutrient issue with your tank and a lot of floating particulates.

Exactly this. Make sure you pull it and toss it if its dead now. Don't leave it in your tank.

 

[coris]

Ya she had left it in the beta tank for what I’m guessing was way too long and when she got back it looked completely melted with pieces floating all around... Really a bummer

 

[Lance M.]

You probably will when you get back, but just to mention, I would go over the tank and address any issues with it, make sure all equipment working properly, change out media, etc. Get it stable and go a couple months before trying again with another anemone. If you had it for a year doing well then something happened to cause it to go south. Hopefully next time will be better.

 

[coris]

Thanks I think we found the problem the temp had gone down to 69 maybe the heater is broke or needs to be re calibrated but she went and got a new one slowly brought it back up and hopefully that was it at least till I get back

 

[coris]

We also ended up losing a pyjama cardinal... I feel like it may be more than temp but there’s not much I can do from here she’s going to get the water tested at the lfs to make sure tests were right so we’ll know soon

 

[Lance M.]

We also ended up losing a pyjama cardinal... I feel like it may be more than temp but there’s not much I can do from here she’s going to get the water tested at the lfs to make sure tests were right so we’ll know soon

It may have been a snowball affect starting with the heater, stuff dying, nutrient spikes, more stuff dying, etc.

I would recommend looking in to a controller for your heater if you can. I added a ReefKeeper Lite a couple months ago to control my heater and replace the big dial timers I had with my lights. Like it so far.

 

[Amoo]

2 undersized heaters seems to always be better then one large one.

 

[coris]

Ya I had bunch of upgrades including a controller planned for when I got back... really wishing I would have done it before hand. I was thinking about Neptune but I have seen some reef keepers they look nice too.
Two heaters is a good idea I’ll definitely be doing that!