Grey/white crud in between tentacles?

[Wadogurl]

My anemone has grey/white crud between it's tentacles today. I also noticed some on its foot this morning before it opened up. We rearranged the rocks yesterday and it never let go of its spot, even when we had to take it out of the tank and into the holding bucket for a bit. All my fish look fine. Is this something I should worry about??

 

[PDR]

Welcome to R2R!

I'm not an expert on this type of anemone, but it looks like normal rock/sand "dust". Sometimes the anemones will slime up if irritated (could be from when you were moving the rocks around) and some of the "dust" got caught in the slime. Nothing I would worry about.

Some of your rock looks pretty new, how old is your tank?

 

[D-Nak]

I wouldn't worry about it. Looks like detritus that got kicked up when you were moving stuff around. The nem will most likely slough it off in a few days.

 

[Wadogurl]

Welcome to R2R!

I'm not an expert on this type of anemone, but it looks like normal rock/sand "dust". Sometimes the anemones will slime up if irritated (could be from when you were moving the rocks around) and some of the "dust" got caught in the slime. Nothing I would worry about.

Some of your rock looks pretty new, how old is your tank?

The tank has been up for about 7-8 months but we didn't have enough rock. I didn't want to pay for 50lbs of live rock. We did 20lbs of live rock and a 3in live sand bed when we started and yesterday had finally finished soaking 40lbs of dry rock. Our numbers are good and stuff but we had reached our "limit" on what we were comfortable adding without more structure. I was worried it was something from the new rocks. Glad it looks normal!!

 

[Wadogurl]

Thanks guys!!! Its my favorite creature in the tank right now so I was worried!

 

[KrisReef]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!
That's a beautiful creature!

 

[Wadogurl]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!
That's a beautiful creature!

Thanks!! My kids love to watch it eat. I just love watching it wave in the current. I'm excited to see what it does as the tank matures!

 

[Ron Reefman]

Is that a Condy or some kind of long tentacle anemone? It's been many years since I've had either in my tank. I do rock flower anemones, maxi-minis and RBT's now. Although I do see some Condy's when we go snorkeling in the Florida Keys.

Nems have always been one of my favorite animals, both in my tank and when snorkeling. We occasionally see a condy with a shrimp living in it. We brought one home once when I had a condy but the shrimp didn't live long.

 

[reef lover]

Welcome to r2r!!

 

[Captain Quint]

Welcome to R2R.

The anemone as others have stated is just 'dusty'. You could use a turkey baster to gently blow it off if you like.

I have ~17 BTA's in my tank and when I clean it they at times end up with a bit of crud on them and the baster does nicely.

 

[Salty Lemon]

Welcome to R2R! I'm glad you asked this question -- I learned something from it too!

 

[Wadogurl]

Thanks so much everyone! It is a condy. Really glad I finally bit the bullet and made an account!