HELP! Do I remove my anemone??

[zachtyd]

My rainbow bubble tip anemone looked like this when I woke up and I’m kind of freaking out?! Should I take it out? Will it nuke my tank? Is it dead?

 

[najer]

How long have you had it, have you changed anything?

 

[Bryce M.]

never heard of nems nuking, but if it dies and breaks down, thats a lot of nitrates.....
nems will sometimes act up but that looks bad.........

 

[zachtyd]

Here’s the side of it it looks like there’s flesh hanging off did it walk into my Powerhead maybe?

 

[Dragon52]

Could it be splitting

 

[zachtyd]

Could it be splitting

I hope so did you see the second picture?

 

[Bryce M.]

Could it be splitting

IMO it looks like damage

 

[Omgitsjoe]

@ReefSquad

 

[D-Nak]

That doesn't look like splitting. Looks more like an accident -- either something tried to eat it or it walked into a powerhead (though when that happens they usually get tangled in the powerhead).

Either way, it may recover as BTAs are resilient. Just keep an eye on it. If it starts to fall apart, definitely remove it.

 

[zachtyd]

That doesn't look like splitting. Looks more like an accident -- either something tried to eat it or it walked into a powerhead (though when that happens they usually get tangled in the powerhead).

Either way, it may recover as BTAs are resilient. Just keep an eye on it. If it starts to fall apart, definitely remove it.

Sounds good, the good thing is there is no damage to the foot but I’m thinking power head it’s a nano reef with nano fish and it’s been walking in the glas the last week the power head I have is very small so the slots it can get in are very thin

 

[Dragon52]

I hope so did you see the second picture?

Just saw it & it looks like it's dissolving partially in that one. Hope not but I'd try to get it off the glass.

 

[BGrand]

Isolate it in a separate container. I went to the dollar store and got little mini plastic containers. They look like tiny laundry baskets. I used suction cups to hold it to the glass and put the top part out of the water so the nem. would not walk out of the basket. I then checked on it constantly. Unfortunately it died but I got it out immediately and it didn't cause any spikes to my water perimeters. It's better to be prepared for worse case scenario then to have the little thing die under a rock.

Similar to this:

Or buy one of these:

Acclimation Box - Anemone / Mushroom - Small Magnetic

3.5 x 3.5 x 3 with heavy duty Neodymium Magnets. Why risk that expensive mushroom or Anemone. Our acclimation boxes give it a chance to attach to rubble rock or substrate so it can be further mounted or used for propagation.

www.mrreefs.com

 

[zachtyd]

Isolate it in a separate container. I went to the dollar store and got little mini plastic containers. They look like tiny laundry baskets. I used suction cups to hold it to the glass and put the top part out of the water so the nem. would not walk out of the basket. I then checked on it constantly. Unfortunately it died but I got it out immediately and it didn't cause any spikes to my water perimeters. It's better to be prepared for worse case scenario then to have the little thing die under a rock.

Similar to this:

Or buy one of these:

Acclimation Box - Anemone / Mushroom - Small Magnetic

3.5 x 3.5 x 3 with heavy duty Neodymium Magnets. Why risk that expensive mushroom or Anemone. Our acclimation boxes give it a chance to attach to rubble rock or substrate so it can be further mounted or used for propagation.

www.mrreefs.com

Sounds good I’ll go today and it reacted to the lights turning on it’s closing up a little now and anchored on the glass so it still has its reflexes

 

[Zack K]

@ReefSquad

#reefsquad

 

[Ron Reefman]

I'd try to get it off the glass in one piece and keep it in a small container where water changes would be easy and maybe even have a very small pump or air stone for circulation.

 

[D-Nak]

Sounds good I’ll go today and it reacted to the lights turning on it’s closing up a little now and anchored on the glass so it still has its reflexes

You gain absolutely nothing from placing it in an isolation container with holes or slits. You actually risk injuring it more by trying to move it. If you do remove it, it should be put in a separate QT tank.

 

[Deago]

What was the end result. Im going throught something like this now