HELP: my anenome got sucked up by wave pump

[richardp90]

I just bought a purple tip anenome yesterday. I left today for school and when i got back my tank was white. I saw a piece of the anenome was stuck inside the pump while the rest was out. I immediately turned off the pump and tried to get it out without hurting it. I failed miserably since the piece that was inside the pump was too big to fit through, so i ended cutting off the piece that was stuck inside the pump.

I did a 75% water change in the tank and kept the hurt anenome out.

The anenome is not dead because i can still see some of the tentacles moving. The anenome is shriveled up, but it does not look dead. I dont know what to do with him, i dont have a quarantine tank nor any other tank where he can be kept correctly. Any advice, roght now he is in a bowl with my fluval edges stock light over it. I can add a heater to the bowl since i have an extra one.

I need help urgently since i am in a race against time.

 

[richardp90]

 

[sdogatvman]

Make sure all your parameters are correct in the tank. Put the anemone back in but away from strong waterflow and other pumps. All u can do now is to wait. If u have to possibility I would highly recommend setting up a quarantine tank.

 

[richardp90]

Do you think it will be dangerous for me to put him back in tank. I took out the wave pump, i almost want to smash it.

 

[Finnaddict]

You should of just let the anemone crawl out of the P/H instead of cutting it. +1 on checking you parameters and do a large water change. Just put it back into the tank in an area with low flow an good light like mentioned and see what happens.

 

[eliramos]

That's awful man
Good luck

 

[richardp90]

I did a lot of research online, and turns out me cutting it wasn't harmful. I put him back in the tank since i noticed he was looking better after being in the quarantine bowl i had made. He is looking better, most of his tentacles are swelled. It looks positive, to think i almost threw him out thinking he was a goner.

 

[richardp90]

I took out my power head, until i can find something secure to wrap around it that will prevent this catastrophe. The anenome is upside down, is this normal. He seems to do it on his own.

 

[richardp90]

Update: so far it's been in the tank overnight, and it looks wat better

 

[snipertwobe]

glad to hear it turned out good for you. now you just have to keep it happy and it will stay in place.. good luck

 

[Trex]

It sort of looks better --- you have a bleached H. crispa, very bleached.

What lights do you have? What size tank?

 

[richardp90]

I just fed a piece of shrimp, it grabbed it nice. When i came to check on it, one of my hermies had stole the shrimp and messed with it. Im having a big learning curve with this anenome, i took out the hermie cause hes been bullying the anenome for some time and this was the last straw.

My tank is a 6 gallon fluval edge, and i have a fluval sea led lights. These lights are designed specifically for reef aquariums and is rated for 5 to 10 gallons.

 

[Trex]

What are your water parameters? (( numbers please, including SG/salinity ))

Assuming the anemone recovers, it will outgrow your tank in short order. The last H. crispa that I kept was about 12 years ago, it took up about 1/3 of the 75 gallon that it was in at the time. Besides, the water parameters are going to be hard to keep in check with that small of water volume.

 

[richardp90]

I just had to add some kent ammonia detox, because when i tested, my ammonia was at 0.25 ppm while nitrite, nitrates were at 0 ppm. PH was a little low at 8.0. I guessed this happened because i did a huge water change 2 days ago when the power head incident happened.

After adding the ammo detox i measured the ammonia and it is back to zero and PH is at about 8.2

 

[kacrocorals581]

wow that is bleached as bleached gets you need to make sure you feed it and keep on as it can not make its own food atm a Lil food everyday and keep it in indirect light if possible under a ledge if you got it untell it starts to turn brownish greyish again and then work it back to higher lighting although it should do it itself when ready

 

[richardp90]

She picked that spot on her own, i just tried feeding today. She took the food, but was bullied by a hermie. I removed the hermie and will try again tomorrow.

I currently don't have a powerhead running because mines is too strong. I wrapped a stocking around it and tried running it. But the current it produced was picking up the anenome and i saw its legs being stretched out of the sand. I immediately turned it off.

 

[kacrocorals581]

you need some sort of movent in there or the water well just become stagnet

 

[richardp90]

The filter is creating a little movement, i will be getting the other p/h this weekend.