Is he a a goner

[fnlyreefready]

He tore himself and has his ups and downs but has been like this for 3-4 days sometimes full and happy other times deflated and depressed

 

[laverda]

I assume your talking about an anemone. How did it tear itself? It looks like your tank is new with mostly dry rock. Anemones typically do not do well in tanks less than 6 months old especially ones set up with dry rock. What are you nitrate and phosphate levels?

 

[IKD]

He’s really close to the surface. Did he move there himself? What kind of lighting is he under?

 

[fnlyreefready]

I assume your talking about an anemone. How did it tear itself? It looks like your tank is new with mostly dry rock. Anemones typically do not do well in tanks less than 6 months old especially ones set up with dry rock. What are you nitrate and phosphate levels?

No it just got re arranged and I flipped a lot of the rocks and added some new to continue coralline growth. Ammonia is .05 ppm nitrites and nitrates do not read prob 1/3 of the rock came from about 150 miles off Florida coast he was starved in store and was doing great until he tore himself on some live rock trying to get out of a crevice he crawled himself into Just to come out about an hour later. I have not tested for phosphates but mostly because I think it’s the only test I do not own. Picture attached is of him before hurting his foot.

 

[fnlyreefready]

He’s really close to the surface. Did he move there himself? What kind of lighting is he under?

Some kind of led. I have been trying to upgrade my lighting but due to no work from Covid money is shorter then a midget

 

[fnlyreefready]

He’s really close to the surface. Did he move there himself? What kind of lighting is he under?

and yes he moved himself there. I moved the entire rock he chose about halfway into the water column earlier and adjusted my lights so the lighting would t change for him and he moved about 1/2 an inch and opened up some more

 

[Erink]

I would say stressed out or hungry? I feed mine 2-3x/week.

 

[IKD]

Some kind of led. I have been trying to upgrade my lighting but due to no work from Covid money is shorter then a midget

It could be the LED lighting isn’t the right spectrum/power for him. Would be good to know what it is. Do you have other corals in the tank growing under this light?
Nice that you are trying to rescue him!

 

[fnlyreefready]

I would say stressed out or hungry? I feed mine 2-3x/week.

he has eaten twice this week I could see stress, I saved him from a Petco, the other enem in the tank was starved to death and there was very very little light on them. From what I understand these are very high light creatures.

 

[fnlyreefready]

It could be the LED lighting isn’t the right spectrum/power for him. Would be good to know what it is. Do you have other corals in the tank growing under this light?
Nice that you are trying to rescue him!

I thought about it and yea I have 9 zoa frags I also got because the girl there offered me 50 percent off on them. They seem to be gaining color fast and some have even grown new polyps

 

[IKD]

I thought about it and yea I have 9 zoa frags I also got because the girl there offered me 50 percent off on them. They seem to be gaining color fast and some have even grown new polyps

That’s good, but zoas have much lower lighting needs than anemones, especially this one. Looks like a Haitian or Condy anemone. What color is the foot?

 

[KleineVampir]

Honestly he looks as happy as can be! He's finally getting the light he's always wanted.

 

[IKD]

he has eaten twice this week I could see stress, I saved him from a Petco, the other enem in the tank was starved to death and there was very very little light on them. From what I understand these are very high light creatures.

It’s good he’s eating! Maybe keep watching him and see how things go.

 

[fnlyreefready]

That’s good, but zoas have much lower lighting needs than anemones, especially this one. Looks like a Haitian or Condy anemone. What color is the foot?

Haitian and bright red, Lighting is eco tech marine

 

[fnlyreefready]

Honestly he looks as happy as can be! He's finally getting the light he's always wanted.

He was happy as could be till he tore his foot. Now I’m very concerned. He is constantly shriveling himself I wish I had a picture of him at his worst

 

[fnlyreefready]

Honestly he looks as happy as can be! He's finally getting the light he's always wanted.

him at his worst ! Looks like his tenticals are hanging out the side. Poor thing

 

[TvanB1]

How often to you feed it? How long has the tank been set up? Feeding anemones too frequently can cause them to stress. Any amount of ammonia is cause for concern. A water change definitely wouldn’t hurt.

 

[laverda]

No it just got re arranged and I flipped a lot of the rocks and added some new to continue coralline growth. Ammonia is .05 ppm nitrites and nitrates do not read prob 1/3 of the rock came from about 150 miles off Florida coast he was starved in store and was doing great until he tore himself on some live rock trying to get out of a crevice he crawled himself into Just to come out about an hour later. I have not tested for phosphates but mostly because I think it’s the only test I do not own. Picture attached is of him before hurting his foot.

Ammonia is toxic at levels detectable by hobby kits. You need to make sure your ammonia is zero. Unless your using an API kit then who knows what your level really is. Nitrates at zero is not good as anemone use them as a food source. They also require some phosphates. In addition they love lots of light.
I never hear of an anemone tearing its foot except when splitting. If it got pinched from moving rock around that would make sense. It it got torn on the rocks it may have a bacteria infection. There are threads here on how to treat for that. I would look into the other issues first.

 

[fnlyreefready]

Ammonia is toxic at levels detectable by hobby kits. You need to make sure your ammonia is zero. Unless your using an API kit then who knows what your level really is. Nitrates at zero is not good as anemone use them as a food source. They also require some phosphates. In addition they love lots of light.
I never hear of an anemone tearing its foot except when splitting. If it got pinched from moving rock around that would make sense. It it got torn on the rocks it may have a bacteria infection. There are threads here on how to treat for that. I would look into the other issues first.

I added bioballs in a trickle system to my sump to try and create some added nitrates I spot feed my anemone and the specifics for this say it is not a filter feeder the other day it looked as if it was going to try and split and was unsuccessful it had itself stretched to the limits of tearing and I stopped paying attention to it. And later the light cycle went off and I went to bed and when I woke he had a huge tear. I assumed he had hurt himself on a rock but maybe I’m wrong, maybe he had just unsuccessfully split and tore himself. One hour he looks terrible and the next he is full and vibrant. The tenticles I would say are tanish white But these pictures are all from different times today except for one of them where he was fully extended With no deflation.
Edit I have a kit specific for testing ammonia and it reads 0 edit edit test is api brand

 

[laverda]

API ammonia test kits are notorious for being inaccurate.