Leather anemone

Alex_hairymoney · Mar 5, 2019

what’s up guys I just got this carpet anemone and have a few questions since this is my first carpet anemone, I bought it on Saturday today is wed I Tryed feeding it but it seems like he won’t close al the way So the fish around peck at the silverside and won’t allow on time to let the anemone wrap all the way around it I would stay there with my stick defending it after hours he would just half way close half way open but no action on actually eating the silver side it’s gotten small and looks like he’s guys are popping out idk of that it’s stressed out or it’s gonna die just need some help here, gonna post a few pics so y’all can get the idea

Orion1885 · Mar 5, 2019

Looks like he needs cipro treatment asap. Read the stickies in the clownfish/anemone forums for the process

Alex_hairymoney · Mar 6, 2019

Orion1885 said:
Looks like he needs cipro treatment asap. Read the stickies in the clownfish/anemone forums for the process

Thing is it did this last night and in the morning it was back to being fine I was wondering maybe is the adjustment from the water and lighting of my LFS to my tank

Scotty Buttons · Mar 6, 2019

I wouldn't feed it at all for a while. Give it time to adjust.

nicodim55 · Mar 6, 2019

What's a leather anemone?

Alex_hairymoney · Mar 6, 2019

nicodim55 said:
What's a leather anemone?

Maybe a leather coral? I’m sure you get the point tho, the point your trying to get across is probably not worth writing “what’s a leather coral.” Just saying

Alex_hairymoney · Mar 6, 2019

Scotty Buttons said:
I wouldn't feed it at all for a while. Give it time to adjust.

Yeah I’m just gonna let it take its course maybe try feeding it Sat-Sun see if he gets hungry by then, thanks scotty

Reefbuds · Mar 6, 2019

Don't feed for a while man. The usual advice is AT LEAST one week. It needs to fully acclimate to it's new environment and feeding will just stress it out. Let it settle in and in a week or two you can try feeding a little bit. I wouldn't feed to big the first couple times tho as well until it is very comfotable.
It's a beautiful carpet nem and if you can get it acclimated you will have a nice addition to your reef. Just be patient and take it slow with this tho. Anemones take a longer time to fully acclimate so keep an eye on it and keep it happy until it settles in.

Alex_hairymoney · Mar 6, 2019

wallace said:
Don't feed for a while man. The usual advice is AT LEAST one week. It needs to fully acclimate to it's new environment and feeding will just stress it out. Let it settle in and in a week or two you can try feeding a little bit. I wouldn't feed to big the first couple times tho as well until it is very comfotable.
It's a beautiful carpet nem and if you can get it acclimated you will have a nice addition to your reef. Just be patient and take it slow with this tho. Anemones take a longer time to fully acclimate so keep an eye on it and keep it happy until it settles in.

Thanks brother I’m not gonna lie I was moving the silverside to he’s mouth and that’s what I am guessing it stressed it out imma take your word imma leave it alone and let it take its course I’ll feed it after a week thanks again man

jsvand5 · Mar 6, 2019

Alex_hairymoney said:
Thanks brother I’m not gonna lie I was moving the silverside to he’s mouth and that’s what I am guessing it stressed it out imma take your word imma leave it alone and let it take its course I’ll feed it after a week thanks again man

Don’t ever feed silversides to any anemone. That is a gigantea anemone. Easily the most difficult anemone in the hobby to get past the initial acclimation phase. Almost every one needs to be treated with ciprofloxacin to have even a decent shot at survival. You may get lucky but cipro treatment is very likely going to be needed. I have two. They don’t need to be target fed ever. IMO target feeding provides very little benefit and adds the chance of causing them to get sick from bad food. They will do just fine on light and whatever fish food they happen to catch. I wish you luck. They are an incredible species of anemone. Also, they like being up in the rockwork, not down in the sand and need very strong lighting .

Reefbuds · Mar 6, 2019

Alex_hairymoney said:
Thanks brother I’m not gonna lie I was moving the silverside to he’s mouth and that’s what I am guessing it stressed it out imma take your word imma leave it alone and let it take its course I’ll feed it after a week thanks again man

Of course man. I feed my Haddoni half a huge shrimp every week or so man. I've had mine for about a year and a half and have only gone through your average 20$ bag of frozen shrimp from the local grocery store. Many people say not to feed but mine LOVES it! I take half a huge shrimp or one medium one and cut into about 3 pieces and place onto area around mouth so multiple points of contact are achieved. After a while you can tell when to feed or when it is completely happy. But for the first few months you need to be focused on water quality and physical appearance of anemone.
I also have a pair of clarkii clownfish that live with it.
The smaller Male will always bring big chunks of food I feed to my fish to the nem for feeding which definitely helps and is completely natural.
Just be patient and this one will hopefully be fine.
Definitely a Gigantia tho. One of the hardest species to keep like the Haddoni or any of the carpet species.
Be patient and you have a great shot at getting this acclimated and happy for the future!
Also I've only heard bad things about silversides. Go with shrimp or saltwater fish for feeding. I've only ever fed shrimp over a year and a half, only feeding mahi mahi once.
Silversides apparently produce disease and complications altho I've never used before.

reef lover · Mar 6, 2019

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-i-cipro.211822/

tdileo · Mar 6, 2019

Best thing to feed in my experience is fresh clams. Packed full of vitamins and isn’t too expensive.

Alex_hairymoney · Mar 6, 2019

Thank you all. It woke up this morning a lot more alive I’ll say I’m just gonna let it take its course see how he reacts hopefully it can overcome its acclimation stage the coral is a absolutely beautiful piece ran me $110 which isn’t so bad I also have a LTA but he’s on the other side again thank you guys for your advices R2R definitely has friendly and helpful people helping out

nicodim55 · Mar 6, 2019

Alex_hairymoney said:
Maybe a leather coral? I’m sure you get the point tho, the point your trying to get across is probably not worth writing “what’s a leather coral.” Just saying

Oh sorry about that, so many different coral names nowadays I don't know what is what anymore no offense intended.

jsvand5 · Mar 6, 2019

Do you have an updated pic? If they go from looking good to bad and repeat the cycle over and over that mean they definitely need treatment. Give it a lot of flow. These like flow as strong as acropora likes.

Alex_hairymoney · Mar 6, 2019

nicodim55 said:
Oh sorry about that, so many different coral names nowadays I don't know what is what anymore no offense intended.

Alex_hairymoney · Mar 6, 2019

jsvand5 said:
Do you have an updated pic? If they go from looking good to bad and repeat the cycle over and over that mean they definitely need treatment. Give it a lot of flow. These like flow as strong as acropora likes.

I’ll post a pic as soon as I get home

Alex_hairymoney · Mar 7, 2019

Looking a lot better today. !

jsvand5 · Mar 7, 2019

Nice. Looks like you might have gotten a good one. It’s tentacles should lengthen as it gets healthier and gets good flow. Still don’t feed it though. Eventually you can feed it some fresh human grade seafood if you want to. Just never silversides