Nem emergency!

[robinrn96]

We have had this nem for over 6months and was large and beautiful. Today it looks like this! What has happened? Yes have run all tests and nothing has changed

 

[TX_REEF]

has anything changed in your system? think hard. could be chemistry, temp, salinity, light, flow, feeding...

 

[PharmrJohn]

Also, did you perform any maintenance on the DT or the sump?

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Welcome to Reef2reef.

Is that the foot I am looking at?

 

[robinrn96]

has anything changed in your system? think hard. could be chemistry, temp, salinity, light, flow, feeding...

Not a thing. We have 2 other nems and they are fine.

 

[PharmrJohn]

@OrionN ..... Can you comment to this?

 

[robinrn96]

Welcome to Reef2reef.

Is that the foot I am looking at?

Yes it's the foot

 

[robinrn96]

Also, did you perform any maintenance on the DT or the sump?

No maintenance no changes in tests. Nothing. Everything else in tank is fine. We have 2 other nems and they are fine

 

[robinrn96]

Welcome to Reef2reef.

Is that the foot I am looking at?

Yes

 

[vetteguy53081]

We have had this nem for over 6months and was large and beautiful. Today it looks like this! What has happened? Yes have run all tests and nothing has changed

The first thing I see is what may be an immature tank/newer tank in which if so, water chemistry will quickly change periodically leaving the nem miserable.
What is age of tank?

 

[robinrn96]

Welcome to Reef2reef.

Is that the foot I am looking at?

Yes

 

[robinrn96]

The first thing I see is what may be an immature tank/newer tank in which if so, water chemistry will quickly change periodically leaving the nem miserable.
What is age of tank?

One year. Things have been fine. We have 2 other nems fish and other invertebrates that are all fine.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Yes

When nems don't hold on, that means they are very sick. Is there any way that it could have gotten infected?

 

[robinrn96]

When nems don't hold on, that means they are very sick. Is there any way that it could have gotten infected?

That is what I'm afraid of. But not sure how. When I say she was doing amazing just 2 days ago she was huge and loving life. Then today she wads like this. When I turned her over I saw that "infected spot".

 

[OrionN]

That is a M. doreensis, or LTA. They require a rather deep sand bed to do well. This tank has a minimal layer of sand, which result in the anemone not in it's normal element. It also look like the tank has rather high nutrient, from the rather dense surface algae on the rock.
What I see here is a stressed anemone with injury to the foot. There is compromised and punctured dermal layer. Healthy anemone may self repair and heal, just like any other wound. Stressed and or sick anemone may succumb to this injury.
To help this anemone, I would remove him from this tank and treat him with antibiotic. Once the wound is healed, get him to an environment suitable for him. Clean, stable water, high light , low current and a deep sand bed of at least 3 inches.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

That is what I'm afraid of. But not sure how. When I say she was doing amazing just 2 days ago she was huge and loving life. Then today she wads like this. When I turned her over I saw that "infected spot".

^^^^^^^

 

[Lurchin_Urchin]

You need to get it out of your tank and into a calmer, specifically suited environment for it. Do you have an open quarantine tank or anything that is cycled that you could use?

If not, then as a last ditch effort, you could set up a momentary hospital tank for it. I've done it once with success with a small 5 gallon, thick live sand bed, a bottle of turbo start, and a heater. Add in a few small pieces of dry rock that it might find interesting and the most perfectly conditioned water you can conjure up.

Even then, given her foot injury she may not pull through. As to what exactly could have happened, its hard to say. She may have been trying to move and injured herself.

 

[PharmrJohn]

That is a M. doreensis, or LTA. They require a rather deep sand bed to do well. This tank has a minimal layer of sand, which result in the anemone not in it's normal element. It also look like the tank has rather high nutrient, from the rather dense surface algae on the rock.
What I see here is a stressed anemone with injury to the foot. There is compromised and punctured dermal layer. Healthy anemone may self repair and heal, just like any other wound. Stressed and or sick anemone may succumb to this injury.
To help this anemone, I would remove him from this tank and treat him with antibiotic. Once the wound is healed, get him to an environment suitable for him. Clean, stable water, high light , low current and a deep sand bed of at least 3 inches.

Thanks Orion!

 

[robinrn96]

You need to get it out of your tank and into a calmer, specifically suited environment for it. Do you have an open quarantine tank or anything that is cycled that you could use?

If not, then as a last ditch effort, you could set up a momentary hospital tank for it. I've done it once with success with a small 5 gallon, thick live sand bed, a bottle of turbo start, and a heater. Add in a few small pieces of dry rock that it might find interesting and the most perfectly conditioned water you can conjure up.

Even then, given her foot injury she may not pull through. As to what exactly could have happened, its hard to say. She may have been trying to move and injured herself.

Thank u we will try this.