Okay, I did it AGAIN.

[AQUAM]

Good job saving the sweet looking nem!!! Really hope the little thing will pull through.

Btw, how is the ‘Petco judgement’ still a thing? ... for those who don’t know, Drs. Foster & Smith (which operates Liveaquaria.com) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petco.

 

[Babygecko1233]

He responds to touch and waves or a hermit brushing against it... I have hope it just needs like weeks of rehabilitation

 

[Babygecko1233]

It's not the supplier of Petco...it's who they hire to run the tanks...they have no experience or little to none....at least at this one...

 

[Babygecko1233]

Not trying to talk bad about Petco in general...more towards my lps Petco because we have rescued this game from there before. ..like a huge carpet nem....

 

[LadyMac]

My Petco is OK depending on who works. They say they have a salt guy, and prefer to not mess with the tanks unless he is there. That means they do not really care for the tanks on his days off, and prefer not to sell when he is gone either. So i guess that is a catch 22. Me being two towns from there, and not a driver, makes it very hard for me to get there to begin with, and matching his time frame is pretty hard to do.

 

[LadyMac]

BTW, How is she doing today?

 

[Babygecko1233]

Not good. I'll take pics in a second...she detached and we moved her to the sand bed placing her in a dip/hole so she can't float into my hammer or frog spawn.. she's still alive....amazingly...she's shriveled but still has colors...the insides are still hanging out/ stuck to the tenticles...her foot isn't too sticky but the tenticles are....and she moves/responds to touch. Not giving up yet

 

[Babygecko1233]

 

[cracker]

Hang in there, both of YA !

 

[Babygecko1233]

The large hermit that ate him took a pretty big chunk..but didn't damage the mouth .. I wish i could pull the dead build up off it's tenticles but I don't know if they are stuck or attached still...just kinda letting it so it's thing...other then when I flip it back over

 

[Dsnakes]

Still hoping for a recovery. Thanks for the updates! You are definately doing the best you can.

 

[Babygecko1233]

Thanks guys I hope it pulls through it's tenticles look flat.. most of them....but some are nice and bubbly...I wonder if it will split itself do to the extent of it's injuries....anyone seen a nem get tore up and live? I mean.. it can't be any worse then fragging nems by cutting them in half...right.. almost the same thing....unless the crab ate a major artery or organ or something crazy along the lines of anemone anatomy. . .
I honestly have faith....I just checked on it (as I was typing this ) and its mouth is noticable now...I noticed hermits approaching it...I watched just to see if they were after the nem or.. just prowling for a copapod. They didn't touch the nem. They cleaned around the nem and left..so I personally feel like it's not 'dying' but deff on the brink....

 

[drblakjak55]

Pics look like a Good Save. I like to feed the anemone mysis to reward it for hanging out where I want it. Put some selcon on the food

 

[DSC reef]

Your doing all you can do. I wouldn't intervene or feed it. Just keep a close eye.

 

[MartinWaite]

Well done you for saving the BTA hope it pulls through for both of you I once watched someone "frag" a BTA and the guy sawed it in half with a knife and then he said he did this on average every fortnight. But it was comical to watch as the BTA sort of folded itself in half so th open side met in the middle and it repaired itself in days. So if it can I'm sure that you'll be on to a winner. Good luck and I'll be keeping a look out for all your updates.

 

[jrlafrance]

As others have said, just let it do its thing and leave it alone. As long as there is light and water movement it should be fine. I've seen them looking like they were spewing their guts out and recover. Good catch, hopefully it will pull through for you!

 

[Babygecko1233]

Sadly it has passed. Thanks morning I woke up to find it flat and mushy no movement and I coul literally tell it was deteriorating...so I picked it up and took it out of the water...no movement and it stunk to high hell. So I flushed her

 

[Babygecko1233]

Anyone have an extra BTA ??

 

[LadyMac]

I’m so sorry to hear that! I wish I could help but my tanknis still too new for a nem.

 

[Babygecko1233]

It's okay hopefully Petco learned it's lesson...I made sure to burn anemone care into the main fish 'experts' head...at least the nem died happy..