Rock flower anemone sick?

[Impala67]

Put the BTA on its own with the two clowns, make sure there’s no gaps it can climb through though and leave it for a few days to a few weeks and the clowns should host the BTA

Alone where and how do I detach the BTA to move him I’ll probably have to do this when everything is back to normal in my tank lol

 

[i cant think]

Alone where and how do I detach the BTA to move him I’ll probably have to do this when everything is back to normal in my tank lol

Alone in a separate container, if the clowns are looking to host it will most likely take only a few minutes, and you don’t need to detach it you just have to take the rock it’s on and put the rock in its own container with water (obviously) and just wait a few minutes

 

[Impala67]

Alone in a separate container, if the clowns are looking to host it will most likely take only a few minutes, and you don’t need to detach it you just have to take the rock it’s on and put the rock in its own container with water (obviously) and just wait a few minutes

I’ll definitely wait to do this until I know everything is good with the RFA and my tank has settled.

 

[i cant think]

I’ll definitely wait to do this until I know everything is good with the RFA and my tank has settled.

Yeah, it’s better safe than sorry!

 

[Impala67]

Hey guys wanted to update you on the RFA he’s doing just fine and thriving he was actually in the process of splitting so that explains a lot lol

 

[i cant think]

Hey guys wanted to update you on the RFA he’s doing just fine and thriving he was actually in the process of splitting so that explains a lot lol

Ohh, That’s interesting. Mines at a nice 3-4” across and still not split (It may be because he’s happy or something)

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Hey guys wanted to update you on the RFA he’s doing just fine and thriving he was actually in the process of splitting so that explains a lot lol

are you sure it's splitting? 99% sure they only sexually reproduce and don't split like BTAs

 

[olonmv]

are you sure it's splitting? 99% sure they only sexually reproduce and don't split like BTAs

This is what I’ve heard also. If it’s splitting tilt may be stressed out. My RFA I’ve had for a few months and I feed it 2ice a week and has never split.

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Here's another thread on here that had a supposedly split RFA, I'm still confident that they don't split

Rock Nem Split!!

I didn’t realize flower rock anemones would split! Imagine my surprise when the tank lights came on today and I was doing my usual head count - whoa! I’ve only had this nem a few weeks - it was part of my @AquaSD live sale haul...it’s been in the same place since I put it in the tank...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Impala67]

I have several RFA and not one has done this?

 

[Impala67]

My bad he didn’t split he just has another head it stilllooks like he split but I think he just has another head

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

My bad he didn’t split he just has another head it stilllooks like he split but I think he just has another head

With a separate mouth, or is it pinched to make it look like another head?

 

[olonmv]

I’ve noticed that my RFA can sometimes contort into weird shapes. Perhaps that is what it’s doin. They definitely are some interesting animals.

 

[Jaden9933]

Toadstools are sometimes known to leak toxins into the water. It’s best to have them downstream of the rest of your corals, so that it is filtered out before running past them. Replacing activated carbon every 3-5 days should keep toxins at bay. Invertebrates, such as anemones, are very sensitive to salinity changes, as well as any other inconsistencies. BTAs expel waste often (if fed often), and will look as you described. However, I haven’t seen my RFA do this. Though, it is not uncommon for coral, or anemones to release waste. On the other hand, you said that the mouth is gaping and it is losing color. Constant brown film being expelled, is a sign of heavy stress. It is most likely expelling zooxanthellae. Some corals do this in response to too much light, causing them to bleach. However, IME, anemones can never seem to get enough light. More than likely, it is swings in water parameters.

one more note. Anemones seem to tolerate ammonia less than a lot of SPS IME, so I’d make sure that it stays at 0.

 

[Impala67]

With a separate mouth, or is it pinched to make it look like another head?

With a separate mouth? Which is weird lol

 

[Impala67]

Toadstools are sometimes known to leak toxins into the water. It’s best to have them downstream of the rest of your corals, so that it is filtered out before running past them. Replacing activated carbon every 3-5 days should keep toxins at bay. Invertebrates, such as anemones, are very sensitive to salinity changes, as well as any other inconsistencies. BTAs expel waste often (if fed often), and will look as you described. However, I haven’t seen my RFA do this. Though, it is not uncommon for coral, or anemones to release waste. On the other hand, you said that the mouth is gaping and it is losing color. Constant brown film being expelled, is a sign of heavy stress. It is most likely expelling zooxanthellae. Some corals do this in response to too much light, causing them to bleach. However, IME, anemones can never seem to get enough light. More than likely, it is swings in water parameters.

one more note. Anemones seem to tolerate ammonia less than a lot of SPS IME, so I’d make sure that it stays at 0.

Down stream lol I have the flow every where but hey I’ll try lol

 

[Jaden9933]

Down stream lol I have the flow every where but hey I’ll try lol

Try to put it near the overflow. Or you have a HOB filter, keep it near that. Wherever will pull the toxins away from coral and toward the activated carbon. Personally, my overflow is on the same side of the tank as the wave maker so it’s not always possible. Just thought I’d suggest it in case it was!

 

[i cant think]

Try to put it near the overflow. Or you have a HOB filter, keep it near that. Wherever will pull the toxins away from coral and toward the activated carbon. Personally, my overflow is on the same side of the tank as the wave maker so it’s not always possible. Just thought I’d suggest it in case it was!

I agree with this, although RFA’s enjoy a lot more flow (Atleast mine does- He sits on the rocks close to the sandbed that are right below the wavemaker) so he’ll probably end up walking towards the internal pump (Wave makers)

 

[MaxTremors]

With a separate mouth? Which is weird lol

RFAs don’t split and they don’t grow new heads. They can pinch themselves into weird shapes and stretch their mouths to make it look like they have more than one (or make it look like it’s splitting, been ripped open, or like it’s disappeared altogether). But I can assure you, it’s not splitting or growing new heads/mouths (anemones are singular organisms, they are not colonies like corals, they can’t grow multiple mouths like mushrooms and other corals can, some anemones are capable of asexual binary fission (splitting), but that is very different than growing a new head and RFAs are incapable of doing it anyway).