anemone dying. should i remove him?

[Monster00101]

I bought a bleached sabae. i know stupid move. He refuses to eat. i have tried feeding him at night and day. its not sticky and it has shrunk to about a quater of the size. i have tried to force feed and tried to feed him everything. i really dont think he has a chance. should i remove him from the tank or just let him die in the tank? will it make a mess when he finally goes?

 

[Ston3]

How long ago did you buy him? What's your lighting? You may just need to let him rest and settle in if he was added recently.

 

[Agu]

I tend to err on the side of giving everything in my care the most opportunity possible. Unless there's obvious tissue degeneration I'd just let it be.

As far as not eating, you don't know what it may be catching in the water column.

 

[Monster00101]

ive got lots of light. i bought him about six months ago. he would eat once in a while but never on a regular basis. hes weird he will get settled in after a couple days of moving around. then he would finally eat a peice of silver side. every time i fed him he would get up and move again. last couple of weeks he gave up eating all together. when i got him he was the size of a coffee cup know hes about the size of a quater.

 

[Monster00101]

if he finally dies will it hurt the tank?

 

[Monster00101]

hes still moving.

 

[Ycore]

Just be mindful that IF it dies, they decompose RAPIDLY and can quickly pollute your tank.

 

[Monster00101]

thats what i was worried about. when is the point of no return? this is my first anemone and im not sure when to pull the plug. I too like to give everything the benefit of the doubt but not at the expense of healthy coral and fish.

 

[sirreal63]

2 clowns, scooter blenny, green mandarin goby, green chromis, sabae anemone, yellow head jawfish, fire fish, green clown goby. Fluval Osaka 85: niger trigger, picasso trigger, dogface puffer.

That is lot of bio load in a 65 gallon tank and some unfriendly and messy eaters. Water quality is important with anemone's. What are the nitrate and phosphate readings?

 

[Monster00101]

im a freak about water quality. ive never had trates show up at all in this tank. phos last i checked was real low. i keep some sps too and they are doing great.

 

[Toddrtrex]

2 clowns, scooter blenny, green mandarin goby, green chromis, sabae anemone, yellow head jawfish, fire fish, green clown goby. Fluval Osaka 85: niger trigger, picasso trigger, dogface puffer.

That is lot of bio load in a 65 gallon tank and some unfriendly and messy eaters. Water quality is important with anemone's. What are the nitrate and phosphate readings?

I have to agree. There is no way an anemone should be in that tank, let alone a bleached one. IMO, the last 3 fish have to go.

 

[Monster00101]

if ur talking about the triggers and puffer they are in a differnt tank. and the clown gobey is gone.