Hi guys. I need some urgent advice. I was away for a day or two and came back to find my anemone face down in the sand in really bad shape with partially melted tentacles. Seems like she was blowing around and got caught in some acros and got torn here and there. I separated her and decided to wait a bit and see if she was still alive. Its been around 10 hours and the meting is still happening. But the weird part is she is still alive! If you bother her a little she will actually move but then go back to her open mouth position after while. Even some of her deflated tentacles will move a bit. My question is should I cut away the parts of her that are melting since it seems to be happening in one area more than another. Or do i let her be and let her do what she wants. She is still alive and fighting but I am not sure at this point if to cut or even how much to cut off to try and let her live. The area I put her into has very little flow as well since i didn't want her to get stressed by too much water passing by. She is a tough girl but this is really too much 8(
Anemone meting yet still alive
- Thread starter Thepopo
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Heteractis magnifica. I had her for around 3 months. She is purple base with blue tips. She was all bleached out when I got her but now her tentacles are of a yellowish tinge. She is on a 40 gallon tank filled halfway with 160 watts of t-8 lighting. Salinity at 1.025, temperature at 78f. 10 hour light cycle. No nitrates or nitrites. Well after she started melting I am not sure but that's what it was before this all happened. Ill try to get a picture up. I separated the clown from her as well. Should i put her into more flow so her dead parts float away or do i keep her in low flow and just suction up what falls around her. I am just amazed she is still alive and somewhat responsive.
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