Anemone problems

The gig as well?! Well it surly don't look as yours but it never occurred to me that it isn't doing well! What should I change? It's been two months now since I had it. Eats normally but the mouth isn't covered with tenticles
 
Justin, do not toss that mag. From your last pictures posted, he can easily be saved. He does not look that bad at all. In fact, he looks pretty decent. Keep with the protocol!

He may be splitting. If so, don't cut him or you with provoke infection and probably loose him. He doesn't need to eat right now. Just stick to our orginal plan.

Good luck with him!
 
Taylor, where are you getting all these Gigantea's?

Would you be will to trade one of you Gig's for one of my Mags?

I'll get you a nice one. You just tell me size and color you like.

Let me know. :cool:


taylor t said:
Here are 2 of my blues. Their mouth is almost covered by tentacles. Almost never seen, is closed 100% all the time, except when food hits the water. This is what they are supposed to look like when happy. They are both different, but both happy.


Here is one of my purples. NOT 100% acclimated. Still acclimating.

While this purple looks like it's acclimating well, it is not out of the woods.

Your purple is struggling. I would be really concerned with it. If it was mine, I would really consider changing something, it is not happy. I don't know enough about what your system is like, or what you have tried, or what any of your equipment is, so what I would do is hard to say. From your one pic, it appears to me to be too much light too early, but there could be something else, or more. I hope it recovers for you, but they have a bad track record for acclimating. The signs of them struggling are so subtle, most miss it.
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I always tought it was a haddoni, but an experienced lfs told me that it was a gigantea.. So I took his word for it. The colour is very nice but the tenticles aren't so long as the giganteas...
 
+1 on Haddoni, which is unhappy. I'm not experienced but from research (I'm researching months, maybe even years in advance to my new addition of a mag/gig/haddoni lol) it looks unhappy. (Not unhealthy, but unhappy.)
 
The pic above was from today.

Same gig,
The pic below is from 3 months ago.
It's the top gig in this pic, looks like a haddoni too.


Your mag looks like it's doing pretty good, considering it's had a finger through it. If your carpet is a haddoni, it may be happier in the sand, and may just need more time to acclimate. It could be a gig, just because it's got short tents, doesn't mean it's not a gig. Can you get a picture of the under side of the disk? OR if you can see, are there spots (usually blue or purple) under the first couple inches of the disk. Not all the way down, but from the edge down a couple inches there will be spots if it is a gig. No spots, most likely haddoni, but even a stressed gig may not show spots clearly. You need closer and more focused pics to get a better ID.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to derail your mag thread.... :(
 
I think the best thing would be to identify what carpet you have, and start a new thread for it. Sorry to derail.

To me, looks like it could very well be a gig. Wouldn't be the first stressed one I've seen. Could be either, but from that pic, my guess would still be a gig, though stressed gigs usually have thin rows of tents. You need to look for the spots under side of disk.
 
I never saw any spots on the underside of the disc, I will be more careful to notice them tough! What are clear signs to identify gig from haddoni?
 
Ok! I've read the whole thread, and based on what I've seen, and the fact that he (I've decided your nem is a male) is still kicking, KEEP UP THE WATER CHANGES, and MEDS!

It may be that he's expelling lots of fluid and bad bugs, which the drugs may be helping with. The fact that he's in a HT, means you can afford to "nurse him until his last gasp", i.e. - there is no fear of crashing your main tank.

As for the other nems, I don't have enough experience to ID unhappy ones ;)
 
Justincasha said:
I never saw any spots on the underside of the disc, I will be more careful to notice them tough! What are clear signs to identify gig from haddoni?
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Spots or dots under side of the disk. No dots or spots, most likely haddoni. Honestly, I hope it is haddoni for you. If it is haddoni, it's not that bad actually. Just not where it wants to be. If it's a gig, all I can say is uh oh... Haddoni are typically sand dwellers, and a bit easier to keep. If it's a purple haddoni, that's going to be a really nice anemone once it acclimates and it's full glory comes out. Purple haddoni aren't very common. Nice score!
 
Regarding my mag I decided to keep up with water changes and medication for 10days. If its not fully recovered in 10 days it will be its last day.

As for my carpet, I seriously think its a haddoni but if you say he's unhappy, wouldn't he just move to a sandy spot? What makes you say he is still acclimating? (Asking to learn)
 
Last day before flushing I'm afraid. 10days of water changes and meds are more than enough to fully recover I think. There's no point in high hopes after 10days no?!
 
Your mag, I would keep going, like bobbravo2 said, there's no risk in losing anything, so give it the benefit. Don't give up on the mag, even if it takes longer than 10 days. Until it smells and falls apart, not much to lose, other than some salt, water, and time. It really does look like it would recover. I wouldn't give up on it. Reefaholic can help you, he's got mag fever.

For your carpet, if it's haddoni, it should look like this. This guy knows what he's doing.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1540799
One of the most beautiful haddoni's I've seen. All his have looked great. Big difference in someone keeping an anemone alive, and someone who knows how to make them thrive.
 
Justincasha said:
Last day before flushing I'm afraid. 10days of water changes and meds are more than enough to fully recover I think. There's no point in high hopes after 10days no?!
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Don't give up!!!! :)

My blue gigs I posted above, took over 6 months to stabilize. some of these difficult species can be fickle. Don't give up!
 
taylor t said:
I think the best thing would be to identify what carpet you have, and start a new thread for it. Sorry to derail.

To me, looks like it could very well be a gig. Wouldn't be the first stressed one I've seen. Could be either, but from that pic, my guess would still be a gig, though stressed gigs usually have thin rows of tents. You need to look for the spots under side of disk.
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I almost thought it may be a gig because I've NEVER seen a purple Haddoni, but I'm sure they have em.
 
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