My lta has lost a few tentacles, he seems fine he's roaming, i just put him in earlier today. He's like 10 to 12 inches. But it seems his tentacles shrivel up and turn green and look crappy, just a couple, every thing else is expanded. i can see where 2 or 3 came of and it looks like its twisted shut at the end. whats happening?
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Your LTA is roaming? That isn't good. They like a deep sand bed of fine sand/aragonite. You can fill a 6 inch diameter PVC pipe with fine sand and hopefully it will settle in there. It's not unusual for the tentacles to shrivel at times. Could you post more information, such as parameters, pics and lighting?
wicked_NaCl_h2o
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Hi Jason, Is this the same anemone that wouldn't attach or is this a new one?
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I know they say that these anemones require strong lights. My purple LTA is under 2x65w Current USA PowerCompact Orbit Fixture. My purple LTA does great under pc lights.
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I don't know ..mine doesn't do that. Maybe some thing in your tank is picking at it? What other inverts do you have?
Btw, where did you buy this one from?
Can you take a picture?
Btw, where did you buy this one from?
Can you take a picture?
About the inverts, i have a cleaner shrimp that has lived on a carpet nem, 2 bta's and a sabea and he has never hurt them, he almost got ate by the carpet but he never left it. 10 blue leg hermits and several hitch hiking snails, i do have a large population of bristle worms, would they hurt a nem?
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Oh, I have read in some other threads that.. some times maroon clowns will bite off tentacles of their host anemone. That maybe what is happening..Did you see the tentacles fall off?
If your anemone is still eating, attached, and its mouth is tightly shut I wouldn't worry about it too much. When I first added my purple LTA there were a few times durring the day where a few of its tetacles would deflate. I was worried about it and was told by a few LTA owners that this is normal. The only thing that is bad is when all of its tentacles deflate. Water changes are important, and carbon since you have other anemones in the same tank. I think carbon and 10% water changes every week is what keeps my lta looking its best.
If your anemone is still eating, attached, and its mouth is tightly shut I wouldn't worry about it too much. When I first added my purple LTA there were a few times durring the day where a few of its tetacles would deflate. I was worried about it and was told by a few LTA owners that this is normal. The only thing that is bad is when all of its tentacles deflate. Water changes are important, and carbon since you have other anemones in the same tank. I think carbon and 10% water changes every week is what keeps my lta looking its best.
no the other anemone's are gone. Death to most but the carpet was awesome, it was a green. unfortunatly in my 29g he was a gill net waiting for a meal so i sold him. i've seen the maroons nip at the lta but not hard the tentacles didn't even react when i was watching. Never know though. do you have a pic of ur lta?
wicked_NaCl_h2o
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sure do 
wicked_NaCl_h2o
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thank you 
How is your LTA doing now?
How is your LTA doing now?i'm not sure about mine right now, i came home from work tonight and my nudibranch was dead stuck on a power head and my anemone looked like crap, I'm hoping that the toxins from the nudi didn't affect it, every thing elso looks fine, i'm hoping my nem is just doing he's doing his little water change out. He is still sticky though so thats good right, he took a feeding for the first time but he isn't footed. I hope he's ok. what do yall think?
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