Can anenome get blisters? Pics included

[broe33]

I don't know what is happening. Alkalinity has been stable at 10 and all other corals look healthy. I haven't checked nitrates but i have been changing 5 gallons of water per week. Running a berlin turbo skimmer and filter sock.

Before

After

 

[reefpimp#1]

not sure but it looks like it fell off the rock and is upsidedown and thats its foot your looking at

 

[bwest]

Yeah, you should probably flip it over. It also looks to be pretty bleached. I think I heard somewhere this is pretty common of sebae anemones during shipping.

 

[broe33]

I know I was looking at its foot. I'll go ahead and flip it back over. What could cause these lesions on the foot? Tell me more about bleaching please.

 

[reefpimp#1]

Bleaching, it has expelled all of its zoanthlea, the algea in which makes it photosynthetic. Light is absorbed and food is produced by this algea. Sebaes tend to do this alot thats why they always look white. With some good lighting and food it will eventually grow back and become a brownish tan color. make sure you feed it cause its not photosynthetic without its zoanthelea.

 

[Slakker]

Actually it's the waste products from the zooxanthellae photosynthesizing that the anemones use, but now we're just splitting hairs.

Even when the zooxanthellae has regenerated, your anemone will still need to be fed from time to time. The zooxanthellae provide a lot of energy to the anemone, but they still need actual food and protein and stuff.
Also, if an anemone never does recover its zooxanthellae, eventually it won't be able to get enough energy to live for very long from just the food, but that takes a while.

 

[reefpimp#1]

thanxs for the correction. and I like your spelling better i was just winging it.

 

[Slakker]

Haha, don't worry about the spelling...I had to look it up a few times before I could remember it.

 

[phender]

The "blisters" on the foot of the anemone are normal. That is how they move/burrow into the sand. They blow-up one part of their foot and shrink other parts.