Can i save this sebae? Pic

[danieljames]

A local reefer has this sebae he has kept for a couple weeks (i think) under four 36w pc's. Obviously not enough light, but i'd like to know if anyone thinks i could save this one. She would be under a 65k halide. I'm sure i have enough light, but not sure if she is past the point of recovery. She has not attached to anything in his display. She took a piece of krill a day ago.

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[phender]

It is likely past the point of recovery. IMO

 

[nlknight]

Sorry but i agree mouth looks wide open.

 

[phender]

This species should have tentacles over 2 inches long and pointed at the end. Short stubby tentacles means that the anemone has been starved for a while. It has also lost its zooxanthellae which means that it can't do any photosynthesis for food. The triple whammy is that it likely has no feeding response at this point and isn't able to take the food that it needs to recover.

 

[z32tt]

if it really did take a piece of krill then you should be able to recover it.

DAILY small feedings of krill

 

[Reef4Fun]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8548732#post8548732 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by z32tt
if it really did take a piece of krill then you should be able to recover it.

DAILY small feedings of krill

I agree. I would say twice a day small feedings at first. I saved a green carpet this way. The mouth was gaped open and it was not sticky. I had to take a turkey baster and put the krill right at its mouth. After a week, it was doing great, a week after that and it was wonderful. I still feed it every other day, sometimes daily, but small bites. I have had it for 3 weeks now, I think I will go to every other day and a little bigger pieces of food.

 

[danieljames]

Would enriching some fresh shrimp with super selco give it an edge?

 

[Xirxes23]

give it a light spurt of mysis daily, make sure nothing is stealing it. It may come back. Mine was just about this bad and over the last 3 months, it has turned a deep brown and eats much more.

If this is in your tank, might as well try, because you most likely will not have any kind of return policy on inverts.

 

[danieljames]

It's not in my tank, but another member of my club. I'm assuming a move/acclimation to a new display would be out of the question, yes? Even if the conditions in my tank would be more suitable?

 

[raoul]

If it was in your tank already I would give a cautionary go for it, but I don't know what the transition would do to it. Although, they come like that from retailers sometimes.

Mine was almost las bad (nearly two years ago when we got it). If I remember correctly, its tentacles were a bit longer, about as long as the longest ones on your pic - didn't have the smaller tentacles, but it was just as white, had small bulbed tentacles, etc... Regular small feedings, proper lighting, good water, helped us bring ours back. Sadly, it doesn't always work.

If you decide to try it, you may want to place it in something and then in the tank, that way if it dies and starts disintegrating it will be easier to move. You may run the risk of crashing your tank. I've read that when nems die, they don't like to go alone! It's pretty messy and they wreak havoc on your water quality.

Good luck!

 

[Xirxes23]

Its not all that bad when they die, depends on your tank. If its in a 30 with no fuge or sump, there might be a real problem. My RBTA just lost a long battle with internal osmoregulation problems and died in my 90G, couldnt find him for 4 days, in the end i spotted a bit of him and was able to pull out a small string that was basically just the foot left.

Small ammo spike, thats it. did a few precautionary water changes, but ammo never got above .2

 

[raoul]

A guy on our local reef board recently lost a RBTA as well. I think his tank is something like a 230 gal cube, with a hefty sump underneath. His experience was quite the opposite of yours. It's amazing to me how different our experiences can be with the same types of animals.