Carpet Anemone Troubles

[jorgeldelapaz]

On the last pics the mouth seam to be close,have you handle the anemone a lot when you put it in.I would leave it alone they have a mind of their own i am sure it will find the place it want to be in by itself.

 

[Mikoruni]

Here is a pic of the anemone. It seems like its starting to move from its location. He opened nicely today and his mouth seems pretty tight.

 

[Mikoruni]

Is the anemone a goner? He is faced down in the sand and where his mouth was there is a huge hole. I mean you can clearly see the gravel. I tried to take a pic the best I could. Its kind of a crazy, there is literally a whole in the middle of the anemone but it still looks alive. Is there anything that can be done?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

not good!

not good!

how's your other anemone doing- is it still in this same aquarium?

I would remove the dying anemone.

 

[Mikoruni]

The other seems unaffected. This anemone is still alive though. He maybe close to death, but I see him still moving and trying to flip over. I am going to let him be for a couple of days to see wha happens, but if he starts coming apart, i will take him out of the tank.

Thanks

Leo

 

[elegance coral]

Turn it over. The anemone is upside down. It breathes (for the lack of a better word)through its oral disk. It will die if left upside down.

 

[Mikoruni]

Thank you all for your help, but unfortunately the anemone died yesterday and i took him out of the tank. I learned a lot and I will make sure I do not make the same mistake twice.

Thanks

Leo

 

[this is me]

Don't take this the wrong way but what have you learned?

 

[Mikoruni]

First thing I learned is that there is much more involved than just simply purchasing an anemone and that research is required.

For instance, we had success with the green carpet that has been in our tank over two years with no problem. He has moved around in the beginning but he was a healthy anemone when purchased and was able to acclimate to our tank. We obviously did not know the difference between a healthy and an unhealthy but we were lucky on that one.

I now know how to tell the difference between a haddoni and a gig and what each one wants and how to acclimate them to the tank (lighting wise and flow wise).

I also learned that there is no such thing as a white carpet with purple/blue tips. Looking back I think the anemone was sick or too stressed out for someone with my level of skill. Next time we will look for something that is not bleached or buy it and have the lfs take care of it for us until the nem gets back to a condition that it can be moved to my tank.

These are the lessons I learned.