Damaged Colorado Sunburst

[farfromsea]

I’ll be honest, I’m at a loss here. If it were me, I’d just keep treating and see what happens.

That's my plan too. Already hit treatment day 7 so I'm past the standard Orion method time-line. So far progress has seemingly stalled to just be "not dead."

Hoping it didn't throw itself into the wavemaker while I was at work lol. I put a vented plastic lid in the tank as a barrier between the anenome and the wavemaker. Was not aware they would squeeze themselves through a 1/4" hole.

Fascinating yet frustrating creature.

 

[farfromsea]

Update: I did 10 days of treatment in the end. 5 at 250 mg in a 2.5 gallon tank then 5 days at 500 mg. After realizing I had exposed my self to antibiotics and not enjoying the impact of that I cut off treatment for my own sanity. Gave the anenome 1 day to chill in the hospital tank and moved it to my main tank.

At first it looked sad and deflated

But 3 days later it is much larger than ever before

It has lost tentacles in the process but I hope they grow back soon. I am going to check my PAR and bring it to 200 at the top of this tank if possible. I want to be sure it is getting enough light. Seems a little pale but could be the mix of colors. Of course the Radion stopped connecting to the app... lol

Not out of the woods, but continuing to be "not dead."

 

[griss]

Best of luck.

 

[farfromsea]

Update! Almost a month later and the tentacles are growing back and bubbling again! I feel hopeful. The anemone box is gross and covered in algae but I want to keep it in there so that I can observe it and not let my coral get stung...

 

[griss]

Awesome, you’ve done great keeping this nem going.

 

[farfromsea]

Awesome, you’ve done great keeping this nem going.

Thanks it honestly has just been sitting around for a month. Little involvement from me... I credit my radions lol. I appreciate all you guys' advice and encouragement especially in the beginning when I gave it (and me lol oops) cipro. It's been wild to watch all the tentacles fall off and see it come back from the brink of death.

 

[farfromsea]

Looking better every week!

 

[griss]

That’s great.

 

[reefing102]

Looking fantastic!

 

[farfromsea]

Thanks all I'm super excited back in September it all felt very hopeless. My tank isn't even that great right now I have some return pump issue and nasty film at the surface. Likely Nitrates sky high....yet the anenome is happy as can be! I feel like one day there might be a chance it outgrows this tiny shroom box from PNW custom!