DAMN anemone....HELP

[spongebobby]

Came home today from work and my seabae anemone had found it's way into my seio 1500. The tank was cloudy and some of the corals are closed up. I put all the carbon I have in the sump and removed the anemone from the tank and removed the seio to clean the "chunks" out. It was in it's place this morning so everything has taken place since 8:00 this morning. Am I gonna have a massive ammonia spike? I just don't want to loose any corals or fish to this. Any ideas????

Probably due a 20 gal water change tomorrow.How long will it take to show if there is a spike?


Thanks for the help

 

[Letmegrow]

Water Change is all you can do, do it ASAP.

As long as you do the change on time, the ammonia spike wont matter if there is one, you did all you can do.

 

[geoxman]

squidward or patrick sure didn't have your back!

 

[chadfarmer]

do a water change and all you can do is see how it goes from there

 

[rams]

wow an Anemone with a SEIO spells disaster from the get go.

You want to use sponge covers or multiple inputs for less of a chance of a blender accident. Anemones like to move around till they find the perfect spot. If you can I would not wait to do the water change less of a turnover chance. lesson learned yet a hard one

how big was it?

 

[spongebobby]

When i got home it looked like someone poured a glass of milk in the tank. I ran my Deltec for a real wet skim and it has cleared up. I had sponges on all PH except for the seio (hard to find one that would work). It was a very nice speciman. It was about 7 in across. It has been in the same spot for the last 2 months. I just put my clarkii clown in the tank the night before (undergoing hypo for the last 6 weeks) . It must have freaked him out and he moved while i was at work. My wife feels bad because she was off all day but never noticed it. I just hope nothing else dies in the wake of this disaster.

 

[Fred_J]

I would do up to a 50% water change. It's normally not recommended to do this much at once but in this case I think it's warranted. Followed by charcoal and/or polyfilter.
My .02
Fred