Dying anenome--R.I.P. or remove it?

[Aquarist007]

I have a rose anenome that has been very healthy up till a week ago---at that point it stopped coming out fully from under its rock and has not looked for food. I mentioned this on another thread a few days ago and it was felt that it might be splitting and to leave it alone
today it is very far under the rock and its tentacles are very thin and straggly.
I think I can remove it to quarantene by taking out its rock that it is attached to?
Should I be doing this now or still leave it alone? I am worried about it dying and expelling poison into the tank.

 

[vaporize]

just leave it

Unless you see the mouth flip inside out, it's not dying. bta can be hardy.

 

[Slakker]

More like unless you see it start disintegrating, leave it in there.

 

[phc567]

if it is really dying, then you will need to remove it. it will make your water really bad. thats only if your sure it is dying.

 

[Aquarist007]

this morning it was half out again--- are these affected by cyno--I've been dealing with a cyno problem on the substrate for about a week.
I think the two might be related----I was feeding larger pieces of raw shrimp to the tank to try and enduce a redline anthias to eat. I did notice the clarkie taking some of the shrimp down to the anenome--perhaps it has built up some nitriates/phosphates in that area that it is disagreeing with.
Puzzling, because I thought that an anenome would move if it didn't like the conditions where it was?

 

[vaporize]

take some pictures will help.

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10418107#post10418107 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by vaporize
take some pictures will help.

thanks--already thought of that--put impossible to get at it when it withdraws entirely under the rock

 

[reefraj]

hey I am dealing with a similar issue with my green anemone. will tag along.

 

[anthworks]

is your tank new? unstable conditions will effect your anemone more then anything.

 

[Aquarist007]

the tank is not new but I have been having cyno issues on the sustrate for the last week(due to overfeeding/changing methods for a redline anthias I was trying to get to eat). I also changed the flow rate and direction so that might have upset it.
Now last night I think it mightjust be splitting--I wish I could take a picture but it just retreats deeper under its rock