Emergency: ANEMONE INJURED BY HEATER

[iannozzi]

Hi:

Just arrived home for lunch and so my BTA reduced in size and a portion of its skin raw and revealing some internal tissue--itmust have ran into the heater and burned its skin--the rest of the BTA is fine--do I now have to remove this BTa or will it recover??

Please advise

 

[iannozzi]

32 people have read this post and having to proffer??? Come on guys!!!

 

[MarinaP]

Your anemone should recover given proper conditions. Good luck

 

[iannozzi]

I am going to add reef plus--this should assit in the healing--correct?

 

[MarinaP]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6587468#post6587468 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by iannozzi
I am going to add reef plus--this should assit in the healing--correct?

Pristine water conditions and absence of damaging equipment (heaters, powerheads, uncovered intakes and such) should help. Additives will not.

 

[iannozzi]

Here in lies the problem--what reef tank can function successfully without a heater and current via power heads--i am wondering it there is a product out there that is tantamont to girded fencing--allowing water through but nothing else--then I could fence off these dangerous corners where the powerheads are and the heater is

 

[MarinaP]

A heater in the sump, powerheads' intake covered with a sponge filter. Opportunities are endless

 

[catdoc]

I had an anemone try to walk over a heater (apparently it was "off" when the bta started the journey), then the heater kicked on and I found a very unhappy anemone trying its hardest not to touch the heater even though it had its foot attached to the tank wall on opposing sides of the heater. What happened? The anemone promptly split and went in two different directions. Both splits survived although they're now a bit faded, they're eating and look great.

 

[zt444a]

It sounds like to me you need a sump to put the heater in, and a filter screen of some sort.

Gotta agree with MarinaP, the opportunities are endless...