Emergency: Sebae Anemone Ate Frag Rock

[eho72]

I need help quick to save my sebae anemone. Tonight I came home and notice that my 1" frag rock with the sunny-d frags was missing. It was on top of a rock cave overlooking the anemone in the sand below. I looked everywhere and even took a few of the rocks out and could not locate the frag. I thought that maybe the sebae ate the rock, but there's no way right. Well, after looking for an hour, I pulled the sebae from the sand and sure enough in it's mouth, I could see the corner of the square rock. The anemone is only 4-5" when fully expanded. So the mouth is not big enough for me to pull the rock out. What do I do? Do I risk tearing the mouth and get this frag rock with the paly out?


Purple sebae without rock inside mouth

 

[Toddrtrex]

From what I said in your other thread,

IMO, I wouldn't do a thing. Trying to pull it out could very well damage the mouth of the anemone. H. Crispas do not naturally split like BTAs (( E Quadricolors )), so any damage to the mouth could end up killing it.

Just give it time and it will most likely "spit" it back out. I have had my Haddonis eat both a queen conch and a fairly large turbo snail. In both cases it spit the shell back out. If you happen to see the rock fully outside of the mouth, then you can remove it from the tentacles, but otherwise I would leave it alone.