H. Crispa?

[Terryz_]

Haven been able to fully id this guy... Is it a H. Crispa?

 

[traveller7]

IMO, Heteractis crispa based on that picture. I would let it settle in and recover a bit, grow out and post and updated picture. At that moment, it looks pretty upset.

 

[Terryz_]

Is it supposed to be spreaded out.. It have always been like that for a few weeks after it settled down at that spot...

 

[adtravels]

its mouth looks open in a bad way
feed it if you can little and often better than large chunks, keep it away from shrimps they will try to pic the food out of it and may damage it, I would love to get my hands on a purple crispa good luck

 

[Terryz_]

I am trying to feed it.. But it just refuse to swallow the shrimp meats even small pieces...

 

[garygb]

I think that is H. crispa.

 

[MIKE ALERS]

wow it looks like mine.

wow it looks like mine.

i id mine thru reef central and they said h.crispa also.

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[Lance M.]

I've heard that some people have force fed their nem when it refused to eat in order to save it from dying. I don't know if this is the right thing to do but anyone else heard of this?

Yours looks o k but you need to give it pretty much perfect water conditions and enough light to help it along. Good luck.

 

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11423360#post11423360 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lance M.
I've heard that some people have force fed their nem when it refused to eat in order to save it from dying. I don't know if this is the right thing to do but anyone else heard of this?

Hmmm, I wouldn't say force feed. Force feeding can injure the anemone. I would say feeding the anemone with "help." Sometimes the only way an anemone is going to survive is to place the food in the mouth and GENTLY push the food in. If it doesn't take it after a couple of tries than try again another day. I have done it many times before and it often works.

 

[Terryz_]

Mike, yours looks nicer, love the bubbly tentacles... Haha...
I will try to get it feeding with the help...

 

[Lance M.]

55semireef- Yeah that's what I meant by "force fed", gently pushing it into the mouth.