HELP ASAP: Black hair coming out from anenome

[4Reefer20]

help what is this stuff
is it dying?
should I remove it from the tank asap?

 

[1fishkeeper]

It's pooping.....

 

[4Reefer20]

It's pooping.....

that big?!
:eek1:

 

[elegance coral]

If it's pooping, someone fed it a candy bar, or something else that was large and brown. It looks like a massive expulsion of zooxanthellae to me.

 

[4Reefer20]

If it's pooping, someone fed it a candy bar, or something else that was large and brown. It looks like a massive expulsion of zooxanthellae to me.

I don't think it's poop
the anemone has started to flip itself inside out today

 

[elegance coral]

Yep. He's in trouble. I'd do the largest water change possible and hope for the best.
How big is the tank, and what lighting do you have? Have you noticed a reduction in color?

 

[Arkayology]

I would assume poop, but if it is turning itself inside out you have a problem. When was the last time it ate and what did you feed it?

 

[4Reefer20]

Yep. He's in trouble. I'd do the largest water change possible and hope for the best.
How big is the tank, and what lighting do you have? Have you noticed a reduction in color?

darn..
it's a rsm130..34 gallon
I'm running a 150w metal halide with a 14k pheonix bulb
no reduction in color
looks great actually..

 

[4Reefer20]

I would assume poop, but if it is turning itself inside out you have a problem. When was the last time it ate and what did you feed it?

he turned himself inside out but once I turned on the lights everything went back to normal?
he's on plankton diet..

 

[Emerald525]

I agree turning itself inside out is not a good sign. I had a carpet anemone do that and it would seem to be okay but then eventually I just had to get it out of the tank. Keep a close eye on it.

 

[4Reefer20]

I agree turning itself inside out is not a good sign. I had a carpet anemone do that and it would seem to be okay but then eventually I just had to get it out of the tank. Keep a close eye on it.

will do!
:hmm3:

 

[elegance coral]

I would assume poop,

It is not poop. No one feeds their anemone chocolate. Anemones do not have blood cells, or bile from a liver to turn their poop brown. If they discharge any undigested material, it will be the color of what was eaten. We don't feed dark brown stuff like chocolate, so any discharged "poop" will not be brown. What anemones do discharge, that is brown, is their zooxanthellae.

darn..
it's a rsm130..34 gallon
I'm running a 150w metal halide with a 14k pheonix bulb
no reduction in color
looks great actually..

There had to be a reduction in color. It may not have been noticed, but it had to take place. The anemone is basically a semitransparent bag of water. All of that dark brown material was once inside the anemone, so the anemone had to be darker when this material was inside it. Once all that color was discharged, the anemone had to have faded in color. Sometimes this isn't all that noticeable. This is why I always take photos of anemones I'm trying to acclimate to a new system. Any change in color is much more noticeable when you can compare photos taken a day or two apart.

Do you have a thermometer on the tank? If so, what's the temp?

 

[srusso]

My guess is it is poop.. It just ate something you didn't plan on it eating...

 

[BonsaiNut]

It is not poop.

+1 What HE said

 

[4Reefer20]

It is not poop. No one feeds their anemone chocolate. Anemones do not have blood cells, or bile from a liver to turn their poop brown. If they discharge any undigested material, it will be the color of what was eaten. We don't feed dark brown stuff like chocolate, so any discharged "poop" will not be brown. What anemones do discharge, that is brown, is their zooxanthellae.




There had to be a reduction in color. It may not have been noticed, but it had to take place. The anemone is basically a semitransparent bag of water. All of that dark brown material was once inside the anemone, so the anemone had to be darker when this material was inside it. Once all that color was discharged, the anemone had to have faded in color. Sometimes this isn't all that noticeable. This is why I always take photos of anemones I'm trying to acclimate to a new system. Any change in color is much more noticeable when you can compare photos taken a day or two apart.

Do you have a thermometer on the tank? If so, what's the temp?

no reduction in color
here's a pic of him today

yes I do
temp is at 77 degrees a day and 78 when the halides come on