HELP!!! Green Bubble Tip Anemone

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Nate&Christy

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Hey guys,
I'm posting this with the hope to get some answers. My husband and i bought a 14 gal biocube and yesterday we put a green bubble tip anemone in it. He was GREAT yesterday.. and when we woke up this morning he was just floating aimlessly. No idea how long he was floating for. So I put him on the rock and he stuck for a couple min.. then he let go and started floating aimlessly in the current. So i called a local store and they said to put him between two rocks so i did. He stayed and i left for the day. When i came home he was shrivled up and so i moved the rock and now his stomach is wide open.. not too much is coming out and he is all shrivled up.. Half of him looks good.. half looks like its completely deflated. We moved him and some stuff came of, but im not sure if it was from his stomach or from his body.. no more is coming off since we've moved him. Any advice would help.... thank you. I hope he makes it..

 
If I understand correctly, anemones are more sensitive to water chemistry than most other creatures and need a stable, well established aquarium. It sounds like you just put one in a system that hasn't even cycled yet. If that's the case, I would think you should probably try to return it before it dies. Then do a lot of research here.
 
yeah we r kinda realizing that now... but the pet store is closed so we have to at least wait till tomorrow morning.. the guy at the pet store knew the tank was new and just said that bubble anemones were pretty hardy and would help get the tank established.... so thats why we bought it...
 
The person at the LFS was completely wrong. And there is no way they shouldn't take the anemone back -- since they gave out such poor information.

Odds are your tank won't even be ready for fish for a month, let alone an anemone.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14360251#post14360251 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
The person at the LFS was completely wrong. And there is no way they shouldn't take the anemone back -- since they gave out such poor information.

Odds are your tank won't even be ready for fish for a month, let alone an anemone.
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Right and think I would find a different pet store for now on..
 
thats a serious sham of a lfs worker-guys like him are whats bringing the hobby down. I surprized he didn't sell ya acouple of damsels too!
 
hmm... well we have a banded coral shrimp, pink skunk clownfish and a damsel in there and they are all thriving... which is why its wierd the anemone was doing sooo good yesterday... but like i said everything else is doing great...
 
To be blunt.

I wouldn't expect them to be thriving for very long -- but I am not surprised that they seem fine now. Soon (( could be as soon as tomorrow morning )) you should notice an ammonia spike -- which are deadly for fish, and more so for inverts. If the LFS won't take them all back, you are going to have to do lots of water changes -- and monitor the ammonia levels (( along with 'trates and 'trites ))
 
and he told us not to buy a certain type of damsel.. i cant remember what kind cuz it would eat the one we had now.. he seemed to have our best interest at heart.. how can u tell if the anemone is deteriorating or just expelling waste???
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14360347#post14360347 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nate&Christy
and he told us not to buy a certain type of damsel.. i cant remember what kind cuz it would eat the one we had now.. he seemed to have our best interest at heart.. how can u tell if the anemone is deteriorating or just expelling waste???
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I don't know it if would eat any of them, but would sure harass them.

As for the anemone, a picture would help a lot. Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference -- it is more of a "feel" sort of thing -- if you have seen it enough, you know but hard to describe.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14360357#post14360357 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nate&Christy
ok.. they would go from thriving to dying that fast??? and y would the fish die???
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They can, it really matters how bad the water is (( the ammonia spike )).

The fish would die from the ammonia spike -- high levels of ammonia are toxic to them -- part of what happens is that the gills get "burnt" from it.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14360378#post14360378 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nate&Christy
what would cause the ammonia spike?? the anemone dying (if it is)??
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The anemone can.

But, the main cause would be the tank not being cycled. The short version -- ammonia is a natural by-product of fish -- respiration and from their waste. An established tank will have enough bacteria to covert the ammonia into 'trates and 'trites. Since your tank was just set up, there isn't enough bacteria to do that.
 
oh ok gotcha so it can make that without any fish in the water??? how would i get rid of amonia and fast if that is the case.. i need to buy a test kit tomorrow.. and i tried posting pics but they r the wrong type and too big... :(
 
ill try to visually tell you what the picture lookss like his foot looks a little deteriorated but its hard to see cuz it is under the rock.. half his body is completly deflated and half is inflated.. his stomach is open.. from what i can see but alot of his tenticles are like shriveled up...
 
The thing is, the anemone will produce ammonia too, and they are even more sensitive to it. So, the anemone actually has a worse chance of making it compared to the fish.

Time and water changes will help bring it down.

If your pictures are too big, you can create a Photobucket account and upload them there (( it is free ))
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14360406#post14360406 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nate&Christy
ill try to visually tell you what the picture lookss like his foot looks a little deteriorated but its hard to see cuz it is under the rock.. half his body is completly deflated and half is inflated.. his stomach is open.. from what i can see but alot of his tenticles are like shriveled up...
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See my post above about pictures.

But, from what you describe it doesn't sound good. The mouth being open is never a good sign.
 
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