Help me rescue an Anemone

[carb850]

Let me start off by saying I have never owned an Anemone and know very little about them.

Earlier today I purchased a tank from a friend. It is up and running but in pretty rough shape. So today I brought home all of the fish I could catch but one I could not. He has some live rock but very large clunky pieces. Well, on one piece I see something and didn't know what it was. Almost looked like a coral. He told me it was what was left of a bubble tip Anemone. I first thought it was too far gone but I noticed when I turned over the rock it was able to pull itself back in. So it does have some life left in it.

Once I get it home, what should I do to try and nurse it back to health? Is there a way to get it off the rock? The rock is too big for me to put in anything, so I will have to break it apart at the very least. Would the Anemone survive being out of water long enough for me to chisel apart the rock?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Re: Help me rescue an Anemone

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11145237#post11145237 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by carb850
Would the Anemone survive being out of water long enough for me to chisel apart the rock?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

rephrase to could the anemone survive being out of water long enough for you to chisel and the answer is yes...

Make sure to read the Anemone FAQ at the top of this forum. Here's a link:

http://www.carlosreef.com/AnemoneFAQ.pdf

good luck!

 

[carb850]

Thanks for the reply. I read the FAQ, probably will a few more times in hopes to absorb a little more.


This guy is currently sitting in a 72G tank, with most of the bulbs burnt out and hardly no flow. So I'm sort of thinking anything will be a step in the right direction. I have a 20" 40W PC light that I thought about using on a hospital tank. If I put that light on a 10G, would it be suffient for this Anemone? For a hospital tank, what should I do for filtration? I assume no LR or substrate. Would a HOB filter be good enough or should I throw on a skimmer instead? I figured no skimmer would be needed, just do frequent water changes.

Any suggestions?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

get the anemone in proper environmental conditions and it will recover quickly. The more light, the better. Frequent feedings of small meaty seafoods (HUFA enriched mysids or Cyclopeeze). Frequent feedings will require that you keep the water clean via changes and/or protein skimming. (A skimmer oxygenates water which is a very good thing.) The more liverock the better IMO. Keep water temp at 80 degrees F.
At this point it's very important not to introduce Clownfish to your recovering anemone.