help with blue hadonni

[beuchat]

Hi,

I have introduced a green gigantea and a blue hadonni in a 125 gal with a resident H. crispa.There were stablished two peridarion and two polymnus already in the tank.The blue hadonni has changed its shape and is dettachting so I have moved it thinking it does not like its current place.

Now it is a bit deflated. I placed it upper because maybe was searching for more light or maybe the polymnus are so agressive with the anemone?

I am worry about the hadonni.Thanks in advance.

Please, here you can find the pics:

before:

After the position change:

 

[Woogiekids]

A Haddoni is a sand dwelling anemone. It should be in the sand.

 

[jon1985]

beautiful carpet, I hope you figure things out. It may be the various species of anemones you have that is causing issues..

 

[beuchat]

Ok, thank you. I will place on the sand!!

 

[Woogiekids]

Try placing it in the sand, right next to where the sand meets rock. They like to dig down so that they feel that their foot is protected. Same with the Gigantea.

 

[beuchat]

I have put the rock with the hadonni on the sand, could not dettacht it so I moved them together.

I have added more sand to the dsb beneath the anemone. Water is very cloudy. I will show pics tomorrow.

With the gigantea: I read in Julian Sprung Coral Reef vol II that they tend to get bacterial infections if they are placed directly on the sand. He recomends to place on a rock and let it move to the sand, in mine, this is not possible because it is really up!.

I do not know what to do then?

Thanks for your advice

 

[Toddrtrex]

I personally am not a fan of mixing Haddonis with other species of anemones -- never had good luck with it.

Did you buy the Haddoni at an LFS, or have it shipped? If it was at an LFS, how long did they have it?

The pictures with its mouth open -- how long had it been in the tank? (( depending on the time frame, it could be a bad sign ))

 

[beuchat]

They were in LFS for three days. They import directly. In my tank since last saturday (I picket them). I have had very bad experience with mouths everted but also very good experiences using cloramfenicol to treat them (they recovered in three days,always h. magníficas, no experinces with hadonnys or giganteas)

Going to bed, tomorrow I will post the pics.

thanks a lot

 

[beuchat]

the gigantea was dettached from the rock this afternoon so I decide to move down close to the rocks and sand.

Both anemones are very close so I think this is not good for the clownfishes. They will be faiting. I have planed to move the hadonni to top right of the tank when it is more estable, it has its mouth a bit opened

 

[Toddrtrex]

I would not move the Haddoni to the top (( meaning on the rock work )), they are sand dwelling anemones, and I don't see it staying there.

 

[beuchat]

no, of course, I mean in right down, in the sand, sorry for my bad english

 

[Conrad25]

S Gigantea Anemones are not sand dwellers at all. They like to be on rockwork and most of the time from what I have seen and with mine,(14" Purple S Gigantea) they prefer not to be in the sand at all or even resting part of themselves onto it. So That Gig will like it up higher and away from the sand.

The S Haddoni, from everyones talks on here and all that I have seen, it loves sand inbetween a rock and the sandbed. The best bet from all that I have read is that you should dig a hole in the sand next to a rock and let its foot do the work. Either it will attach to the glass on the bottom of the aquarium or it it will attach onto the rock. Either way they do not prefer being on the rocks.


Also my biggest concerns with the anemones you have is that S. Gigantea's absolutly love flow and want a ton of it. It should not be moving its tenticles on its own and instead should be moving with flow. S Haddoni's are the opposite of Gigs and do not prefer a lot of flow like LPS on that sense.

Those would be the biggest things I could tell you. Also you could be dealing a chemical warefare between the anemones. So make sure to run a lot of Carbon to combat this.

All my input, take it for whats it worth:bounce3:

Conrad

 

[beuchat]

Thanks Conrad!

I will keep an eye in the gigantea, maybe it will need to return to the rocks. Also will help the hadonni to dig in the sand.

Best regards

 

[BonsaiNut]

S Gigantea Anemones are not sand dwellers at all.

Conrad, in the wild giganteas are found both in the sand as well as in patch reefs. In the sand, they always have their foot attached to something beneath the sand - i.e. a rock or suitable substrate.

I agree that most of the time in captive environments giganteas like to be up high in the rocks. This may be due to their desire for strong lighting and flow, rather than just a substrate preference.

 

[beuchat]

Hi,

After making some extra room in the DSB for tha hadonni´s foot, it expanded very well for 24 hours, but now it has everted the stomach, the gigantea changed to a smaller volume and the crispa looks a bit deflated. This the first time the crispa looks like this. Is there a possible chemical war against them?. Maybe the hadonni is trying to bury irself deep in the DSB?. I have replaced all the activated carbon in the fluidized reactor.

Pics (sorry for quality):

Regards

 

[beuchat]

It was lack of current. I slowed the vortechs for the anemones to establish and later they were needing strong flow.

Now they are fine.

Regards!

 

[ocellaris123]

Good to hear, but still keep an eye on them. Sick anemones can look fine one moment and like death the next, with that cycle repeating until the animal dies.

 

[beuchat]

ok, thanks