Injured Anemone Questions

[superfirefly]

I purchased my first anemone a little over a month ago. After a few weeks of sitting still he started to wonder and found the intake to my power head which I thought he could never get to. (I have since put sponges on all my powerheads so this doesn't happen again). I quickly quarentined him and did some massive water changes to the tank. After 2 days in quarantine he started to show some improvement ( 3 tenticles were showing signs of life) so I moved him back to the main tank that had proper lighting and flow. He quickly went into hiding but luckily in a spot that I can still monitor him. It has now been almost 2 weeks since the incident and he looks like a healthy BTA again. Still a little mangled but he looks very good.

When the incident happend, I started feeding him everyday because I thought he needed the extra nutrition to help with the recovery. Was this a correct assumption and if so how long should I continue the daily feedings. (Silversides and Mysis which he eats like a pig)

Before I had the anemone I would soak mysis in garlic and feed the fish. I was not sure how the garlic would affect the anemone so I stoped that. Will the garlic be ok for the anemone?

TIA

 

[phoenix]

What type of anemone- if it is a bubbletip, it may divide if you keep feeding regularly. I would feed every 2-3 days

 

[superfirefly]

Sorry, yes it is a GBTA. I thougth that spliiting may happen but I then thought with as many tenticles as it lost all that extra tissue growth would be geared towards regeneration.

 

[phoenix]

Initially, it will but once it recovers the heavier feeding schedule may allow it to divide

 

[superfirefly]

I will cut back to every 2-3 days then. By the looks of it and how fast it has recovered I think I should probably slow down on the feeding then.

Thanks,

Any thoughts on the Garlic?

 

[phoenix]

I dont know of any benefits or harm that garlic would have- I have used garlic soaked foods for the fish in my reef and the clowns would take pieces of the garlic soaked food to the anemones.

 

[ladyfsu]

I hate to ask such a "noob" question but why is it bad for the anemone to split? Then you have 2? I'm sure people are rolling their eyes on this but .... well thx. I AM new

 

[dantodd]

it's not bad for anemones to split. The only problem is that you then have 2 smaller anemones wandering around your tank. Some folks may prefer 1 larger anemone.

I have a 12-14" GBTA and I'd prefer he stay a single anemone but won't get upset if he splits, I'll just sell one of the clones and hope it doesn't keep splitting and that it grows back to 12-14" again.

 

[superfirefly]

In my case I would not want my anemone to split because of the added stress. My understanding is that a split puts a lot of stress on the anemone and there is always a chance of the clone or the original not makeing it and then add the fact that it went through a power head a few weeks ago. I think chances are slim that either would make it.