Is something wrong with my carpet Anemone?

[zachhll]

I bought it on 01/03/14. It looked fine on the 4th but today the 5th it is looking pretty sick here are some pics first is yesterday second is today.

 

[OrionN]

It looks sick. I would get him out and treat him with antibiotic in a hospital tank. How long have you had him?

 

[zachhll]

had him for about 2.5 days

 

[worm5406]

Agree take it out and treat it. How did you acclimate it? Where did you get it? lfs/friend/online?

Do you have any antibotics (fish kind not human)?

 

[zachhll]

I drip acclimated it. I got it at a LPS. I do not have any antibiotics. Where and what do i get them. on the plus side i just took this pic. Should i still take it out.

 

[zachhll]

Does any one know what i should give it?

 

[cichlidconvert]

Cipro. I got mine off eBay. Read the sticky on it. It will tell you all you need to know And good luck with it.

 

[worm5406]

Sorry was out shopping.

+1 on cipro.. or look up fishflox. Some LFS have it. You should order one or the other and next day it. Look in this section (anemones and clowns) and look for a sticky for treating an anemone with cipro. Follow it tooth and nail. Read it now so you can have all the stuff setup for it.

 

[D-Nak]

Did you feed the tank recently? If so, both haddoni and gigs open their mouths like yours is doing in the photo when food lands on them. In your case though, I lean towards an internal infection because the tentacles appear extremely tight and it looks partially deflated.

Keep in mind that you will need to act quickly in order to save it. IME haddoni go down hill a lot quicker than other nems such as gigantea. Once you can see physical characteristics of an ailment (deflating, lose mouth), you only have a day or two before attempting to treat it or it won't work. (again, this is IME with two different red haddoni, which never responded to treatment -- gigs I've treated responded right away).

Definitely begin Cipro treatment ASAP.

 

[zachhll]

So I finally got the cipro vet said they had to see it and if they couldn't figure out what was wrong they would have to send it out. That wasn't gonna happen so I overnighted it and of corse we had a snow storm and got 3ft of snow yesterday so fedex closed so I drove in and picked it up today. also does any one know if I should be feeding it during this

 

[D-Nak]

So I finally got the cipro vet said they had to see it and if they couldn't figure out what was wrong they would have to send it out. That wasn't gonna happen so I overnighted it and of corse we had a snow storm and got 3ft of snow yesterday so fedex closed so I drove in and picked it up today. also does any one know if I should be feeding it during this

Since it doesn't look bleached, don't feed it. Let it use its energy to get better. Processing food takes energy, and it's better spent on getting rid of the ailment. Once it stops deflating, I'd wait last least a week before feeding it. Nems don't need to eat anything, and get all of their nutrition via the zooxanthellae that live within their tissue. Feeding is supplemental nutrition, which could help if the nem was bleached.

 

[zachhll]

okay thanks for your help. I'll keep you guys updated as i see changes.