It looks like dead but still smoking
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Ron Reefman
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I wish I could help, but even with a fair amount of experience dealing with anemones, I can't say either. I will say I wouldn't give up on it yet. I might take some rocks and create a rim you can set the anemone in right side up. Or a short piece of pvc pipe that is just a bit bigger than the anemone. Leaving ther upside down isn't doing it any good. I assume that's a QT it's in?
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Victor1046
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was it ever attached to a rock?
It could have a damaged foot. I can't tell, but it kind of looks like mesenterial filaments coming out from the bottom of the foot (which is sticking straight up). I would put some rock in your specimen container. Maybe it will be able to attach.
In the future, you should avoid anemones that aren't in 100% perfect shape. They are pretty fragile and even a small cut in their foot can cause problems. I would suggest only buying anemones that are attached to rocks. When you do, buy the entire rock. This way, the foot won't be damaged when the employee tries to get the anemone off the rock.
In the future, you should avoid anemones that aren't in 100% perfect shape. They are pretty fragile and even a small cut in their foot can cause problems. I would suggest only buying anemones that are attached to rocks. When you do, buy the entire rock. This way, the foot won't be damaged when the employee tries to get the anemone off the rock.
BonsaiNut
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It isn't upside down. It is right side up.
Doesn't look good to me, personally. When the actinopharynx is completely everted like that, I have yet to see an anemone recover. I hope it is not the case, but if it is like that for 12 hours the anemone is dead.
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ousnakebyte
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That's not the foot you all are seeing - it's gastrovascular cavity (i.e. the "guts") are completely everted. That anemone is sitting right-side up with its insides sticking upward.
And, it's not splitting - M. doreensis (LTAs) don't split. It's extremely stressed, and prognosis is poor, unfortunately.
Also, M. doreensis is a sand-dwelling anemone and will like to bury its foot in sand - but... it will likely need to invert before it does that, but... perhaps adding some substrate will make it feel more "comfortable" perhaps - I don't know really.
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Mike
And, it's not splitting - M. doreensis (LTAs) don't split. It's extremely stressed, and prognosis is poor, unfortunately.
Also, M. doreensis is a sand-dwelling anemone and will like to bury its foot in sand - but... it will likely need to invert before it does that, but... perhaps adding some substrate will make it feel more "comfortable" perhaps - I don't know really.
Cheers
Mike
It's right side up in the photo? It looks like the foot is in the air, and the tentacles are on the bottom of your cage.
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Tmoriarty
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Agreed, its inside out not upside down. i had a BTA do this, I removed it from the tank after 12 hours. At which point it had expelled half its guts into the tank and caused a nasty mess. keep an eye on it, but I agree with bonsai its about done. A gapping mouth is recoverable, insideout like that is far less likely to recover.
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