Lta injured foot

[Colorado Reef]

I'v had my lta for 3 weeks and it seems to have no ability to grasp rocks with its foot i have 580w lighting in my 90 gallon tank and good waterflow. it has eaten a couple times but each time it floats arount until i grab it and settle it. is there any way to afix it to a rock so it has time to heal?

 

[Pepsi2008]

a LTA is not a anenome that hangs out on rocks LTAs love the sand atleast a 4" sand bed for them

 

[Colorado Reef]

i have set him in the sand often but he just rolls into the corner. i have a 6 in sandbed.

 

[Pepsi2008]

ic maybe someone else on here can give you a better answer with that both mine have never done that

 

[Toddrtrex]

Are you just assuming it has an injured foot, or is there actual damage to it?

There could be other reason that it isn't attaching (( in the sandbed ))..

What lights was it under? What lights do you actually have? Have you acclimated it to your lights?
What are your parameters -- with numbers.
What do you have for flow?
How long has the tank been set up?

 

[Colorado Reef]

2 150 watt metal halides + 2 90 watt pc acintic. 2 power heads plus dual return pump. Have a condy in the tank that hasn't moved from where i put it.

Nitrate- 5
Amonia, Nitrite, -0
phosphate- 1ppm Am currently running the reactor to reduce.
calcium- 550
sg- 1.024
ph- 8.3

I can see what looks like a darker patch on the foot. The foot has extended many times but never grabed anything. seems to have no ability to move its self. Keeps being rolled around by current. I have placed it in 10 or so different spots in the tank (have to keep pulling it out from behind rocks where it gets pushed by the current.

It will except silversides but eating makes it more boyant and it ends up rolling around the tank whichy stresses it and causes it to regurgitate the food. Has only sucessfully eaten once.

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

Mixing anemone species can be one of your problems, though that is not always the case for all anemone owners( I have two different species of anemone in my 120g). I run carbon in my tank. Which seems to keep them from chemically attacking each other. Also, my LTA acts like it loves it when I add fresh carbon to the carbon filtration system. If you don't run carbon, I suggest you do.
Your salinity is a bit low..anemones seem to not look as good when the salinity is 1.024. shoot for 1.025 or 1.026. You can raise your salinity slowly by adding salt water to your tank when your tank needs a top off.
LTAs prefer very little current. If their oral disc is being lifted off the sand when the powerheads are on. It will make the LTA very unhappy and not want to attach. Find a place in your tank that has low flow and then dig a hole next to live rock. Place the anemone in the hole. I wouldn't try to bury its foot, because the sand will just push it out of the hole that you just made for it. If its healthy enough or has the energy. It will bury its foot and attach to the bottom of your aquarium or to the rock under the sand.
Can you show us a picture of your anemone?

 

[Colorado Reef]

Here are some pictures. Sorry about the sleeper goby i just love that pic.

I am using a 2 stage reactor with 1.5 lbs carbon and phosphate remover running at 150 gph.
I hollowed out a spot as per your recomendation so i will see if he likes it (im not holding my breath) As you can see he has some strange stuff (scar tissue?) on his foot. Pardon the hair algae am fighting a loosing battle atm.

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

Yes, it does have have an injured foot. I really don't know if it will survive or not from that injury. Maybe while it is in the right conditions it will start to recover. Don't give up, as long as the anemone isn't falling apart, it is still alive. I hope it recovers for you.
Have it always had this foot injury?

 

[Colorado Reef]

yes it has it looked fine at the lfs but they had nestled it between some rocks to prop it up. And i failed to notice the foot when i bought it (a lesson hard learned)