LTA is floating (upside down), is that OK???

[bikowski]

Looking for help again...

I have had my Long Tenticle Anemone about one week and this evening my wife found him "stuck" to the intake of the hang-on Protein Skimmer. He got sucked in a little but I have a screen on the intake so I do not think it did any damage. Now he is just floating. Have a killed or damaged him?? Should I physically go and anchor him to the bottom of the tank? Any help would be greatly appreciated! I am attaching pictures below:

 

[bikowski]

This morning I tried pushing hoim to the bottom and placing him gently under a rock, no luck. He just continued to float to the top. Anyone have any thoughts?

 

[Zestay]

is his foot ripped off?

 

[bikowski]

No, the foot seems just fine. In the pictures (taken last night), the foot was really swollen but this morning it looked fine.

 

[hansonfam]

Lta's are notorious for not attaching. Sit down in front of your tank and figure out where there is great light and flow but not alot of flow. Then dig a hole as deep as you can at the base of a rock. Put it's foot in the hole and cover it's foot back up with the sand. Have done that for both of mine and neither has moved since i put them in the tank. The one has been there for a year. And keep up on your water parameters and hopefully he will attach.

Good Luck

Lisa

 

[bikowski]

Update, still not great...
The LTA is still floating. I have tried to anchor him to the ground but he REALLY wants to float. I think the only way I can anchor him to the ground is to bury him in sand. Also he seems to be secreting a lot of muscus. Any other thoughts?? Should I just "dump" sand on him and totally burn him?

 

[TOURKID]

My bta wouldent stop floating the I switched from my 45 to my 90. I ended up putting a plastic speggetti strainer on top of it and a rock, and then putting a rock on top of the strainer. I got a lil sleep that way and it attached eventually that night.

Its been fine ever since. Might want to give it a shot. I used a salad strainer from that salad spinner contraption, holes are bigger than a spegetti one, but use whatever u have