Made a mistake during water change for ht

[Tango451]

Well taking care of sick anemones while half asleep is never a good idea.

Tonight I placed a rather large pvc to fit the foot of a big haddoni as it was not attaching - figured why not and see what happens over night. I placed the foot into the pvc so it could sit upright. I did this before the water change/ fresh cipro.

I have a small rio pump that I use to suck the water out and to put water in, I have a mag 12 with 1" hosing from a brute container where I mix the saltwater for the anemones. Being tired, I did not kink the hose properly to slow the water down and for probably 15-20 seconds (maybe more) the carpet was blown extremely hard where you could see the outline of the pvc through the oral disc (only could see the shape, like draping a towel over a chair and you can see the outline of the chair).

I inspected the anemone and there does not seem to be any noticeable damage yet. Its mouth closed up tight right after the new water entered (something I have seen in a lot of haddonis, but then went back open the same way before the water change).

Did I just do this -> :blown: to its chances of survival by blasting it with that much force while adding water (minus the laughing face)...

 

[m0nkie]

when I did water changes, I just drained out the whole 10 gallon. I left probably half an inch of water inside and the Haddoni looks like a flat cake... then I dumped the 10 gallons in.. I try to avoid the Haddoni but sometimes it happens and he get blasted all over..

I think yours will be fine

 

[Tango451]

I have done that as well, just never with a mag 12. This morning it had an extremely large pocket of air (probably bigger than a baseball). It has finally passed and seems to be doing ok. I know anemones are tough, but when I see how fragile they are when it comes to infections/ stress, even the smallest of mistakes I make concern me. I was very lucky I didn't damage him (or maybe I did, we'll see) because it wasn't able to become a flat pancake which I think would help protect them (i.e. when we fall and we can't control it we should fall with a relaxed body to help minimize injury) due to the foot being in the pvc and the sides hanging over while being blasted