my anemone has heartworms.

[kbacon]

Recently moved my carpet from his long term tank into a new 16 gallon. see pic below.... he looks better today, but not really sure what is going on here.

 

[kbacon]

pic is here

 

[GSMguy]

That does not look good, the foot must have a laceration or it is melting. The heartworms are the filaments that are usually inside the nem.

 

[kbacon]

i think i tore him a little... i suspect that is what is happening here. Maybe EC can speculate on his chances of survival?

 

[kbacon]

taht mush be his stomach becauase i fed him llike 5 min before then this started to happen..

 

[kbacon]

that must be his stomach becauase i fed him llike 5 min before then this started to happen..

 

[BonsaiNut]

It's not his stomach. Those are mesenterial filaments. They are normally on the inside of anemones, but they are used as a line of defense in the advent of injury or attack (mesenterial filaments have stinging cells on them). The anemone has obviously been torn and/or is under attack by something in the tank. They can recover from this kind of an injury - as long as they don't pick up a bacterial infection.

 

[kbacon]

so how do i make sure they dont? cause at the moment thats the only thing in the tank..