my large anemones..is it common

[amanofego]

some weird brown stuff is coming out of it??
sorry i have no clue can anyone help?

is it pooping or what???? sick???

 

[garygb]

pics might help, but it's common for a newly acquired anemone to expell zooxanthellae. This appears as brown, slimy stuff.

 

[amanofego]

pics might help, but it's common for a newly acquired anemone to expell zooxanthellae. This appears as brown, slimy stuff.

exactly what you said..i'm sure you know the image of it..
i'm keeping an close eye on it..thanks tho...

dont scare me man..lol

 

[89Foxbody]

It happens from time to time. They occasionally will expel their zoox and regrow it. Sometimes to adjust to new lighting. If it keeps happening though, your anemone is bleaching and may be close to death. So keep an eye on it. Does it look normal otherwise?

 

[amanofego]

It happens from time to time. They occasionally will expel their zoox and regrow it. Sometimes to adjust to new lighting. If it keeps happening though, your anemone is bleaching and may be close to death. So keep an eye on it. Does it look normal otherwise?

so far it does..here a photo of it

still a newbie..getting use to this hobby..
it moved its way down to the gravel tho..

 

[garygb]

Could you get a closer pic? I'm not sure of the species in the pic. it sort of looks like a BTA, which wouldn't be happy on top of a rock like that and it also wouldn't be happy on the gravel. They like to attach inside a hole or cave in the rock. When wandering, they unfortunately are too often destroyed by either a powerhead intake or filter intake. You need to cover intakes with plastic window screen available at Home Depot/hardware stores.

 

[amanofego]

Could you get a closer pic? I'm not sure of the species in the pic. it sort of looks like a BTA, which wouldn't be happy on top of a rock like that and it also wouldn't be happy on the gravel. They like to attach inside a hole or cave in the rock. When wandering, they unfortunately are too often destroyed by either a powerhead intake or filter intake. You need to cover intakes with plastic window screen available at Home Depot/hardware stores.

i threw it up there..
but now its down..where it usually is...my guy at the shop
said those kind like o sit low aside a rock..
as it did at the shop and is doing now...

btw whats a BTA?-big tentacle anenome?

maybe..from what i know its a long tentacle anenome

 

[demonnite57]

BTA - Bubble-tip Anenome

 

[garygb]

Yeah, it very well could be an LTA. They prefer to bury their base in a deep sand bed.