Oh dear oh dear......

aquadonkey

aquadonkey

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Earlier today:

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Now:

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oh my! I'm new and virtually worthless. with that said - walk us through everything that was done today (water changes, dosing, power outages, dropped a copper rod in the tank). is this a new addition? did you move any corals (looks like it from the pictures - could be angle)? Water parameters? is there anything else that looks upset? anything in reaching distance?
 
Maybe I should explain the pictures here.....
The worm was in the process of changing location earlier today - pic #1
I came home from work tonight to see that the worm had (I'm assuming) clumsily fallen directly onto the rock anemone and is now in the process of being digested :(
 
I 2nd that question. If the worm is bothered at all, they can shed their crown and re-grow it. This happened to me once, and the re-grown crown was much more colorful!
 
Thanks for the commiseration guys.
The rock 'nem is still looking quite bloated this morning - lot of digesting for him to do :mad2:


Gary Majchrzak said:
pepto bismo :thumbsup:
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Actually Gary... I was/am a little concerned with digestion. I used my last 7g of backup SW day before yesterday in a WC, so I'm totally screwed if this guy decides to blow up because his meal was too big. Looks like he's doing just fine today though.

GMaquarium said:
Did the anemone eat the worm or just the crown?
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The worm had been thinking about moving all day - coming out a couple inches, then going back in. When I got home the full crown of the worm was sticking out of the 'nems mouth, the the 'nem was already quite bloated and full. Also he burped up a little piece of worm this morning - sitting on the sand bed now.
 
Thanks guys - I hope he still has a stomach-ache.
On the bright side - I got this rock nem when he was totally bleached and he seems to be doing quite well. Healthy appetite.
Now if only he'll turn a pretty color.....
 
I have a feeling that as suggested, it just threw it's crown. I suspect in a few weeks you'll see a new one.

Also re: the rock nem, how long did it take to get from bleached to current coloration? I've had a bleached one for about a month now, and am just beginning to see some hues of fluorescent green around the mouth.
 
Jacwil said:
I have a feeling that as suggested, it just threw it's crown. I suspect in a few weeks you'll see a new one.

Also re: the rock nem, how long did it take to get from bleached to current coloration? I've had a bleached one for about a month now, and am just beginning to see some hues of fluorescent green around the mouth.
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Well Justin, I would be happy and surprised if it just threw the crown. I'll go ahead and leave the tube in for another 3 weeks probably - just to be sure. I already once removed a tube (I was just going to give it a pinch to check on it, but it was empty) of a different worm who had in fact shed the crown and relocated. I found him later near the original location.
Anyone know what the base of the crown looks like? Is there any flesh on it? Twice today I found some fleshy worm pieces in the tank (being eaten by the cleaner shrimp).

I got the nem 6 weeks ago - it was pure white, and much smaller. It's been slowly putting on this brownish color (which I actually wondered if it was algae at the beginning), but in several spots it looks green as well.

Kent E said:
Wow, very fascinating! Thanks for sharing this.
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You're welcome :)
 
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