Open mouth on Magnifica

[pikkenix]

I got a Magnifica anemone earlier this week. Since day one the mouth of the anemone is wide open and I can see straight into the anemone - should I worry?

 

[reefman13]

Yes. Pics plz.

 

[elegance coral]

Start changing water. Lots of water.

 

[pikkenix]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12407362#post12407362 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by elegance coral
Start changing water. Lots of water.

Can you explain why? Not because I don't beleive you, but cause I wanna learn...

 

[SeaWeed89]

THE ANEMONE IS SHOWING SIGNS OF STRESS MORE THAN LIKELY FROM "NOT SO GREAT WATER CONDS." AND IF YOU DONT WANT TO LOSE EVERY THING IN THE TANK IF YOU HAVE A QT PUT HIM IN THERE UNTILL HES IN BETTER SHAPE

 

[E.J. Coral]

Magnifica are nearly impossible to find healthy. They usually succumb to bacterial infection. I doubt a water change will help, unless there is a problem with the water.... might make things worse....

I have never had an anemone get stressed from high nitrates or phosphates, BTW. Now pH, salinity, ammonia, nitrite, and temp.....those are more important.... If those are screwed definitely do a water change...

Don't move it to QT unless that QT is filled with antibiotics..... Why stress it out more?

 

[garygb]

If you could post all your water parameters, lighting, filtration, etc.,along with the pics, that might be helpful.

 

[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12407889#post12407889 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pikkenix
Can you explain why? Not because I don't beleive you, but cause I wanna learn...

Anemones are not much more than a bag of water. If there is something wrong with the water inside them, they will deflate. Sometimes very drastically with their mouths gaping open. They will then reinflate with new water. If there is something wrong with the new water, or if the problem is originating from within the anemone (like an infection), it will deflate again. This cycle of inflation and deflation will continue until the anemone dies or the problem is solved. There are many substances that can end up in an aquarium and cause problems for anemones. We do not have the ability to test for every possible contaminant, like toxins from other inhabitants. Changing water in these situations will help to remove what ever it was that the anemone discharged into the aquarium and give it a clean source of water to reinflate with. Improving the water quality will not harm your anemone.