RBTA keeps hiding, HELP!

[INKMAN]

I have an RBTA who keeps hiding under my rockwork. I am afraid he is going to lose all his zooanthelie (sp.). I have tried aiming a powerhead at him to make him move but he just goes and hides in another spot. Now his mouth is looking all swollen and his tentacles are starting to wither. His color is looking o.k. but he is looking like he is starting to melt. I am very concerned. I just aquired him last week and he has been hiding under my rockwork since the day he was put in the tank. The tank he was in had VHO lighting and I have PC. I figured this would make sense if he went from the weaker to stronger lighting but not the other way around. I thought I should try to target feed it but that doesn't seem to be working. Its not interested in eating. The person I got him from said she never fed this one or the one it split from. They just fed off of available food in the water column. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would post pics but it is under the rocks and I can't get a good pic of it.

Peace,
INKMAN

 

[SEAFLOWERS]

It could be stressed from the move, and it is probably starving. Try using cyclop-eeze to feed the tank. It will break up in the water very quickly and is easily accepted by nems. Don't try to get it to move yourself, it will move when it is ready and you are causing it more stress by aiming a powerhead directly at it. When they are moved from one tank to another many times they will crawl under a rock and not come out for days until they are o.k. with the light. Also what is your salt level compared to the tank it came from?(aim for 1.025 to 1.026) if you see it's insides coming out of it's mouth then you know it is dying, they will look like curly little strings hanging out and then death is certain. FWIW.

 

[INKMAN]

Thanks. I will try that and I have already stopped with the powerhead. I didn't want to stress it anymore. My salinity is 1.025 but I don't know what the salinity of the tank was that it came from.

Peace,
INKMAN