Re Carpet Concern

[Julio]

Hello to everyone,

I have had a red carpet for about 8 months or so and it has been doing great.
the last 2 weeks it has not eaten anything i have been feeding it it just spits it out before it even swallows it and it doesn't open up as big as it used to either, plus it looks like is gaping too.

Anyone know if this behavior is normal or is this animal on its way out?

 

[JetCat USA]

is it sticky?

 

[Julio]

if you mean the tentacles, yes, they are normal just like the first day.

 

[Anemone]

Hopefully people with more carpet experience will chime in, but the carpets I've seen doing that were generally on the way out.

Kevin

 

[phender]

Sticky doesn't always mean that much with carpets. I've had decomposing carpets that I couldn't get off my hand to throw them out.

Have the temps in your area been high? Sometimes high tank temps or drastic swings of temp from night to day can put your carpets off.

In situations like this I usually do three things:
1. 10-20% water change
2. Change/add carbon or Polyfilter
3. Increase the flow around the anemone

If things don't improve in a couple days you might consider squirting mysis directly into the mouth for a couple days.

There was a thread a while back about a blue carpet that described a technique of putting the carpet in a floating container/basket that worked well for the person who was posting.

 

[Julio]

Thanks Phil, i did a water change last week and no change, the flow remained the same, i did stry to squirt mysyd in its mouth but no luck, i will switch the carbon since i haven't done that in a while.

 

[JetCat USA]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10718665#post10718665 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender
Sticky doesn't always mean that much with carpets.

IME it does. when they reject food and are not at all sticky with an open mouth they usually take a week or so of inflating/deflating in what I'd call flushing their system. if they are sticky and reject food, or are sticky and deflate it's not usually good

 

[shutiny]

This is going to be a long post

In the past few years, I have worked on too many red/pink carpets that I purchased, given to me, traded to me, rescued from pet shop....
So far, the ones that survived and lived past two years mark are the Haddoni species like these guys:http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones097.jpg

and: http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones025.jpg

Other ones that like these:
http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones013.jpg
and:
http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=Carpetanemones002.jpg

never made past 6 months. I treated them with IV Cipro, Keflex, used most of cillin and mycin family drugs, and non ever survived.

Since you had it for more than 8 months, I hope it is a Haddoni and not Gigantea.
Do you have a picture?

 

[Julio]

sorry i do not have any pics, but it is a Haddoni species.

 

[shutiny]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10723509#post10723509 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Julio
sorry i do not have any pics, but it is a Haddoni species.

If it is a Haddoni, it may be ok. I would follow what Phil discribed above and do some water changes.
Good luck!

 

[Julio]

thanks

 

[Julio]

hey guys just a little update, the anemone seems to be doing a lot better, it took its first meal today for the first time in a about 5 weeks and it has colored up a lot more too.