sebea anenome powerhead mishap

[cloakerpoked]

Well, I went to look at my tank, and immediately something just didn't look right to me. After about 30 seconds, I realized that my sebea anenome had moved. Upon further inspection, he'd been sucked into the strainer that covers the impellor for my Maxijet 1200. I have 2 MJ's in my rockwork to keep water circulating in those areas, and they hadn't caused any problems in the last 5 months they'd been there. Long story short, he got torn up pretty good and I'm not sure if he's going to make it. Probably a full half of his body got destroyed by the MJ but his foot is still intact as is his mouth. His tentacles are still the right consistency (the ones he has left anyway) and the half that didn't get hit actually looks pretty normal. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to what I can do (if anything) to help him make it, or do I just pretty much have to hope that he's a trouper and toughs it out. Would target feeding help/hurt or just be an excercise in futility. I really wanna do everything I can to give this guy the best shot possible...he's been a feature of my tank for the last 2 years now, so I'd hate to lose him. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Seahorse-pitpa]

I would watch him closely and try to spot feed it, but if his stomache starts to come out his mouth I would get him out of there

 

[cbrooks]

I had something similar happen a couple yrs ago with my sebae. It was an overflow filter he got sucked into though, so not quite as destructive as a maxi jet I am guessing. I think you have it right with spot feeding and keeping an eye on him. Mine survived fine but was pretty shaken up for a few days. If you have had him 2 yrs already he is probably pretty strong and has a good will to live, so hopefully everything will work out for you.

 

[cloakerpoked]

Yeah...he seems to be making a recovery. Looks a little lobsided when you actually see the foot, but all the tentacles that were shrivelled up have either died off completely or rebounded and there's no evidence of any further damage to the poor guy. I'm really starting to feel pretty optimistic about his chances since its been 4 or 5 days and he's still around and seemingly getting better, not worse.