Shredded nem...worry?

[Captainfester]

My nem got sucked into the protein skimmer inlet last night. All that was left of him was the foot and body. All tentacles were ripped off. Should I worry about the rest of the tank?

Maybe do a water change?

I haven't tested the water yet today.

 

[sjwitt]

Yes, do as big a water change as you can and add carbon filter if possible.

 

[NoDoze]

Sorry to say but its pretty much a loss...
Its probably so shocked it wont eat for monthes, loose its color and die.

Anyone with a nem cant house them in a tank with exposed intakes, vortects, or pumps. Because nems move so much its just a disaster in the making.

 

[sjwitt]

Sorry to say but its pretty much a loss...
Its probably so shocked it wont eat for monthes, loose its color and die.

Anyone with a nem cant house them in a tank with exposed intakes, vortects, or pumps. Because nems move so much its just a disaster in the making.

Yeah, I was assuming the nemmie is a total loss... he is asking about the rest of the tank I think. That's why he needs to do a large WC and run carbon.

 

[Anemone]

I don't agree that the nem is a loss. BTAs are pretty darn resilient, and can often live through our mistakes.

This clone, wrapped around a Fluval intake grate and tube (it's a female BTW, notice the eggs),

Looked like this when removed from the intake,

And like this a week later:

It eventually made a complete recovery. I have had more than a few shredded clones in my tank, and I've found that if their environment is suitable, BTAs will usually make a full recovery.

FWIW,
Kevin

 

[jenglish]

Nems are very simple and durable critters. If there is enough light that it will survive without eating while the tissue heals especailly. I have seen several people's nems get shredded pretty bad. If the foot and oral disc are fine it has a good shot. It would not hurt to do a waterchange. Think of the amount of biomass it has dispersed into the water. If you spilled that much fish food in you would want to do a waterchange. Running a little carbon never hurts when in doubt either.

 

[ed102475]

I don't agree that the nem is a loss. BTAs are pretty darn resilient, and can often live through our mistakes.

This clone, wrapped around a Fluval intake grate and tube (it's a female BTW, notice the eggs),

Looked like this when removed from the intake,

And like this a week later:

It eventually made a complete recovery. I have had more than a few shredded clones in my tank, and I've found that if their environment is suitable, BTAs will usually make a full recovery.

FWIW,
Kevin

+1 I have seen them come back from pieces that looked like bubble gum .

 

[Captainfester]

This guy was a goner. Sadly I loved him he was great. I am tuning carbon now and just changed it today basis your advice. I will do a 50% change tomorrow. And then maybe a couple 10 percent ones throughout the week.

 

[jwoyshnar]

Totally agree with this. I had one sucked into a powerhead and all tentacles were gone. That was around 2 months ago. Now you wouldn't even be able to tell. Just keep an eye on it.

I don't agree that the nem is a loss. BTAs are pretty darn resilient, and can often live through our mistakes.

This clone, wrapped around a Fluval intake grate and tube (it's a female BTW, notice the eggs),

Looked like this when removed from the intake,

And like this a week later:

It eventually made a complete recovery. I have had more than a few shredded clones in my tank, and I've found that if their environment is suitable, BTAs will usually make a full recovery.

FWIW,
Kevin

 

[elegance coral]

Do we even know what species the OP had? There's a big difference between the healing abilities of BTA's and other host species.

 

[Captainfester]

It was an atlantic nem. The white one with purple tips.

 

[Hendogg0]

Nems are hard little suckers to kill. That's why you can cut them in half and get clones also that's why people hate aptasia cuz it's they are hard to kill. Burn them, cut them, they just come back in a couple days

 

[Hendogg0]

Is probably due to them just not having a lot or organs that are vital to them living just basically a mouth, stomach, foot, and tentacles. And they just regenerate their parts when they get hurt

 

[Ron Reefman]

It was an atlantic nem. The white one with purple tips.

I had a Condy (like your white with purple tips) get caught in a powerhead when I was moving from a 75g to a 180g tank. It looked awful and only had a couple of very short stubs for tentacles. Today I have 3 condys in my anemone tank and you couldn't even guess which one was the one that got caught.

Ron