shriveled looking anemone?

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Trebella

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I have introduced an bubble anemone to my 14g biocube. After sticking it in there, it looked great. Its been in there 24 hours, and now it looked all shriveled. Is this normal? My clowns were very happy with it and they still seem to be, just not as happy. Is it dying? Stressed? Just ugly? Thanks for any info.
 
It may be just stress from the move or it's not entirely sure about being hosted by the clowns yet.

It would be helpful if you could post your tank's parameters (Temp, salt, Mg, Ca, Alk), amount of flow, etc. Also a picture too would be good.

Can you also post a picture?
 
How long has it looked like this?.. they will shrivel up for variuos reasons. Mine shrivels to almost nothing every other day just to expell waste.Can you try to touch it's tenticles with something like the tip of a turkey baster to see if they are sticky at all?



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Its very slimy. There are also stringy looking parts on it. It looks like it is damaged somehow, but we haven't done anything to it. The fish are even trying to pick the strings off. I am very worried about it, especially since if it dies, it could crash my whole system.. small tanks....

Not sticky at all. Its been liek that for a few hours today.
 
Sliming usually isn't good. It looks like it's already buried it's foot and attached to a rock, but it could be the angle of the pic. Will you be able to get it out?




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I really am more than half temped to remove it from the tank, return it and go to a different store and get a healthier looking one.
 
You may have the same problem if you do that... didn't you say this one was looking great yesterday?



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Yes, it was looking pretty good. This is also my first anemone. I just dunno. The clowns are back rubbing all over it, so I'm not sure whats doing.
 
They are known to split when stressed, but not always. The clowns aren't helping the matter, they'll stress it even more.

It sounds like your best bet would be to take it back, if they'll take it back. I wouldn't suggest you get another one until you figure out what's going on with this one.

Are you running carbon?


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I have no idea if I am running carbon. My husband knows all of that, and he's at work. The filter is a charcol if thats what you mean by carbon

How do I keep the clowns out of it?
 
I used to keep my water at 77 degrees and the people at the fish store said my tank was way too cold and they said it should be at least 80 degrees. Maybe 75 degrees is too cold for your anemone???
 
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