sick carpet anemone mouth wide open

[johnfallon135]

would feeding it help or stress it out more?

 

[Loganeri]

Interesting, it kind of looks like it just ate something as opposed to the mouth gaping. How long has the mouth been like that? How long have you had the anemone? Because it looks new to the system, I wouldn't feed. I'd also recommend separating the clowns until the anemone has had time to attach and get acclimated

 

[pfan151]

Probably stressed because that tank is not suited for a haddoni anemone. They need a deep sandbed


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[johnfallon135]

is it critically ill? how worried should i be? is sand important if it's on a rock?

 

[pfan151]

It wouldn't be on the rock if you had a sandbed. Isn't in the worst shape I've ever seen but it's not going to settle in a look better unless it is in a suitable environment.

 

[johnfallon135]

actually if i had sand it still would be on the rock as i would have placed it there anyway.. he hasn't moved to look for sand since i put him there.. so i'm guessing everyone has to put their carpets on the sand immediately?

 

[Cliving1]

Mine is in the sand. Its moved to the deepest part of the bed, with the column of its base backed up against rock.

 

[worm5406]

I always put haddoni''s on the sandbed right beside a rock. They feel both the rock and the sand and dig in.

It looks like it is stretching.

A few questions:

Age of tank
How long have you had haddoni
pH
Sg
Temperature
Inhabitants
light type and power/cycle
flow type and power

 

[Cliving1]

I always put haddoni''s on the sandbed right beside a rock. They feel both the rock and the sand and dig in.

It looks like it is stretching.

A few questions:

Age of tank
How long have you had haddoni
pH
Sg
Temperature
Inhabitants
light type and power/cycle
flow type and power

Agreed with the placement. Mine was in sand only and now is backed up ro the rockface. Has not budged since.

 

[f3honda4me]

actually if i had sand it still would be on the rock as i would have placed it there anyway.. he hasn't moved to look for sand since i put him there.. so i'm guessing everyone has to put their carpets on the sand immediately?

Anemones will go where they want. Until it has a sand bed it won't be happy.