The importance of COMPLETE instructions

[cdangel0]

Well - great week appears to be ending badly.....

Spent this week in Florida for work, exterminator was coming out on Tuesday so I left instructions for the wife about taking care of the aquarium, specifically how to cover it to ensure we the bug guy doesn't cntaminate the water.

Turn off lights
Cover with sheet - make sure sheet covers entire front of tank and stand so nothing can get in to sump.

she did exactly what I asked, and I did not end up with a catastrophe from the bug guy. what I neglected to mention was.....take the sheet off and turn the lights back on.

I just got home to find my RBTA must have been wandering looking for light and got caught in the strainer of a power-head

It must have happened really recently as it is still firm and has color, just doesn't look very good.

I took it out of the tank and put it in a seperate small aquarium with a small PC light I still had lying around. I need to go find a small PH to circulate the water - I think I have one somewhere I can use.

Aside from running carbon and skimming very wet in the DT to save everything else, is there anything I can do to try to save this beautiful nem?

Any suggestions will be appreciated and observed.

Oh yeah - my point - make sure you always leave COMPLETE instructions for stuff :mad2:

 

[a1amap]

I have a power head you can have if you cant find yours

 

[kaptken]

Oh no Craig...I have a very little power head too if you need it. also an extra new bag of purigen to suck up bad stuff, or a poly filter. which are good for tanks with little fitlration. oh and extra penguin bio wheel filters too of various sizes. say when? PM me in the morning. i'm home.

 

[cdangel0]

Thanks for the offers guys. Problem I am facing is it is only like a 2 gallon tank so even the smallest "true" PH are too much. I am still looking for mine but if someone has something tiny I'll gladly borrow it. I had a small submergible filter in a tank for the kids once, tank busted but I think I saved the filter which would provide the perfect flow for this little one.

Now the good news.......

I checed the nem this morning, it has moved on to the rock I put in the tank with it and was inflated beautifully, it is missing most of it's tenticles but seems to have survived, for now anyway.

It looks like it might be trying to split -which I expected due to the stress - and would also be a plus as it was getting awfully large anyway.


I did a water change on the DT, added carbon, and a new poly pad last night. DT looks like it is OK as well.

I will be monitoring closely, as I realize I am not out of the woods just yet, keep your fingers crossed.

 

[Gordonious]

Sorry to hear Craig. Good luck to ya. Sounds as if things are going well and I hope they continue to. I'd probably try to get the anemone back into the display asap, but if it is going to split keep an eye on it to make sure the clone doesn't float away.

Sounds like your doing what you can. You don't want to change things too quickly. Other then small frequent water changes I don't have any additional recommendations besides what has already been said.

Jon

 

[a1amap]

If you need a little larger tank I have a 10 you can use

 

[cdangel0]

Just to give an update.

The nem is recoverying nicely. Moved it back to the DT and it has found a nice spot to heal and re-grow. It's tenticles are coming back and it is eating. The clown is happy to have it's home back, and I am happy to have not lost my favorite nem.

Thanks for everyone's help.

 

[wds21921]

Your RBTA should come back nicely. Usually as long as the mouth or body hasn't been shredded they can easily heal themselves under the right conditions.
Keeping it isolated until it's regenerated it's tentacles should make it heal rapidly. Plus it's getting specialized care too.

I've had browns and whites (Anenomes) that have been sucked into power heads or filter boxes and as long as the mouth was intact it survived always.