Tore foot on bubble tip :(

[Jacksonbriggs]

My bubble tip ripped his foot pretty good yesterday. I moved the rock to a lower flow area thinking he was 100% on the rock and stupid me it was not. Does this mean he will die or is there a chance it will heal and get better?
Thanks

 

[WDLV]

Leave it alone. I have a friend who had one go through the closed loop and the two pieces that were spit out both survived. They tend to be pretty resilliant.

 

[Jacksonbriggs]

Thank you for the info. I was not sure if the bubble tip was high or low flow but he seems happied in the lower flow. Of course the day the anemone rips his foot my clown fish starts to host him. Just my luck. LOL

 

[Jacksonbriggs]

so far it seems to holding on but he is not eating all this week. He is opening up very wide at night time which is a sign of health I believe but is the not eating something to worry about?

 

[smp]

Not eating is something to worry about.
They do generally like more flow, not less. I did a very similar thing to mine, moved the rock it was on and tore it's foot .. but only a little.
Leave it alone, I think moving it in the first place was a bad idea they will find their own place you don't have to move them arouund. They generally don't stay where you put them anyway.
I think it'll be fine if you leave it alone. What does it's mouth look like, is it gaping? What is the color like, is it bleaching? CAn you post pics?

 

[R33f3r]

It will heal with good water params and lighting.

 

[Jacksonbriggs]

I will take a digital picture tonight and post it tomorrow. It is still green tips so it is not bleaching which is a good thing. Water parameters are excellent in fact I'm having a tremendous growth of my corraline after changing/ minimizing my water additives. His mouth is not wide open or spilling out it's guts but it is still not eating.

 

[finding nemo]

Jackson, if it is not ripped all the way to it's mouth then I would not keep bothering it to get it to eat.
Let it rest and heal.
Anemones won't eat while healing up from a rip usually as it takes most of there energy just to heal.
I would try feeding it ever other day and just a small piece of silverside to start out with so that it does'nt have a huge load to digest if he does take it.
If it doesnt take it right away remove the food and try in two days.
Don't over stimulate it to try and get it to take the food. Just drop it on the mouth area, if it lets it drop, it is'nt ready to eat just yet.
I hope he recovers fine and starts to eat soon for you.

 

[Jacksonbriggs]

Thanks for the info. The tear does not appear to go towards it mouth. I have not used my digital camera and my wife got home too late and my lights were off after she got home so I cannot post picture today. Will try again tonight. When my lights are off it opens wide open with all it's tenticles and it has good color. The mouth is wide open but it's not spitting it's inside's out and not bleaching. Hopefully it will heal. I have been setting food by it's mouth but it just sits there until my lobster discovers it then he cleans up. hehe. He sure is a pig

 

[818]

An anemone tearing its foot, is like a human breaking a toenail.

It will hurt them, but keep it clean(flow) dont let detritus settle on it, with stable water parameters and eventually it will heal.

Good Luck

Sam

 

[Jacksonbriggs]

that's a good way to look at it. I figured since they are so fragile something like tearing their foot is a substantial blow to their health. Hopefully I can post pictures tonight so you can see him.

 

[Jacksonbriggs]

It appears the anemone made the best of the situation as he is now splitting. Talk about making the best of a bad situation. hehe

 

[Jacksonbriggs]

Here are two pictures of my anemone. Let me know how it looks. I'm no photographer so forgive me for the bad pics. lol