JagerEinheit
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I had my big lta (8-12+ inches)shove itself into the heater holder and make a bit of a mess of part of the pedal disc. at this point I have separated the heater to another area of the overflow and sealed the area of the overflow the anemone worked into. the lighting was off when the nem decided to move, not sure if it was attracted to the night lights or what, but it was firmly attached to the bottom glass before the incident so I assume it just decided to go for a walk, and picked a bad spot to go to.
At this point I am in observation mode, on whether it will survive the damage or need to be pulled to another tank, or whether it will jelly.
the mouth today is closed, the side unaffected is still sticky, and I gently hand waved off the wounded area last night and collected some of the loose nematocysts etc. I have left the flow in the area the same, and the lighting is on the same cycle (6pm to 12am on some sunlight throughout the day from the back door.) the anemone is getting gentle upflow that keeps the tentacles moving etc this carries food to it on the way to the overflow area above it.
it is by itself in the sand on one side of a 75 gallon tank with liverock and fish sleep spots on the other half. tank is old, about 7-10 years running or so (tbh kinda lost track on this tank). anemone area that is burned is no longer sloughing off with gentle waving, and it still retains the reddish body color all around the white burned area.
unaffected areas I can see are the orange foot itself, oral disc and inner organs, the entire "right" side of the body still has bright green tentacles and the red body area. right side is responsive to food or touch and sticky, abet tentacles deflated. anemone is still pulled up and in its smallest ball size, as expected for heavy stress.
occ. clownfish that are not hosting in it yet are still milling around/ above it at night, considering covering the anemone with eggcrate to ensure they do not stress it if necessary. (Yes not their natural host I know)
water parameters are stable in the tank and the skimmer is working as normal, water change last week of about 20 gallons. watching ammonia to ensure that if it begins to climb i can catch it early and get it down fast.
ph 8.5
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 0-5ppm
phos .010 on the last test but is stable. (using gfo to lower it slowly)
The anemone was burned last night so a less then 24 hour period for the mouth to be closed is a good sign I think, I certainly do not want to lose the nem, but if it was going to go, there are only fish in the tank (so removable) no corals or other sessile inverts, and all flow in the tank is return or koralia type propeller powerheads so the nem is not likely to get shredded if it floats around (no major point of suction)
on the larger fish I have had in the past, any wounds that were severe I either left a cleaner shrimp with, or gently soaked in vitamin enriched SW while removing the dead tissue that was loose and floating off the body, I haven't ever had to deal with an anemone burn, so trying to do this right.
After searching RC and googling in general, the consensus seems to be do not disturb the anemone, keep water quality high, but be prepared to pull it to another tank or to dispose of it if it begins to go south quickly.
Is this info current and acceptable? mostly the threads were carpets or BTA's getting burned so just trying to be 100% here.
Thanks.
At this point I am in observation mode, on whether it will survive the damage or need to be pulled to another tank, or whether it will jelly.
the mouth today is closed, the side unaffected is still sticky, and I gently hand waved off the wounded area last night and collected some of the loose nematocysts etc. I have left the flow in the area the same, and the lighting is on the same cycle (6pm to 12am on some sunlight throughout the day from the back door.) the anemone is getting gentle upflow that keeps the tentacles moving etc this carries food to it on the way to the overflow area above it.
it is by itself in the sand on one side of a 75 gallon tank with liverock and fish sleep spots on the other half. tank is old, about 7-10 years running or so (tbh kinda lost track on this tank). anemone area that is burned is no longer sloughing off with gentle waving, and it still retains the reddish body color all around the white burned area.
unaffected areas I can see are the orange foot itself, oral disc and inner organs, the entire "right" side of the body still has bright green tentacles and the red body area. right side is responsive to food or touch and sticky, abet tentacles deflated. anemone is still pulled up and in its smallest ball size, as expected for heavy stress.
occ. clownfish that are not hosting in it yet are still milling around/ above it at night, considering covering the anemone with eggcrate to ensure they do not stress it if necessary. (Yes not their natural host I know)
water parameters are stable in the tank and the skimmer is working as normal, water change last week of about 20 gallons. watching ammonia to ensure that if it begins to climb i can catch it early and get it down fast.
ph 8.5
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 0-5ppm
phos .010 on the last test but is stable. (using gfo to lower it slowly)
The anemone was burned last night so a less then 24 hour period for the mouth to be closed is a good sign I think, I certainly do not want to lose the nem, but if it was going to go, there are only fish in the tank (so removable) no corals or other sessile inverts, and all flow in the tank is return or koralia type propeller powerheads so the nem is not likely to get shredded if it floats around (no major point of suction)
on the larger fish I have had in the past, any wounds that were severe I either left a cleaner shrimp with, or gently soaked in vitamin enriched SW while removing the dead tissue that was loose and floating off the body, I haven't ever had to deal with an anemone burn, so trying to do this right.
After searching RC and googling in general, the consensus seems to be do not disturb the anemone, keep water quality high, but be prepared to pull it to another tank or to dispose of it if it begins to go south quickly.
Is this info current and acceptable? mostly the threads were carpets or BTA's getting burned so just trying to be 100% here.
Thanks.
