New Carpet Anemone

JMHforever · 08/16/2013, 11:01 PM

Hi! I just bought a huge green carpet anemone today and put it in my tank after floating it. It was fine at first, already attached itself to a rock and was partially open. I checked on it a few hours later it has fully closed up tightly. Should I be worried? Or is this normal with carpets? Thank you! The picture is when I first got it home.
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JMHforever · 08/16/2013, 11:02 PM

This is after a few hours image.jpg

JMHforever · 08/16/2013, 11:03 PM

This is after I moved it to a new spot with more flow.
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Woogiekids · 08/16/2013, 11:21 PM

Looks ok, but should be on the sand bed

JMHforever · 08/16/2013, 11:24 PM

So move it back down to the bottom?

Dsotto · 08/17/2013, 04:37 AM

Yeah carpets like to burry their feet in the sand and attach to the bottom glass or sometimes the bottom of a rock. Mine picked a spot where two rocks meet. Attached to the bottom glass and has been there for 5 months now. Moderate flow.

JMHforever · 08/17/2013, 07:48 AM

Is it normal for them to lay on the sand and close up?

OrionN · 08/17/2013, 08:39 AM

No it is not normal for them to close up like that. You should plan to treat him with antibiotic. Good luck with him.

JMHforever · 08/17/2013, 12:00 PM

Here it is todayimage.jpg

gauchuot · 08/17/2013, 12:21 PM

I not an expert but that doessn't look like a healthly anemone... Mouth are too open and it lay too flat on the sand bed... It would ck or test your water.... And it look like not enough light...

JMHforever · 08/17/2013, 12:28 PM

Ok. It looked amazing at the store and they said it was healthy. He seems to be digging deeper into the sand so I'm hoping that's good. I agree that him having his mouth open doesn't seem good. It has me concerned. I have dual t5 lighting.

greech · 08/17/2013, 12:34 PM

You don't have enough lighting for long term health. However, depending on what lighting it was under at the LFS and how long it was under that light, you may need to acclimate it to stronger light anyway. If it survives, it will need more light.

gauchuot · 08/17/2013, 12:39 PM

The most likely cause is your water condition.... Because to change from pic 1 to pic2 in a few hrs.... That is most likely your water....

tassod · 08/17/2013, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by OrionN

No it is not normal for them to close up like that. You should plan to treat him with antibiotic. Good luck with him.

+1 to get treatment going asap. He does not look healthy at all. ready the stickies on cypro treatment.

JMHforever · 08/17/2013, 02:05 PM

Here it is now. More open and not flat. What is the medicine I would need for it? And will that harm my other corals (mushrooms, waving hand Xenia, and Kenya tree) or my fish (Niger trigger, coral beauty, and black volitan lionfish)? Thank you! I am brand new to anemones so I am needing a lot of help.image.jpg

xrayjeeper83 · 08/17/2013, 02:08 PM

You need to set up a quarantine tank. And treat with cipro

Soopabruva1 · 08/17/2013, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMHforever

Hi! I just bought a huge green carpet anemone today and put it in my tank after floating it. It was fine at first, already attached itself to a rock and was partially open. I checked on it a few hours later it has fully closed up tightly. Should I be worried? Or is this normal with carpets? Thank you! The picture is when I first got it home.
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Did you float it and then dump it in?

JMHforever · 08/17/2013, 02:45 PM

Yes I did. And I placed it at the base of a rock

xrayjeeper83 · 08/17/2013, 05:40 PM

That's gonna be part of your problem, you should have acclimated it buy dripping it. You shocked the heck out of it

08/16/2013, 11:01 PM	#1
JMHforever Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 9	New Carpet Anemone Hi! I just bought a huge green carpet anemone today and put it in my tank after floating it. It was fine at first, already attached itself to a rock and was partially open. I checked on it a few hours later it has fully closed up tightly. Should I be worried? Or is this normal with carpets? Thank you! The picture is when I first got it home. image.jpg

08/17/2013, 08:39 AM	#8
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	No it is not normal for them to close up like that. You should plan to treat him with antibiotic. Good luck with him. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

08/17/2013, 12:34 PM	#12
greech Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 3,133	You don't have enough lighting for long term health. However, depending on what lighting it was under at the LFS and how long it was under that light, you may need to acclimate it to stronger light anyway. If it survives, it will need more light. __________________ ~Graham Current Tank Info: Tank: 40 breeder; 20H sump w/SWC 120; Sicce 3.0 return; Vortech MP-10; Sundial T5, DIY Actinic LED (3W Cree). Livestock: Pair of Black & Whites; Midas Blenny; Firefish; Yasha/pistol; Black Leopard Wrasse; LPS and SPS

08/16/2013, 11:02 PM	#2
JMHforever Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 9	This is after a few hours image.jpg

08/16/2013, 11:03 PM	#3
JMHforever Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 9	This is after I moved it to a new spot with more flow. .image.jpg

08/16/2013, 11:21 PM	#4
Woogiekids Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 551	Looks ok, but should be on the sand bed

08/16/2013, 11:24 PM	#5
JMHforever Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 9	So move it back down to the bottom?

08/17/2013, 04:37 AM	#6
Dsotto Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 133	Yeah carpets like to burry their feet in the sand and attach to the bottom glass or sometimes the bottom of a rock. Mine picked a spot where two rocks meet. Attached to the bottom glass and has been there for 5 months now. Moderate flow.

08/17/2013, 07:48 AM	#7
JMHforever Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 9	Is it normal for them to lay on the sand and close up?

08/17/2013, 12:00 PM	#9
JMHforever Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 9	Here it is todayimage.jpg

08/17/2013, 12:21 PM	#10
gauchuot Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 35	I not an expert but that doessn't look like a healthly anemone... Mouth are too open and it lay too flat on the sand bed... It would ck or test your water.... And it look like not enough light...

08/17/2013, 12:28 PM	#11
JMHforever Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 9	Ok. It looked amazing at the store and they said it was healthy. He seems to be digging deeper into the sand so I'm hoping that's good. I agree that him having his mouth open doesn't seem good. It has me concerned. I have dual t5 lighting.

08/17/2013, 12:39 PM	#13
gauchuot Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 35	The most likely cause is your water condition.... Because to change from pic 1 to pic2 in a few hrs.... That is most likely your water....

08/17/2013, 02:05 PM	#15
JMHforever Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 9	Here it is now. More open and not flat. What is the medicine I would need for it? And will that harm my other corals (mushrooms, waving hand Xenia, and Kenya tree) or my fish (Niger trigger, coral beauty, and black volitan lionfish)? Thank you! I am brand new to anemones so I am needing a lot of help.image.jpg

08/17/2013, 02:08 PM	#16
xrayjeeper83 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Orange Park, Fl Posts: 619	You need to set up a quarantine tank. And treat with cipro

08/17/2013, 02:45 PM	#18
JMHforever Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 9	Yes I did. And I placed it at the base of a rock

08/17/2013, 05:40 PM	#19
xrayjeeper83 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Orange Park, Fl Posts: 619	That's gonna be part of your problem, you should have acclimated it buy dripping it. You shocked the heck out of it