dying anemone

onecrzyboi4u · 08/25/2007, 01:32 AM

I have a curiouis question.. if a anemone was going to die.. what would it do.. would it die being attached or would it let go?

wicked_NaCl_h2o · 08/25/2007, 01:45 AM

My gbta died still attached to the rock.

onecrzyboi4u · 08/25/2007, 09:09 AM

did it foul up your water?

davocean · 08/25/2007, 09:13 AM

A dead nem will really foul your water.
Sometimes when they split they look like they are about to die.
I'd keep a close eye, and pull b4 it turns to mush.
Check params, and post pics if you can.

wicked_NaCl_h2o · 08/25/2007, 09:23 AM

Yeah we lost a few inverts, snails, hermit crabs and one skunk cleaner shrimp. After a few water changes I think the tank is back to normal now. Our only cerith snail that survived has laid some eggs. I doubt they grow up to be a free clean up crew. Even though the anemone caused some inverts to die..the fish are still alive and well.

onecrzyboi4u · 08/25/2007, 10:21 AM

Ok i thought my anemone was going to die.. it shrunk done to nothing mouth so wide open. I tried feeding it yesterday some silver sides and some krill.. rejected both. this morning i wake up it's back to normal like nothing was wrong with it. it's a bta.

wicked_NaCl_h2o · 08/25/2007, 11:40 AM

Nah it was just changing its water..it can look like that for several hours. How you can really tell if its dead is that it feels like slime and not sticky. slime bad ..sticky good..lol

onecrzyboi4u · 08/25/2007, 09:08 PM

Ok.. i'm issues on getting this anemone to eat. won't take krill nor silver sides

wicked_NaCl_h2o · 08/25/2007, 10:45 PM

My rbta wouldn't eat for a while after we bought it I was afraid it was going to starve it self to death like my gbta. I have finally got it to eat some thing last monday. How long have you had this bta? They need some time to get use to its new home but don't go without feeding it for too long. Mine wouldn't grab the food with its tentacles. So I put the little piece of silverside against its mouth untill its mouth started pulling the food in. Try to make the silver side piece really small. If it takes the food then feed it a small piece every day or every other day untill it starts taking the food to its mouth on its own. Since I have been doing this, I am already seeing some improvement in my anemone. If silversides don't work try mysis usually anemones will still eat those if they won't eat krill or silversides...oh yeah and don't force the food into its mouth because it can damage it. I am no anemone expert but this is what I am doing to bring mine back to health. If you need any other information.. I would go to www.karenroseanemones.com and ask Karen..she knows a lot about bta's

onecrzyboi4u · 08/25/2007, 11:59 PM

I tried feeding it silversides.. won't take it.. it'll hold on the food for a couple of hours close up with it.. then just let it go..

onecrzyboi4u · 08/26/2007, 12:29 AM

he isn't sticky at all.. hope the booger doesn't die..

08/25/2007, 01:32 AM	#1
onecrzyboi4u Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington VA Posts: 1,893	dying anemone I have a curiouis question.. if a anemone was going to die.. what would it do.. would it die being attached or would it let go?

08/25/2007, 09:13 AM	#4
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,655	A dead nem will really foul your water. Sometimes when they split they look like they are about to die. I'd keep a close eye, and pull b4 it turns to mush. Check params, and post pics if you can. __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD

08/25/2007, 10:45 PM	#9
wicked_NaCl_h2o Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 1,602	My rbta wouldn't eat for a while after we bought it I was afraid it was going to starve it self to death like my gbta. I have finally got it to eat some thing last monday. How long have you had this bta? They need some time to get use to its new home but don't go without feeding it for too long. Mine wouldn't grab the food with its tentacles. So I put the little piece of silverside against its mouth untill its mouth started pulling the food in. Try to make the silver side piece really small. If it takes the food then feed it a small piece every day or every other day untill it starts taking the food to its mouth on its own. Since I have been doing this, I am already seeing some improvement in my anemone. If silversides don't work try mysis usually anemones will still eat those if they won't eat krill or silversides...oh yeah and don't force the food into its mouth because it can damage it. I am no anemone expert but this is what I am doing to bring mine back to health. If you need any other information.. I would go to www.karenroseanemones.com and ask Karen..she knows a lot about bta's Last edited by wicked_NaCl_h2o; 08/25/2007 at 10:54 PM.

08/25/2007, 01:45 AM	#2
wicked_NaCl_h2o Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 1,602	My gbta died still attached to the rock.

08/25/2007, 09:09 AM	#3
onecrzyboi4u Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington VA Posts: 1,893	did it foul up your water?

08/25/2007, 09:23 AM	#5
wicked_NaCl_h2o Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 1,602	Yeah we lost a few inverts, snails, hermit crabs and one skunk cleaner shrimp. After a few water changes I think the tank is back to normal now. Our only cerith snail that survived has laid some eggs. I doubt they grow up to be a free clean up crew. Even though the anemone caused some inverts to die..the fish are still alive and well.

08/25/2007, 10:21 AM	#6
onecrzyboi4u Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington VA Posts: 1,893	Ok i thought my anemone was going to die.. it shrunk done to nothing mouth so wide open. I tried feeding it yesterday some silver sides and some krill.. rejected both. this morning i wake up it's back to normal like nothing was wrong with it. it's a bta.

08/25/2007, 11:40 AM	#7
wicked_NaCl_h2o Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 1,602	Nah it was just changing its water..it can look like that for several hours. How you can really tell if its dead is that it feels like slime and not sticky. slime bad ..sticky good..lol

08/25/2007, 09:08 PM	#8
onecrzyboi4u Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington VA Posts: 1,893	Ok.. i'm issues on getting this anemone to eat. won't take krill nor silver sides

08/25/2007, 11:59 PM	#10
onecrzyboi4u Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington VA Posts: 1,893	I tried feeding it silversides.. won't take it.. it'll hold on the food for a couple of hours close up with it.. then just let it go..

08/26/2007, 12:29 AM	#11
onecrzyboi4u Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington VA Posts: 1,893	he isn't sticky at all.. hope the booger doesn't die..