Anemone being eaten

tonymanz412 · 04/13/2012, 06:14 PM

I have a Haitian Condylactis Anemone that I purchased from PetCo about a month and a half ago. I have him housed in a 5 gallon along with a hermit crab and a coral banded shrimp. They had all been living happily the entire time, and all of a sudden, I look and the bottom of the anemone was "eaten" off. It appears that the anemone is still moving, I have him isolated in a 2liter coke bottle with the top removed, floating in the tank. I am wondering if there is anything i can do to help him heal. I can tell he is moving because there is no water flow in the bottle, so he is obviously moving his tentacles. http://imgur.com/nYbz5 This is a picture of the damage, it was the best I could get. Any and all information would be helpful, Thank You.

sucker_fish · 04/13/2012, 06:26 PM

cant really tell by the pic but i cant see where it has been eaten, what are your tank params and how mature is your tank?

04/13/2012, 06:14 PM	#1
tonymanz412 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 9	Anemone being eaten I have a Haitian Condylactis Anemone that I purchased from PetCo about a month and a half ago. I have him housed in a 5 gallon along with a hermit crab and a coral banded shrimp. They had all been living happily the entire time, and all of a sudden, I look and the bottom of the anemone was "eaten" off. It appears that the anemone is still moving, I have him isolated in a 2liter coke bottle with the top removed, floating in the tank. I am wondering if there is anything i can do to help him heal. I can tell he is moving because there is no water flow in the bottle, so he is obviously moving his tentacles. http://imgur.com/nYbz5 This is a picture of the damage, it was the best I could get. Any and all information would be helpful, Thank You.

04/13/2012, 06:26 PM	#2
sucker_fish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Covington, TN Posts: 441	cant really tell by the pic but i cant see where it has been eaten, what are your tank params and how mature is your tank? __________________ <------- Have you ever seen tortoises playing leapfrog? Current Tank Info: 40 B w/ T5's and tunze 9002 skimmer. no sump. 90 gal. mixed reef, 36"x16"x16" sump/fuge, reef octopus xp2000 skimmer, water blaster hy5000 return.