Sick Anemone

[candim26]

Good evening,
I decided to add 2 anemone’s for my clownfish to hopefully host and 1 is doing excellent but the other is very unhappy and not acclimating well at all! The bubble tip I am very concerned with has wedged itself in a rock. I assume to get out of the flow and light. I moved the rock to face the glass so that I can keep a close eye and I moved the wave maker over in hopes I can settle this poor critter down. This morning looked pretty good but 9 hours later looks bad. I’m confident this anemone wouldn’t have made it much longer. I had to act fast! No pics of an hour ago but Nem was deflated quite a bit and a long tentacle was hanging out. I went to work immediately and now mouth is more closed and color believe it or not looks better. No longer oozing either. Is there anything else I can do to try and save Nem?

 

[lapin]

Basically you have 2 choices with sick nems. Let them be and hope they are not really sick but just unhappy. Take them out and QT and treat with cipro.

 

[candim26]

I have an update! ….. NEM is looking 90% better! Being so new and unfamiliar was the new home, heavy flow and bad light caused too much stress. Looking so much better tonight. I’m thrilled! I’m going to continue to monitor but leave this guy critter alone to quietly acclimate. My poor tank looks terrible because I had to take some rocks apart but well worth it if it helps.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

I have an update! ….. NEM is looking 90% better! Being so new and unfamiliar was the new home, heavy flow and bad light caused too much stress. Looking so much better tonight. I’m thrilled! I’m going to continue to monitor but leave this guy critter alone to quietly acclimate. My poor tank looks terrible because I had to take some rocks apart but well worth it if it helps.

Glad to hear! Yes, anemones will definitely hide and look like that when first added to the tank. In fact, on random days at random times it could look horrible. Nothing to stress about unless you know that there is a problem. Nems do what they want! Sometimes they are a bit cranky!

 

[candim26]

Glad to hear! Yes, anemones will definitely hide and look like that when first added to the tank. In fact, on random days at random times it could look horrible. Nothing to stress about unless you know that there is a problem. Nems do what they want! Sometimes they are a bit cranky!

I really wanted to take a picture but apparently this crabby NEM is camera shy too. I got close to take a pic and grumpy pulled up tentacles so I better just back off for now. Obviously this NEM needs alone time until settled. How can they see without eyes or do they have eyes?

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

I really wanted to take a picture but apparently this crabby NEM is camera shy too. I got close to take a pic and grumpy pulled up tentacles so I better just back off for now. Obviously this NEM needs alone time until settled. How can they see without eyes or do they have eyes?

Nope, they don't have eyes or ears. Probably just a coincidence.