My Anemone is no more...

[minicrazy592]

I forgot to add. This happened during a 3hr nap. When I woke up I saw that my tank was cloudy and the nem was becoming a puree in the corner. Is the cloudiness from the nem's remains or is it a bloom? I did a water change last night that took care of most of it and I did another one today, but ran out of my spare saltwater, so it was a small one.

[minicrazy592]

Okay the nem is out of the cup on recommendation of the lfs. Minus a section missing out of his side, he appears to be ok today. His tentacles are out and he's attaching himself on the back of the rock work in the middle of the tank.

[minicrazy592]

I can not put in words how mad I am right now. I just got back from running errands and guess what, my water is cloudy, you know what that means! The anemone got into the equipment again. This time he's done for good. He got into the other filter this time, that had netting around the intake. My in tank filter wasn't as kind as the other were. Not a piece left minus a bit of entrails and goo from what was once his foot. It's an absolute horrible and painful way to go.

So it's official, the nem is gone and I'm never getting one again, ever.

Here's a pic of what he squeezed through

[Gwen]

Oh, poor little creature. I feel sorry for you...

Originally Posted by minicrazy592

I can not put in words how mad I am right now. I just got back from running errands and guess what, my water is cloudy, you know what that means! The anemone got into the equipment again. This time he's done for good. He got into the other filter this time, that had netting around the intake. My in tank filter wasn't as kind as the other were. Not a piece left minus a bit of entrails and goo from what was once his foot. It's an absolute horrible and painful way to go.

So it's official, the nem is gone and I'm never getting one again, ever.

Here's a pic of what he squeezed through

[GreatWhiteShark]

Truly a sad ending...

[AlexandraB]

[BigAl07]

Originally Posted by AlexandraB

.........We couldn't get him to open up or eat for over a month. (how he survived is beyond me) ......

They are HIGHLY photosynthetic and get the majority of their food from the light over your tank.

[Joker23]

You dont have to quit on anemones necessarily...see, the problem with alot of anemones is that they move WAY too much..all you have to do it get an anemone that doesnt move much at all and make the area around it comfortable for it. I have a Sebae anemone and he hardly moves at all. He's in a 5g tank and he's been there for about 3 months now, all opened up and moving his tentacles with the current :3

[BigAl07]

Originally Posted by Joker23

You dont have to quit on anemones necessarily...see, the problem with alot of anemones is that they move WAY too much..all you have to do it get an anemone that doesnt move much at all and make the area around it comfortable for it. I have a Sebae anemone and he hardly moves at all. He's in a 5g tank and he's been there for about 3 months now, all opened up and moving his tentacles with the current :3

That's the problem. We're dealing with a living and MOBILE animal that moves to where it wants to regardless of what we do. They don't move for fun/leisure but because of some "Need" they have (Flow, light etc) and trying to entice them to stay in merely a guessing game and literally futile.