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01-30-2008, 05:18 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2008
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 |  I massacred my anemone!
I placed a brand new bubble tip anemone in my 29 gallon bio cube. It was so happy, eating well and all. I decided to move it and realized that it had managed to suck itself into the filtration chamber of the water column. I pulled it and it would not let go so I just kept tugging. I realized that it was letting go, what I did not realize is that I had torn it in half with all its innards out. I placed it in another tank hoping that it would somehow mend itself. I dont know yet. I dont even know if I should attempt to feed it or if I should just wait a few days. Should I add phytoplankton to the water? would that help? It really does not have a mouth anymore. Here are some pics. | 
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01-30-2008, 07:32 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 45
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Oh. I am sorry. I can't really answer that. Some of the guys here are really great. Some one will chime in soon. Sorry to say but it looks pretty bad. PM Tangster or Reef guru or matt. Good Luck. Karma for the trouble.
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180 Gallon Reef, 150 lbs of LR and 4" LS. 4-175w 10k MH. 8-110 W actinic VHO, 2 Wave2K, LifeReef Skimmer . A 90 gal sump, Top-Off. 2Mag 9.5 return, Life Reef CR LCR-1. 1 Cin Clown, Bub coral, Xenia, Purp Tang, Yellow Tang, Pogoda, 4 Gobies, Niger Trigger, Angel, Brittle Star | |
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01-30-2008, 08:11 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Doesn't sound or look good. Keep your fingers crossed. But I don't think it will survive.. Sorry!!!!
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01-30-2008, 08:33 PM
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| | Ocellaris Clown
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 34
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I'd keep a close eye on it. Anemones make a hell of a mess when decomposing. If you wake up and has decomposed or is decomposing it will turn into mush. It will be very hard to remove completely. | |
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01-31-2008, 09:35 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by dcaribewolf@bellsouth.net  I placed a brand new bubble tip anemone in my 29 gallon bio cube. It was so happy, eating well and all. I decided to move it and realized that it had managed to suck itself into the filtration chamber of the water column. I pulled it and it would not let go so I just kept tugging. I realized that it was letting go, what I did not realize is that I had torn it in half with all its innards out. I placed it in another tank hoping that it would somehow mend itself. I dont know yet. I dont even know if I should attempt to feed it or if I should just wait a few days. Should I add phytoplankton to the water? would that help? It really does not have a mouth anymore. Here are some pics. | Ouch! --- have heard of this many times...
Moving an anemone is always tricky.
Wait a bit and maybe it will recover. 
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01-31-2008, 10:50 AM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Age: 25
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 Sounds bad! Let's hope it recovers! _________ 75gal. Rio240 JEWEL aquarium
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01-31-2008, 04:05 PM
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| | Clown Trigger
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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I would put the anenomes in a reef tank first, so they can find their "Settling place" before adding corals. Never try to move an attached anenome, but rather "Force" them to detach or move. By, for example, blocking all light reacing it and forcing it to go back to light source. it's tricky with them. They are arrogant, thats what they are  _________  | |
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01-31-2008, 05:44 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk Age: 21
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Would be nice if he just split for you.. kind of like when they can be cut... but he doesn't seem to be very happy... Sorry That's the leading cause of anemone death is them getting stuck in intakes, powerheads and such (So i've heard).
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