Anemone ??? recent order from LiveAquaria.com

I re-stocked my aquarium last week. Read Bio in SAY HELLO for more details..



It is always a best practice to examine an anemone before purchasing, which I am aware of, however when buying from Dr. Foster & Smith's LiveAquaria.com you don't know what you'll end up receiving.

Everything checked out fine and I acclimated all of my new friends by using the drip method over an hour.

The Anemone looked great at first but has been moving around alot, which once again I know that they do.

Question is:

If an anemone shrinks and regains size again and again and again spitting out brown ooz (ZOO I am presuming) and now has a loose mouth.

Could this mean it is the beginning of the end for my anemone?

Has anyone ever had this and the anemone regain vitals and thrive???

 

are the lights currently off? I think they expel the water from their old habitat and fill themselves with water from their new habitat, like a way of self-acclimating. When i got my Anemone, it did that right when the lights turned off of first day of ownership

 

Yes it is a sign of a dieing anemone but it can also be just from the stress of moving. I wouldn't give up on it yet, but keep a close eye on it

J

 

How old is your tank??? I acclimated mine for about 2 and a half hours.. Just saying what I do...

 

Tank Age / Anemone condition

My tank was established November 11th, 2002

It did crash during that winter due to an ICE STORM that left us without power for 5 days.

It has been up ever since. The tank levels are:
Specific Gravity: 1.026
Amonia : 0
Nitrite : 0
Nitrate : less than 40 ppm
PH : 8.2

So, I can check it any day and it stays the same.

All of the zoanthids stay open, Toadstool Mushtroom that I just introduced is open almost all the way the flowering tips haven't yet expanded, my bubble coral is doing good.

The Anemone started looking really good an hour ago, so I fed it a very small piece of freeze dried krill.

Here is a pic of it right now at 9:30 p.m.

 

anenome looks great, i wouldn't worry about his mouth being open 1/4".

 

It was open more like a 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch....

 

well you are bad!!!! and im jelous! it looks awesome already! goodluck!

 

Anemones are disceiving they could take 6-8 months to die. the stress of the shipment could have put it into a tissy. call the seller, their customer service is good.

 

I have had three anemone in my reef keeping experience

A brown BTA

And Sebea

Both lost....

I have never really heard how long an BTA can last in the reef aquarium.