Is my Anemone ok?

tobysmurf · #1 12-08-2012, 07:58 PM

First here is a picture from yesterday when I first brought him home:

Here are some shots of him today. Notice his tentacles, they are shorter and many seem very skinny compared to before, and his mouth seems to be sticking out:

Do you think he's ok? If not, any suggestions on what to do? He was really blowing around a lot, so I tried digging a hole for him and he stayed there last night. Today he came out of the hole and blew up against the live rock. His clowns are trying their best to host him but since he's blown against the rock they haven't touched him. My water levels seem pretty decent so I am at a bit of a loss as to why he's shrunk so much.

Suggestions welcome!

Aquattro · #2 12-08-2012, 08:01 PM

Pretty sure there aren't any white anemones in the wild, that one is probably well bleached. I'd put a basket over it to keep it out of the pumps and clowns away from it, and feed it a fair bit to get some color back.

tobysmurf · #3 12-08-2012, 09:03 PM

I was told that it was a sand anemone by Wai's in Calgary (the LFS it came from). It looks more like a bleached long tentacle though, any ideas on that? Also what should I be feeding him? Any particular kind of chopped up fish? I see that there is great debate on what to feed them and if, so I'd love recommendations.

Aquattro · #4 12-08-2012, 09:13 PM

Bleached LTA sounds right. Sand anemone?? hmm. I think little bits of fish are fine, although others probably know a lot more about them than I do.

Aquattro · #5 12-08-2012, 09:41 PM

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/anemone.html

whatcaneyedo · #6 12-08-2012, 11:42 PM

It looks like its knocking on deaths door. Bleached, inverted mouth, and unwilling to attach are all bad signs. Reviving it will be difficult but not impossible. Mine was bleached white like that when I purchased it several years ago and it managed to pull through. It should accept pieces of silverside, krill or raw clam meat if its tentacles are still 'sticky'. I hope your tank is at least a few months old... judging by how white your rocks are it looks like you just set it up which is also to your disadvantage. Anemones can be pretty delicate and an immature tank isn't very suitable for them. Do you at least have some intense lighting?