WTH anemone fine then almost dead or is it about to split?????

fishoholic · #1 04-11-2011, 03:49 AM

My GBTA did that when I first got it and maybe once in a blue moon it would look a little bit more shriveled (like after I fed it a silverside) but it was over a few hours. I've never seen my RBTA shrivel up, and I've never seen an anemone go from being fine to literally almost totally shriveled up in a matter of minutes.

My RBTA is normally the size of a grapefruit, when I noticed it didn't look right it was about the size of an orange and as I watched it, it shrunk rapidly to the size of a walnut, which is where it's at right now. It was shocking to watch it shrink right before my eyes.

fishoholic · #2 04-11-2011, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by es355lucille

Laurie, mine does this all the time and the clowns don't know what to do. Not saything that yours is doing the same. Did you just do a water change? Thats when I notice mine the most......I thought it was the anemone just changing its water as well. Then it will be fairly stable for the next few weeks, but can do this off and on quite often.

My 2 cents.

B

It's never shrunk before and it's been a week since my last water change, I'm mixing water right now to do my next water change tomorrow. I did feed it a piece of krill 2 days ago so maybe that has something to do with it.

fishoholic · #3 04-11-2011, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ensquire

I am having the exact same issue , 2 have disapeared on me. Do you see any problems on the foot. My one remaining LTA has a lesion on the foot and I am unsure if it's a pest or something else..

The anemone is shriveled right up against the foot and the foot is attached to the under side of a rock so I can't tell if there is anything wrong with the foot or not.

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Originally Posted by RedCoralOnlineStore

Looks fine Laurie, Pooping or splitting likely the first... Should be fine tomorrow! Mine do it all the time, doesnt look like there is any "melting" tissue from the pic so probably not a prob!

I did see a little bit of brown stringy stuff come out of the anemone, but I wasn't sure what it was. When I went to take a closer look the stringy stuff floated away and was gone.

cathyg_99 · #4 04-11-2011, 04:21 AM

mines been doing this all month, just try to feed him when hes ballooned back up as long as hes eating hes fine

Lance · #5 04-11-2011, 05:19 AM

Not to worry Laurie. It looks fine. BTA's, for whatever reason do this periodically. Mine is about 16" across and can totally disappear in the rocks. First time it did that I had a hell of a time finding it again.

Lance · #6 04-11-2011, 05:22 AM

Oops, sorry mws. I posted before I read yours. Said the same thing. My bad.

BlueWorldAquatic · #7 04-11-2011, 09:11 AM

Feed it silversides, and watch him really perk up

Nebthet · #8 04-11-2011, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by fishoholic

I did see a little bit of brown stringy stuff come out of the anemone, but I wasn't sure what it was. When I went to take a closer look the stringy stuff floated away and was gone.

That would be the anemone's poo. No worries Laurie.. your rbta should be fine in a couple of hours. It more than likely does this more often than you think, but probably when the lights are off on the tank at night.

BlueTang<3 · #9 04-11-2011, 04:31 AM

How is the magnesium level Laurie mine used to do that before dosing mg i almost bet you it will be around 1100.

fishoholic · #10 04-11-2011, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Nebthet

That would be the anemone's poo. No worries Laurie.. your rbta should be fine in a couple of hours. It more than likely does this more often than you think, but probably when the lights are off on the tank at night.

You're probably right, just freaked me out seeing it suddenly shrink up. All I could think of was "Oh $**t my anemone ate that piece of floating torch coral and now it's dying!"