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I disagree with cipro here as the nem was fine before he lost power on his return pump for a couple of days and almost nuked his tank. I think with time and stable parameters hell be just fine.
How do you feed it if it's tentacles are goneOkay a lot of misinformation and bad advice going around here but Ron is pretty much spot on. That anemone is in malnourishment decline most likely due to an acquired bacterial infection and has consumed its tentacles as a quasi self preservation tactic. What I would do is qt an treat the anemone in a 5-10 gallon tank. Read the following article on treating anemones and you can substitute kanaplex & furan for the cipro. Once the mouth has closed feed small portions of mashed up frozen food daily(start with pea sized amount of mash and work your way up to nickel sized amounts). The bacterial infections work very slowly so the anemone will slowly decline and shrink overtime until one day it goes poof if you do nothing. Medications however work quite quickly so you should know if that is what your dealing with after 1-2 treatments. After the treatment is complete and you have then nem eating and looking better you can move it back to the display. The recovery of a nem that deep into infection is a LONG road but possible. I have had success restoring nems like this many times so good luck and please ask if you have any questions.