Anemone seems unhealthy

[Chirag96]

Hey guys, my bubble tip anemone was doing fine until yesterday when it went upside down. I turned it back around and placed it over a rock but it slipped down onto the sand and looms completely deflated. I am not sure if it's dying or not? Do I need to quarantine it or let it stay in and monitor for a few more days?

 

[blaxsun]

It's definitely not doing great. Do you supplemental feed it at all?

 

[Chirag96]

I fed it some brine shrimp

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

How old is the tank? How long has the anemone been in the tank? What are the test parameters, lighting, tank size?

From that one pic alone it looks like you have a brand new tank, but better for you to provide all the info rather than us just guess.

 

[Rmckoy]

If it’s foot is attached I’d leave it settle . Perhaps something changed it didn’t like .

age of tank and list of parameters will help

 

[Duncan62]

Hey guys, my bubble tip anemone was doing fine until yesterday when it went upside down. I turned it back around and placed it over a rock but it slipped down onto the sand and looms completely deflated. I am not sure if it's dying or not? Do I need to quarantine it or let it stay in and monitor for a few more days?

New tank. Dry rock. Tough for nem to thrive or live. Check for spikes in big 3.

 

[Chirag96]

It's a new rank ser it up 30 days ago. Fish and anemone was added last Saturday. Other corals and fish are doing well I got zoanthids and some other sps. Anemone was fine till yesterday afternoon it was moving around alot. At night it just decided to go upside down.

 

[Jekyl]

It's a new rank ser it up 30 days ago. Fish and anemone was added last Saturday. Other corals and fish are doing well I got zoanthids and some other sps. Anemone was fine till yesterday afternoon it was moving around alot. At night it just decided to go upside down.

Anemome very rarely do well in brand new tanks. Ideally want to wait 6 to 9 months before attempting to keep one. Feeding is not necessary and putting your hands on them makes things worse.

 

[Chirag96]

It's moved now. I have no idea what's happening to it. Seems to be very active now

 

[exnisstech]

I would just leave it alone and keep an eye on and it. I have had quite a few bubble tips over the last several years and while they take food I rarely feed them any longer and they do very well without it. They do need a decent amount of light.

 

[Rmckoy]

It's moved now. I have no idea what's happening to it. Seems to be very active now

Their main source of nutrition is light .
the odd small feeding doesn’t hurt but not required as it requires a lot of energy to digest

be sure to monitor tank parameters to maintain everything as stable as possible . It will be hard being such a new system .

you mentioned sps also added the same time ?
Typically sps are the first to show stress due to parameter stability

 

[Rmckoy]

Their main source of nutrition is light .
the odd small feeding doesn’t hurt but not required as it requires a lot of energy to digest

be sure to monitor tank parameters to maintain everything as stable as possible . It will be hard being such a new system .

you mentioned sps also added the same time ?
Typically sps are the first to show stress due to parameter stability

Parameters being unstable ( any fluctuations )