BTA in trouble, should i help?

[Mhamilton0911]

Sadly not even 24hrs into my bta journey I have a major issue. Apparently it took a walk and found the filter intake. Most of its tentacles were sucked in, not close to any impeller, but this bta looks terribly sad.

Should I let it break free, or help? I'm assuming it's not going to make it? Is there anything I need to do for it now?

I turned off circulation pumps to prevent this, I thought the intake would be OK, I should sponge it in the future....

 

[Mhamilton0911]

I've gently freed half, but the last few bits are really in there. How long until the anemone relaxes, will it?

 

[James M]

Leave it alone. It’ll work itself out
Also that anemone is bleached

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Leave it alone. It’ll work itself out
Also that anemone is bleached

I have learned it was bleached. It was new, less than 24 hrs in my tank.

I did cut a few pieces of plastic and was able to free it.

Currently floating in a container for warmth, but should I provide flow or anything? I've been using a turkey baster to remove a little water and replace from the tank, trying to keep it fresh as I can until I figure out what to do.

After about an hour in after being released, it's puffing up more tentacles, but many look deflated or damaged. I feel so terrible....

 

[James M]

Don’t feel terrible ! It happens and you’re doing your best. Is the foot damaged ?

 

[Cell]

You should put it back in the tank to recover, not in a separate container. An acclimation box would be ideal.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

You should put it back in the tank to recover, not in a separate container. An acclimation box would be ideal.

I was worried it would foul the tank? I have a mesh isolation box on hand that can work.

I'm pretty sure some of it's foot is damaged. I saw a flap a while ago, but it's puffing up and doing some interesting things so I can't see the torn spot at the moment.

 

[Cell]

BTA's literally rip themselves in half when they split. They are incredibly resilient.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

It's looking worse today. Still attached to the side of this box, but it looks petty unhappy. Yesterday it had many tentacles out, and I couldn't really see it's mouth. Today everything is deflated and mouth looks gaping. Is there still hope for this lil anemone?

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

Give it time and monitor it for any major declines. It just went through the grinder (literally) and is pretty bleached so I wouldn't expect for it to bounce back immediately. If your water parameters are good as well as your lighting the nem should be fine in the coming days-weeks. Moving it and changing things will just stress it out more.

 

[germo]

I couldn’t give any better advice than what is already given but wanted to say I hope it makes it. It’s horrible anytime we lose anything but especially when it’s these types of situations. Good luck, hopefully it will pull on trough. Anemones are very resilient at least mine have been. I’m pretty sure it will pull trough.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Thank you both for replying!

I'm really hoping for it to make it. What a survival story I'd have then!

Since it's isolated and not likely to get much stray food, should I feed it directly? Or will light be enough right now?

 

[germo]

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[Lost in the Sauce]

Thank you both for replying!

I'm really hoping for it to make it. What a survival story I'd have then!

Since it's isolated and not likely to get much stray food, should I feed it directly? Or will light be enough right now?

I would absolutely not feed that nem for a WHILE. What it means right now is isolation with good water parameters and light.

Adding digestion of food right now is an unnecessary stress. Be putting all its work and energy into surviving. It's definitely not out of the woods yet, secondary infections from damage take many anenomes out

 

[Not an IT guy]

Let it be. If it starts to turn mushy then that’s the nail on the coffin.

 

[germo]

I would absolutely not feed that nem for a WHILE. What it means right now is isolation with good water parameters and light.

Adding digestion of food right now is an unnecessary stress. Be putting all its work and energy into surviving. It's definitely not out of the woods yet, secondary infections from damage take many anenomes out

Is there anything that could be done to help with infection that wouldn’t stress it?

 

[Mhamilton0911]

I would absolutely not feed that nem for a WHILE. What it means right now is isolation with good water parameters and light.

Adding digestion of food right now is an unnecessary stress. Be putting all its work and energy into surviving. It's definitely not out of the woods yet, secondary infections from damage take many anenomes out

Thanks! This was definitely something I had thought of, but didn't know the answer, which is why I asked if I should feed or not.

Would an infection show any signs? Is there anything I should look out for?

Also I'm preparing everything for future nem proofing, but most "anenome guards" are larger spaced than the peice this one got sucked into. Is foam my only option? The filter piece that injured this one I could barely get a toothpick into, so the spacing was pretty small.

 

[Not an IT guy]

Is there anything that could be done to help with infection that wouldn’t stress it?

This is but just let it be. If you stress it more it could be the end of if I forget the name

 

[Not an IT guy]

Also certain coral dips say they are nem friendly.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Is there anything that could be done to help with infection that wouldn’t stress it?

Ciprofloxacin is one of the best for nems from what I understand. I can't get it in California but many can order it directly from chewy.