How to help a dying nem??

[Amberlynn3019]

Hey everyone! So I have a long tentacle anemone who has been in my tank for three days and will not attach to anything. His insides are now coming out and I thought he was dead, but he is still moving and still has color. Is there any suggestions to help him?

 

[shred5]

I am going to say he is a goner.
It looks like the foot is ripped probably trying to remove him in the lfs or distributor.

I always want to check the foot of a anemone when buying one.

 

[Amberlynn3019]

I am going to say he is a goner.
It looks like the foot is ripped probably trying to remove him in the lfs or distributor.

I always want to check the foot of a anemone when buying one.

I didn’t know that could happen, I’ll check for that next time. Thank you.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

I would not consider it a goner just yet.
Here is link for how to address sick nems. Maybe this will help. I've used it with great success for a couple BTA's
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-i-cipro.211822/

 

[D-Nak]

LTA typically do don't well with a ripped foot. In your case, the mesenterial filaments are coming out. I've seen this happen where the filaments are coming out of the mouth and the nem is able to recover (common with BTAs) but when it comes out of the foot, it's a different story.

The link above is a Cipro treatment, typically used for infections. In your case it's a physical injury and use of Cipro will have limited results.