long tentacle anemone help

[jorge0912]

 

[reef lover]

Really think he looks good...anybody else??

 

[jorge0912]

He does look good like u always say he is weird he is happy gets som color during the day then around this time ah day he starts closing up little weirdo haha I love him my favorite animal in the tank is just like I said he scares me

 

[jorge0912]

Nitrates 15
Calcium 480
Alk 8
Amonia 0
Nitrites 0
Phosphates a bit higth .1 maybe because pf the shrimps o been feeding my fish and Mysis

Thanks #reeflover for responding to help and also all those who have been responding

 

[jorge0912]

Why is his foot like this looks like skin

 

[jorge0912]

Is he okay or is he dying

 

[jorge0912]

Had to take erything out of the tank because of a plumbing issue in the house and this is how I found his foot to be

 

[reef lover]

The foot does look a little injured...and those are messentrial filaments hes putting out....theres a good chance he can heal that up...low stress try not to mess with it too much and spot feed a couple times a week some small food.

 

[jorge0912]

Okays will doo !!!
so sad
And yeah I don’t mess with him much

 

[jorge0912]

Before I do anything ima ask
Should I remove the pvc pipe that he is in maybe that’s Cousing the cuts or if he doesn’t like it he could get out of it it by him self ?
I feel is verry small for him

 

[reef lover]

They do prefer to wedge in between rock and sand but without much sand he might just keep floating around looking for a spot. You can try it agoin and see if he stays...

 

[davocean]

It does look like his foot was injured, and that could have been the cause of setting/non setting issues.
IME they rarely if ever recover from a foot tear, but I would not give up hope, as it does look mostly ok aside from that, and did look ok in last set pic.

I personally would remove the PVC and pile more sand in that area.
And you really gotta do your best to leave it be, hard as that may be for you, it's best to quit messing w/ it

 

[jorge0912]

Yeah really haven been messing with only yesterday when I had to move everything my tank if not would not have notice the tear will take off the pvc then and put some sand around him and let him go where he want

 

[jorge0912]

Well I just got home it got out of the pvc but he looks like this

 

[jorge0912]

It’s expelling something out of its mouth and foot looks like it was squished

 

[evolve29]

I wouldn’t mess with the pvc pipe if he is squeeze in between it or attached in some way. The only I would do it if he was like sitting on top of pvc and not attached in any way like floating around like when you bought it. If there is a way to focus your light on a certain area of the tank, the anemone will move to that area by itself is my thoughts versus stay in a dark area.
I have two LTs and out of all the anemones, my fav because they stay in the substrate and I had success versus BTAs. When I first got mine, it was so bleached it shrunk to a size of quarter & thought it would die. It came back and now brown and

has a green in the center areas and getting huge. It wasn’t sticking to anything either and I tried to dig holes or put in a crevice but no good. My advice is to leave it be. It will attach eventually and that is what mine did.

 

[jorge0912]

I know I love mine too :/ it came out of the pvc and I am just letting him be he looks better now and well he is in the same spot but probably looking for somwhere to be color has not gone away if any he is getting more but just his foot is consenting me and also something brown is coming out of his mouth maybe poop idk :/

 

[jorge0912]

I wouldn’t mess with the pvc pipe if he is squeeze in between it or attached in some way. The only I would do it if he was like sitting on top of pvc and not attached in any way like floating around like when you bought it. If there is a way to focus your light on a certain area of the tank, the anemone will move to that area by itself is my thoughts versus stay in a dark area.
I have two LTs and out of all the anemones, my fav because they stay in the substrate and I had success versus BTAs. When I first got mine, it was so bleached it shrunk to a size of quarter & thought it would die. It came back and now brown and

has a green in the center areas and getting huge. It wasn’t sticking to anything either and I tried to dig holes or put in a crevice but no good. My advice is to leave it be. It will attach eventually and that is what mine did.

by the way I love your anemone !!! My favorite of them all !! How deep is ur sand bed ?

 

[evolve29]

by the way I love your anemone !!! My favorite of them all !! How deep is ur sand bed ?

Thanks! Mine isn’t deep, maybe 2 inches tops in some areas but about 1 inch and half. The glass isn’t clean but water is. The one in front of glass was the bleached one so you can see it’s recovery. It used to flop around at the bottom and I know it is tempting to move them. I kept moving it and gave up because it wouldn’t attach. One day it did and started to shrink and go that is it, but regained its natural color and started growing. It has a green glow center. The larger back one is stuck in hole rock and into the sand bed. They do move but around substrate area but do not climb on the glass like BTAs. The one in the back was on the right side of tank and moved to center then to the left side. It looks happy but has grown considerably. I haven’t had success with BTAs and made the switch to LTs and no issues.

 

[jorge0912]

Hopefully mine heals up from the foot :/ that is all I am concerned about have no idea why is so stressed maybe becoouse of water changes when it’s new :/ or maybe no attachment to anything hopefully it sticks fast :/ and recovers