Sick anemone??

[livsnowwyy]

Hey guys! I’m a new caretaker of some saltwater animals in a lab, and I have this tank of 4 anemones (and some hydras). The anemone in the bottom right corner has looked shriveled and honestly a little sick for the past few days. He didn’t eat the shrimp right away when I tried to feed him the other day either. Today I found this weird white thick substance around his stomach, and I’m not really sure what it is. Is he sick? Or is the white substance just mucus excrement (usually they’ve been brown)? Let me know if anyone knows what’s wrong with him and how I can help!

 

[BonnieB]

Let me just begin with, I’m not an anemone expert but I do have 5 of them. These all look completely bleached. Has that always been their color? No, white mucus is not natural in any sense I’ve ever known, and that looks like it is laying flat covering the entire oral disc opening. What are the parameters of the tank and the flow and lighting? These facts will help the experts at R2R to diagnose accurately and provide you with treatment solutions.