Anemone Issues

[ocholoco]

So i woke up this morning to a cloudy tank, I knew right away what it was, my anemone decided to commit suicide it jumped into a Koralia 4.I haven't had this happen to me so i would appreciate if you guys told me the procedures to getting my tank back in track.
Thanks

 

[KathyC]

Sorry to hear.

Major water changes and run new carbon asap.
Remove any parts of the anemone that you can find.

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Ocho was it that LTA?

 

[ruha456]

Since it happened to you twice do you know why they do this cause I caught mine going into my power head but was able to see it as it was happening and turned off the power head before it got sucked in completely. After I turned it off it retracted and then opened later with no negative affect. It was my rbta and thankfully it survived the near suicide.

 

[fishman1069]

Wow, that sux man. Definitely do what Kathy said. ASAP

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

LTA's are notorious for getting sucked into powerheads. One of their defense mechanism is to fill the bottum of their foot with water and float away most times into a powerhead.

 

[bigdog1428]

Yea then lta's suck for that reason ,, longest I kept one for was 7 months before my k3 ripped it apart

 

[ocholoco]

hey

Thank You guys, actually it was an RBTA i had just gotten from Ziggy. Im done with anemones. My only worry is that i will not be until after 5:00 and i didnt have time this am to do a water change. Are the fish going to be ok?? Another question i have is having an MP40 help with this situation??

 

[ocholoco]

he

R.i.p

 

[ruha456]

So would keeping rock work low near the power heads work? Or will the float up to the power head anyway?

 

[cryptics]

MP40 would have shredded him also. It does come with a foam sleeve for the mp40 though that if you had on would have helped.

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Was the RBTA in one spot for awhile or did you just get it?

 

[ocholoco]

hey

I got it about 2 weeks ago

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Was it walking around or did it stay put?

Usually anemones should be given a no pumps on grace period or a lower speed for vortech and tunze users. Shut them down or turn them down for 24 -48 hours and let the anemone grab on.

If you can do this because of sps or corals that need flow an anemone might not be a good idea. They all have different requirements in regards to flow lighting and where there foot goes.

Here is a good picture for ya so you know it happens to the best. This is a 2 foot gigantea

 

[Ziggy]

Oh man can't believe it!!!!sorry!!!!

 

[ocholoco]

hey

I blame Ziggy it heard the conversation we were having on the phone last night and the anemone said i rather die before going back to Ziggy and pretty much committed suicide.

Thank You Ziggy...