Anemone in the Powerhead!!!!

So we came home from home depot (checking out wood for the 20g lid)

and the anemone was stuck in the Korelia 4 =(

I literally had to pry him off the thing he was slowly getting sucked in, looks like a bit of him was torn off maybe? i took him out and isolated him in a measuring cup and placed it in the sump so if he dies he wont realease any toxins into the display tank,

IS HE DEAD?????? seems to be a little responsive I'm not even sure really heres a pic... sadly i couldn't do mouth to mouth cause i don't know how.

 

its hard to say with the picture, i mean it looks alright. i guess only time can tell really.
your lucky you got there in time. i wasnt so lucky with my anemone woke up one morning to find him distributed around the tank in small pellets... fish didnt die and did it most of it!

 

Sorry to head about that. I hope he's okay!!

 

Dandhodl - if the sump is connected to the main tank?

I would run carbon if your not doing so already just in case

Steve

 

ya i just threw a new sock in, the sump is connected but i turned off the pumps for the night, so this morning he was half way inflated, i i think he is going to make it. Thanks for the info!

-Dan

 

That's good news. It seems like this is a big problem for anemone owners. There have been several threads with this same thing happening. This is also one of the biggest reasons I don't get an anemone, I don't like the fact that it can move around your tank as it sees fit.

 

+1...i'm with guitarman...i've had a few anenomes and I just got frustrated that they never stayed put where I wanted 'em to and I'm not going hunting for 'em once they enter the middle of all my rock work....i dont think some of them are worth it and I rather not worry about it getting sucked up into my koralia cause it got to close on the move but props to anyone that can keep one in a small area lol

 

That s why I got rid of my bt nem. I like stuff that stays where I put it. I found anemones to be too much of a pita.

 

I see a thread in the ASAP section with this subject about once a month. Maybe more...

I think im going to avoid nems....

 

ya my gf and i nick named it retard.... they are just so good looking though when they sit still... and it worries me he'll float into a fish and eat it....

-Dan