Rescued bleached anemone, looking for advise

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  1. Ducncover

    Ducncover Skunk Shrimp

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    Went to LFS today and saw what I'm assuming is some sort of bubble tip about the size of a nickel , crawling up the back of his tank and was told that it was lost in the tank due to a move and it ended up going into hiding and became extremely bleached..... Either way I looked at it as a challenge got it for next to nothing and got it into my new 30g this afternoon... I have it as low in the rock work as I can, but still under my Kessil a150 sky blue
    Aside from target feeding and stable Water parameters any other tips anyone would care to share?
    Thanks for any suggestions.
     
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  3. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    You'll need to be careful not to over-feed; their digestive system is very rudimentary, and very slow. Too much or too often can cause internal bacterial infection.
     
  4. Va Reef

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    and to think I've been feeding my rbta a whole cube (3/4" X 1/2" X 1/2") of squid every other day....probably gonna stop doing that now lol

    OP- light acclimating anemones is easier than corals; they go where they want to go. Honestly I'd put it in the tank and just leave it. don't touch it if you can. try a small feeding if you can, maybe 2 or 3 Mysis shrimp. Cover your powerheads and overflows, sounds like this anemone moves around a lot.

    Best of Luck
     
  5. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    Most likely it's been regurgitating every other night and your CuC has been feasting. I've had nems do that after catching and eating a fish or shrimp that was trying to steal their food. That, too, can be stressful, though.
     
  6. Ducncover

    Ducncover Skunk Shrimp

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    Here's a pic on day 1. I'll try to keep of log of progress and hopefully nurse this little guy back to health.sorry for the grainy photo. I'll try to upload better photos in the future
     

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    I've seen it regurgitate before, but I believe most times it didn't, it would literally go from the size of a quarter to about 3" in a month, then once I stopped feeding it for a week or two, it would split.
     
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  9. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    oufff, a long slow battle ahead of you. if you're able to bring her back you'll have all my respect.
     
  10. Ducncover

    Ducncover Skunk Shrimp

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    Day 10.... Looks pretty similar to when I got it. It moved about 2 inches from where I first placed it and within a day it move back to this spot. I fed it a piece of mysis on the 2nd day which it took. And feed it a small mysis shrimp size piece of salmon a couple days ago.. Tips have some pink but body is pretty white still. Foot has a good hold on the rock and it's mouth has been closed... That's about all I know what to look at for signs of stress. Keeping up on water parameters trying to keep them as pristine as possible.
     

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