Anemone lost ALL tentacles!!!

2tangcrazy

Member
Ok my water and light are both good. I have a 6 ft 180 tank. I have had a tube anemone for a little over 4 months, it is about a foot across when it's reaching out. It has moved twice since I put it in the original location.(? I was told they don't move?) It seems to be fine other than I thought only the tentacles were going to be above the sand bed. It has a 3"tall base that is 1"across that is above the sand. It goes away entirely at times. That scared me at first but then I realized he would come back out and was just fine. Since it seemed to be doing so well I got another anemone. This one from *****. It was supposed to be a white sebae. It went into the tank and disappeared. That was 2 months ago. I thought after reading on different forums that maybe it was bleached and just died. I bought another because I wanted the clowns to have a host. I was told it was a rose bubble tip. It has a 3 " diameter base. It's tentacles were close to 2"s long. I was so happy my pair loved it! Within a couple of days it moved. It went under a rock that was elevated and looked like it died. It now has only a couple of tentacles. It is 5"across. I changed the water and moved the rockwork around and found the original sebae. It was very close to the other anemone. It didn't have Any tentacles left. Will their tentacles come back. Did the tube anemone put something in the water that is killing these other anemones? The rbt looks dead when i get off work. It seems to get better over night and puff out. Should I take one or both of these anemones out of the tank. The clowns still love the rbt even with out tentacles. The rbt and sebae were within 6 inches of each other when I found the one I thought was dead. Sorry so long. Didn't mean to ramble. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks
 

txenvy26

New Member
I have no luck with annomies it seems but the guy at the fish store I go to says annomies really weird and it not uncommon for the to shrivel up for a couple of days he also says either there going to adapt or there not but when they r dieing they will look degenerated like snot in water lol
 

rickross23

Active Member
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Originally Posted by txenvy26 http:///t/391845/anemone-lost-all-tentacles#post_3478064
I have no luck with annomies it seems but the guy at the fish store I go to says annomies really weird and it not uncommon for the to shrivel up for a couple of days he also says either there going to adapt or there not but when they r dieing they will look degenerated like snot in water lol
snot in water???????
 

gemmy

Active Member
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Originally Posted by txenvy26 http:///t/391845/anemone-lost-all-tentacles#post_3478064
I have no luck with annomies it seems but the guy at the fish store I go to says annomies really weird and it not uncommon for the to shrivel up for a couple of days he also says either there going to adapt or there not but when they r dieing they will look degenerated like snot in water lol
The only reason it's common is that people don't do the proper research. I have yet to lose an anemone the way that you describe.
 

txenvy26

New Member
I never said that is the way they die just said that maybe a way to identify if it is dead or dieing and you're right not a lot of ppl do there research and I've done enough to know I don't want another annomie
 
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