anemone wont stick!!!

[meowzer]

HMMM...is it like that all the time???

 

[chris0799]

yea. since i put it in the tank.
i acclimated it well and everything

 

[meowzer]

HMMMM...if it is staying like that all the time, I don't hold out much hope for it....really nothing you can do but just watch it....if it looks like it is beginning to "melt" you will want to take it out...and believe me...you will know if it is dying...it will STINK as soon as it comes out of the water
it is a smell you will NEVER forget either

 

[chris0799]

how much longer should i give it?

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by chris0799
http:///forum/post/3132858
how much longer should i give it?
Can't say for sure...just watch it....like I said you'll see it will start to look like it's melting
who knows...maybe it won't

....

 

[chris0799]

ok. but i kno its still alive bc i just touched it and it closed up. so i got a 24w t5 light that i had from one of my other little tanks and put it over the highest light. then i put the anemone on the highest rock with the light about 3 inches above it. so this should help bc its geting more light than it was. it kinda just sprouted open like a flower bit the tenticals still are flat and deflated looking.

 

[meowzer]

OK...better light will help...BUT if it moves off the rock...DO NOT MOVE IT...let it find it's own spot.....
let me know how it does

 

[chris0799]

but the thing is it hasnet ever attached yet. it will just sit there. it wont attach the foot. but its perfectly covered with every amount of light that i have. and its open now but the tenticals are still deflated

 

[meowzer]

It has to attach on its own...if it doesn't, it apparently is not healty, and there is nothing you can do
Have you touched the foot or any part of the anemone at all???/ Is it sticky??/

 

[chris0799]

yes and my fongers come out kinda slimy. there is also some wierd white stuff coming out of the foot. is it waste or something?

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by chris0799
http:///forum/post/3132908
yes and my fongers come out kinda slimy. there is also some wierd white stuff coming out of the foot. is it waste or something?
YIKES....coming out of the bottom of the foot? Not the mouth?
that is not a good sign.....

 

[chris0799]

well idk if its coming out of the foot. thats just where it is. there is some coming out the mouth too tho.

 

[meowzer]

is it stringy looking.....? Sorry Chris this sounds bad.....I have lost quite a few anemones in the beginning....

 

[chris0799]

no its kinda clumpy

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by chris0799
http:///forum/post/3132930
no its kinda clumpy
Like curdled cheese

 

[chris0799]

oh yea

 

[chris0799]

it doesnt stink at all tho

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by chris0799
http:///forum/post/3132938
it doesnt stink at all tho
Cause it is not dead .... I am sorry but the stuff coming out of it does not sound good.....just watch it....

 

[chris0799]

ugh i hate this!!!!!
i cant wait till christmas when i can acually get a good tank
i dont have enough money to buy crap.
but i cant stop this hobby. i like it too much.
my parents dont understand tho. they think im wasting my money

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by chris0799
http:///forum/post/3132945
ugh i hate this!!!!!
i cant wait till christmas when i can acually get a good tank
i dont have enough money to buy crap.
but i cant stop this hobby. i like it too much.
my parents dont understand tho. they think im wasting my money

my kids think the same about me.....
it has its ups and downs....