blue carpet

[9501gle]

New blue carpet recieved today. Took extra day in transport. Not looking so good.

[9501gle]

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[MDP]

Sorry to hear that.

I would take it up with the dealer/shipping company.

Looks like it is dead, or if not soon will be.

How long has it been in the tank? Does it smell?

Matt

[9501gle]

Smelled really bad when I got it. Been in tank 1.5 days now. Looks even worse than in pics. It has now crawled under a rock and looks terrible.

[9501gle]

This is my RTBA. Had it for 2 weeks now. It seems really happy and is eating very well. Don't think it's my tank as all water parameters are great and all other corals happy.http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn116/9501gle/DSC01716.jpg

[Haddonisreef]

Id get it out if it starts to fall apart!!!!!!!!!

[delphinus]

Ai yi yi. :( Sorry to hear it. The picture looks horrible sorry to say. I think you might have gigantea there but it's hard to tell for sure.

The extra day in transport is probably the real kicker here.

I did find that the ones I picked up recently, looked terrible for a couple days after being put in. They did perk up eventually. I think having a blast of water every few seconds (ie., powerhead on wavemaker, or similar) is vital to their recovery - steady state flow just doesn't seem to be their thing. Might be worth a shot, but I'm not too sure there's a happy ending to this story. :( Good luck.

[K9Nurse911]

I can't really tell by the pic, but it is turning itself inside out or falling apart?!

- Andrea

[Racing1]

doesn't look to good. Also, are these 2 anemones in the same tank. If so I would move 1 because they will end up fighting before it is over...

[SWaquariast]

I agree get it out and see if you can get a return. Also always order from a place with a garuntee.

[9501gle]

Well its falling apart this morning so I must remove it from tank. Has that horrible dead snail smell. So dissapointing as I have been searching for a blue gigantea for some months now. I'm not giving up though. Supplier says he has a purple one so I'll see if he will send it for replacement. This anemone was shipped by our great USPS. No suprise it was a day late!

[K9Nurse911]

I'm sorry to hear it's falling apart...from those with experience...once THAT starts to happen, it's pretty much beyond hope, right?

- Andrea

[delphinus]

Oh .. well beyond the point of no return. It depends though - if it's from say an injury they can still heal. But not in this case, this is a systemic shutdown. Likely ran out of O2 in the bag, they really don't like being shipped at the best of times. I would avoid USPS for shipment, maybe try UPS or something that guarantee a next-morning delivery if you try again.