View Full Version : what is my anemone doing?
mikalis
12/31/2008, 11:54 AM
I have never seen it do this in the 2 months I have had it.
http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/mikalis1070/?action=view¤t=Picture690.flv
Toddrtrex
12/31/2008, 12:20 PM
Are you sure that is an anemone?
Honestly it looks more like a dying sea apple to me.
Have any pictures of when it looked different/better?
mikalis
12/31/2008, 12:39 PM
yupper
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/mikalis1070/Picture654.jpg
and on the right of this image you can see some of it also
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/mikalis1070/Picture668-1.jpg
Toddrtrex
12/31/2008, 12:42 PM
Thanks. Does it move around on the sand bed?
That doesn't look like any hosting anemone that I have ever seen. Still looks like a sea apple to me -- though I have been wrong before.
Here are some google images of some.
The link doesn't show up right, do a search for "sea apple" on google, and click on images.
mikalis
12/31/2008, 12:45 PM
when i got it it was on a hermit crab, but the hermit crab died after it ate the legs off of my serpent star and since they(there is a smaller one on the other side) were ok i decided to leave it there.
Toddrtrex
12/31/2008, 12:47 PM
I didn't see your second picture.
Is it attached to that brownish/redish rock looking thing? Or is that part of it (( that is what was making me think a sea apple, but if that is a rock, then I was wrong ))
mikalis
12/31/2008, 12:48 PM
no not a rock a hermit crab shell, and I did a search for hermit crab anemone and that is what it is as far as the images go, not sure if that is what it is really called or if it has a different name.
Toddrtrex
12/31/2008, 12:51 PM
Ahhhhh okay, that is a lot clearer now.
From that video it doesn't look good at all, almost like it is starting to disintegrate. I would pull up that crab shell, and try to smell it -- if it is dying it will smell pretty darn bad. Also, may want to have a net underneath it when you do that, in case it starts to fall apart.
DevilBoy
12/31/2008, 12:51 PM
it looks dead to me. but i am not a anemone expert.
mikalis
12/31/2008, 01:05 PM
ok just went out to check it and guesss what look at new video:eek2:
http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/mikalis1070/?action=view¤t=hermitcrabanemones.flv
DevilBoy
12/31/2008, 01:07 PM
looks much better.... like i said i am no anenome expert..
Toddrtrex
12/31/2008, 01:12 PM
Hard to tell from that video, but can you tell of those pinkish strands are coming from the anemone or something else on that shell?
Maybe turn the shell 180 degrees?
mikalis
12/31/2008, 01:14 PM
oh no they are definately coming from the anemone, there are like these lighter spots evenly spaced all around the bottom of both anemone's and the florescent pink strands are coming from the light spots.
mikalis
12/31/2008, 01:24 PM
here are some more pics I just took maybe you can see things better even though my photography skills leave alot to be desired
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/mikalis1070/Picture694.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/mikalis1070/Picture693.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/mikalis1070/Picture692.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/mikalis1070/Picture691.jpg
zed0162
12/31/2008, 02:31 PM
Well I dont know too much bout them, but maybe it is trying to reproduce or somethin. Sorry cant be of more help maybe ya could look into it though
zed0162
12/31/2008, 03:51 PM
If anyone happens to know bout anenomes on/in hermit crab shells reproducing, or know what this is, please just give input and all, hope to be able to read what it actually is, right or wrong hehe :P
mikalis
01/01/2009, 08:11 AM
so noone has any ideas?
Toddrtrex
01/01/2009, 02:14 PM
It isn't spawning, that would come from the mouth.
How does it look today? The pink strands aren't a good thing, that is for sure.
What are your water parameters? (( with numbers ))
mlsund
01/01/2009, 09:42 PM
The pictures are fuzzy and i cannot tell if that is a white bubble tip, sebae anemone, or an misc. rock anemone.
If the tentacles of the anemone are in good form and the anemone itself is not falling apart and turning blue green like mold --- Relax
It looks like there is a second anemone coming out the other side if that is true then you probably have a bubble tip anemome and it may be splitting into two.
If you feed it or have sufficient light and it has been healthy, bubble tips are the only known Anemone to reproduce successfully in captivity.
some anemones like long tentacle anemones have an area that becomes an opening on their foot. They shed this leathery thing off every so often as they grow.
mls
mlsund
01/01/2009, 09:58 PM
Sorry I need to read the thread a little more carefully, have you been feeding this anemone or is it left on its own to photo synthesize? if yes what are you feeding it my anemones all do very crazy things when the expel waste sometimes they look really bad for a day or two after a heavy meal.
I see that there is a smaller anemone on the other side so it is not splitting.
And you know that a dead anemone smells really bad and will most likely be inside out and falling to pieces when touched.
I have but one bit of advice when dealing with these creatures once they are in the tank, even more so than other inverts, Leave them alone they will usually right themselves out.
mls
Matthew
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