finaddict May 17, 2018 Share May 17, 2018 I bought a RBTA about 6 months ago and it did well for awhile and was about 3 inches across when fully open. Then it began not opening as much and now it stays shut almost 24/7. It decided to move about 2 weeks ago and then it started wandering again today so I caught it.It is now in a small tupperware container and it is about the size of a pea but it still has some color (see pic). I was thinking of adding a lot of finely chopped food to the water since it is a controlled environment now to see if the food will help... Any other ideas of how to save this guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari.harutunian May 17, 2018 Share May 17, 2018 Check out the anemone force feeding post. Not sure if it’ll be useful tho Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 18, 2018 Share May 18, 2018 Kind of hard to give you any information without water quality and you're tracking of water quality. bubble tips are pretty resilient, if it was moving, it was probably looking for a more comfortable space. Have you adjusted your lights any or made any changes? I would not add a bunch of food to your water in a "contained" system, I would see if you can get it to take a chunk of something, but honestly, if the foot is holding, put it back in the tank and let it do it's thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime May 22, 2018 Share May 22, 2018 Update? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razzpatazzz May 22, 2018 Share May 22, 2018 Had a similar thing happen to me while other anemones were doing amazing and ended up losing it :(. Hope you had better luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaddict May 22, 2018 Author Share May 22, 2018 I force fed it a small piece of Lrs and it took it and extended bigger than it has in awhile. About an hour later it ejected the food and its foot released its hold on the container. I added some fresh tank water and the nem never got its foot to take hold again. The pink color that was left was gone last night. I will check it again this morning but I think it lost the battle. A bit frustrating because my tank has been doing well except for this and I have a small Duncan colony that has been mad and closed up for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.ocellaris May 23, 2018 Share May 23, 2018 Where did you relocate the anemone? If corals are closed too you should check your water parameters. Temp? Salinity? Nitrates? kH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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