Is my LTA dying???!!!

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jfmkem82

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I've had this Long Tentacle Anemone for about 4 weeks ago. Has been doing fine. Water parameters are normal (Hardness = 420, Alk = 8dkh, Nitrites < .25, PO4 <.25, Sal = 1.025, temp 78)

On Sunday I fed it a small shrimp from my grocery (washed it and cut it into smaller pieces)

It moved itself 1 day after I originally placed it and has pretty much stayed there until this morning. I found it detached from the sand and was just laying on the top of the sand.

I gently moved it back between the 2 rocks it had been between and placed it on the sand bed.

Came home tonight and found it all tucked in - see pictures. Is it dying? I've heard that a dead anemone in a tank can cause havoc? OR is it just deflated cause its getting ready to expel what it ate on Sunday - I've read they do this????

All other livestock doing fine - Derma clam, zoas, BTA, Frog spawn, fish

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gonebad395

gonebad395

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How long has the tank been running? How big of a piece of shrimp did you feed it ? Normally if they are happy they don't detach and lay in the sand did you change any flow ?
 
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#theMatrix

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No. Lights off they do that. It will be good. If the foots good. Its good.

No worries it might spit out part of what it ate.
 
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jfmkem82

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gonebad395 said:
How long has the tank been running? How big of a piece of shrimp did you feed it ? Normally if they are happy they don't detach and lay in the sand did you change any flow ?
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Tank has been up and going for about 4 months. Piece of shrimp about the size of my pinkie finger, but sliced down the middle - long way. No flow change.

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#theMatrix said:
No. Lights off they do that. It will be good. If the foots good. Its good.

No worries it might spit out part of what it ate.
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It's never totally closed up like this at night before. How do I tell if foot is good - its red and all seems to be intact.
 
gonebad395

gonebad395

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Ok a piece of shrimp the size of a pinkie is a lot of shrimp and I'm just trying to help out not being a dick or mean I know text can read wrong sometimes. A nem dosent really need that much about the size of a small grape 1 to 2 times a week should do. A lot of people over feed nems they will eat it and puke it back up or just become unhappy in general. I would just watch it and wait I'm sure it will be fine. Just for a idea a lot of people think they can handle a lot more food due to there size but there stomachs are really small.
 
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jfmkem82

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gonebad395 said:
Ok a piece of shrimp the size of a pinkie is a lot of shrimp and I'm just trying to help out not being a dick or mean I know text can read wrong sometimes. A nem dosent really need that much about the size of a small grape 1 to 2 times a week should do. A lot of people over feed nems they will eat it and puke it back up or just become unhappy in general. I would just watch it and wait I'm sure it will be fine. Just for a idea a lot of people think they can handle a lot more food due to there size but there stomachs are really small.
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No offense taken. I really appreciate the info and the image helps tremendously. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope its just reacting to too much food. What I feed was probably about equal to 1 1/2 grape size pieces.
 
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Kevin Says

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Was the shrimp slimy? It could have been bacteria. Generally speaking you can find fresher seafood at asian grocery stores like Hmart.
 
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