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Is my BTA gonna survive or is this bad.....


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Well I came home today and my BTA seemed to be squished between two rocks, guessing one might've slightly fell on it. Only about 1/4 of the BTA was actually kind of being crushed. So I went to rescue the BTA, peeled him off the rock, looked at the bottom to make sure it's okay, and I'm not sure if this is okay or not. Definitely doesn't look okay to me, but I have no idea, never seen a foot like this before.... I didn't peel it off improperly because the foot isn't torn, this looks more like a weird parasite or growth.... Please help me out ASAP before it nukes the tank....

 

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RIP Sebastian

Well I came home today and my BTA seemed to be squished between two rocks, guessing one might've slightly fell on it. Only about 1/4 of the BTA was actually kind of being crushed. So I went to rescue the BTA, peeled him off the rock, looked at the bottom to make sure it's okay, and I'm not sure if this is okay or not. Definitely doesn't look okay to me, but I have no idea, never seen a foot like this before.... I didn't peel it off improperly because the foot isn't torn, this looks more like a weird parasite or growth.... Please help me out ASAP before it nukes the tank....

 

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Never, ever, ever just "peel" an anemone off of a rock. Tickle their foot until they let go. That is a torn foot. Most likely will die.

 

For future reference, let the anemone be. They're odd little creatures, but do best if you let them be.

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Not an expert but IMO the best bet is to keep him in a sort of mesh basket that still allows flow and hopefully with care and small feedings he can recover. The point of the basket is to prevent him from getting blown all over the place but allow light in the top and flow through the basket. I've seen this work for torn and even anemones that were manually propagated into quarters. Because it's a BTA, you still have a legitimate chance he can recover, but you're going to need to carefully care for him for any real chance.

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