Help with new anemone
 

I just ordered a anemome from jl and asked for a carpet around the 100$ range and they gave me one labeled as white tiger carpet. He hasn't looked too healthy since I got it and it seems to be getting worse. Here are some pics of what I got, the first is the day i put it in after about a 2.5-3hr drip (on Thursday) and then next one is from today. Now is it dyong/dead, should I be concerned, anything I should be doing? My two rbta and tube anemome have all been doing great just this one's been odd since I got it.

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what are you running for lighting

Got 3 Ecotech radions go in my 160g with 30 fuge and 55 sump

I feed it frozen brine Thursday and it ate it up

Well I thought it ate but I'm not sure it positive it did

It looks like it is dieing. Do you have a quaratine tank with lighting you can get it in? They get infections that can spread to other anemones. I just lost 2 earlier this year by adding an infected 1 that died.

Sorry to say - it's toast. Your first pic of when it arrived it was in really bad shape - totally bleached out and mouth gaping. I'd be leery about any Carpet Anemone described as "white" anything.

Darn, is it worth it for me to get a qt setup to stick it in, haven't bought anything in a year so had it torn down

What does it look like now?

It's falling apart. I moved it into qt in hopes it might perk up but I doubt it

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Did you contact J&L when you received it?

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I doubt it left J&L in that condition. Sometimes "poop" happens along the way.

I sent them an email right away saying i was concerned with the anemone as it didn't look right, it didn't resemble a carpet at all when i got it. When i was on the phone with them the salesmen said most of their carpets looked pretty bleached, but said he found one that looked in good condition.

It fell apart overnight in the qt, my god what a disgusting smell, still feeling sick after cleaning in an hour ago ha. Since it was dying in the tank but i got it out in time is there anything i should do? i check my parameters and i noticed the nitrate had gone up, so i did a little water change to lower it.

Also anything i should do to the equipment in my qt tank since the anemone died in there or just let it all dry out?

If you feel so inclined, you could add 1 mL chlorine bleach to the quarantine tank (obvious no fish or inverts in there!) and run it overnight, that is a good way to sterilize it. Just empty it and dry it out after and all the chlorine will off-gas. If you're super concerned you can add a dechlorinator, but it's not necessary.

Or, you can just rinse the quarantine really well. I'd be inclined to sterilize it since there could be some yucky bacteria in there from the anemone.

K I already emptied it and got it in the garage drying. Maybe I'll grab some bleach as we're out and setup to run in there. Anything I should do for the dt? Everyone and everything looks happy

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I probably wouldn't bother with the bleach if you already have it taken down - as long as it dries out thoroughly most bad things will die anyway. DT will probably be fine because you took it out before it started disintegrating.