Haddoni not doing well (just in evening)

CrayHawk · Apr 5, 2024

Hi guys - A little background...I have a 180g tank with an additional ~100g of water volume in the sump. Per Trident, my alk is 11.5, calcium is 499, and mag is 1455. Temp is 77.5, pH is 8.1, and salinity is 1.026. I run Orpheks for lighting and I also run UV and Surf4 floating algae scrubber. I turned my skimmer off since the Surf4 does it's job very well. I use RO/DI with 0 TDS. I have had a red haddoni since 2019 that has thrived in my tank. Unfortunately, after I introduced a new haddoni from an online vendor earlier this year, it hasn't been the same. The new haddoni never made it and has since been removed from the tank. I have three other haddoni's in my tank, but the red is the only one affected. During the evenings, it has been looking very deflated and just doesn't look healthy; however, during the day it looks just fine. Below are some pics. The first was taken at 6 PM (deflated) and the second pic (looks just fine) was taken at noon on the next day. It detached itself from my sandbed, which is why I put it in the acclimation box. It has gone through two cycles of cipro and that doesn't seem to help. I am not sure what is going on and I am hoping to get some insight from others that may be more experienced. I am worried when it doesn't look good, but then it looks just fine 12 hours later. I am not sure when I am going to try and put it back in the sandbed. I have four tangs (scopas, sailfin, blue hippo, and purple), a clarkii clown pair, yellow wrasse, flame hawk, and an Australian stripey. Anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks

Jekyl · Apr 5, 2024

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OrionN · Apr 5, 2024

I think your Haddoni is infected by some microorganism and it is not response to Cipro. Third course of Cipro is not going to help. Every time it deflated, IMO, it is an attempt by the anemone to get rid of the infection. You should remove it from the tank or else your other anemone (Haddoni may get infected also) I am sorry I don't have anything else to add to this. Maybe treatment with a different antibiotic.

Good luck. It is a beautiful anemone. I always QT my anemone, and never put them in a system with other healthy anemone, especially of the same species.

CrayHawk · Apr 5, 2024

What other antibiotics are used for anenomes? I really screwed up putting that new haddoni in the tank, but I was assured the by vendor the haddoni I ordered wasn’t sick. Clearly that wasn’t the case.

CrayHawk · Apr 12, 2024

Just wanted to provide an update. The red looked good for awhile and I placed him back in the sand bed. Attached right away and was fine for about a week. It detached last night, so I moved the inhabitants out of my 10g tank and relocated the red haddoni there to try and avoid getting my other three carpets sick. I will likely try another treatment of cipro at a higher dosage to see if that provides me any luck. I know the 10g tank isn’t feasible long-term but really not sure what else to do at this point.

OrionN · Jun 13, 2024

How is it today? How are the rest of your anemones?
I lost anemones due to adding new import sick anemone before. That is why I always QT any new anemone to make sure it is healthy first before adding to my DT. My mistake was a very expensive lesson.

CrayHawk · Jul 29, 2024

Just wanted to share an update. My three haddonis in the 180g are all very sticky and have excellent feeding reactions. Going to go on and say they are healthy and doing well.

The red haddoni I moved to the 10g is still not sticky but it hasn’t seeemed to deteriorate. Looks just fine in a photo. Attached are some pics I snapped this past weekend. I am very diligent about frequent water changes in the 10g since I know the bioload is quite a bit.

CrayHawk · Aug 23, 2024

Just wanted to share another update. Last week I noticed a hermit in the mouth. I tried to grab it quick with a hand and realized that the tentacles are once again incredibly sticky. The tentacles haven’t been sticky since April. It reacted very positively when I fed it a raw shrimp earlier today. Quite a stark contrast from four months ago, but very happy this guy bounced back.

CrayHawk · Aug 24, 2024

Here’s a pic I snapped earlier today. He moved out of the Pyrex all by himself too.

D-Nak · Aug 25, 2024

Great updates. I'm glad it was a positive outcome. Either it was able to fight off the sickness by being in the tank by itself or the other anemones were affecting it.