MY ANENOME ATE MY HORSESHOE CRAB!!!

[Fatman]

What do I do?? The sides of the crab seem to be tearing the anenome. Do I try to pull it out?? The crabs tail is still sticking out of the anenome's mouth. ???

[Reef_Angel]

Is there a fish that has a symbiotic relationship with your anemone? They will do a great job in help the anemone get out of his situation. Another thing you could try is to use your baster and blow on the anemone. He will puff up and then you may be able to extract the crab from it's mouth if it doesn't come out on it's own. Hope this helps! ...Angel

[Fatman]

Yea I have two clowns, but they did not seem to care. I tried to pull it out but the anenome didnt want to let go so I waited a bit. Then I tried about half an hour later , and it looks like it was "throwing it up" cause I was easily able to peel it off. Poor horseshoe crabs they never know where their going. The anenome seems like it should pull through hopefully it does not get any infection from getting torn a bit.

[Reef_Angel]

I'm happy to hear that the crab is out of the anemone! Do you feed your anemone something like brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, fresh pieces of crab cut into small chunks, cyclopeze. I know that my anemone hasn't eaten anybody and I've had her for a long time. She's huge. I would suggest feeding her every 3 days with a baster with any of the foods suggested above. Brine shrimp seems to be the favorite for my Sebea. Generally, most fish tend to stay away from a Sebea, but my oldest perc found her the other day and went right in! The anemone hasn't harmed him at all, and seems to brighten up and look healthier/happier for some reason. My sailfin tang used to mother my sebea. We watched her pull a hairball out of poor "Briney" the sebae. If you don't feed yours, maybe you should give it a try. Briney is the size of a dinner plate and eats a half full baster of brine shrimp. Maybe that's why she's not interested in eating any live fish. Anemones are an interesting creature. One things for sure, you can tell when they are sick feeling. A small tear will generally heal, so your's should be ok. Good Luck! ....Angel:angel1:

[Fatman]

Yeah I feed them every week some shrimp and krill which they eat up with no problems. Ive caught the horshoe crabs swimming around , upside down, and around many times I never really considered that could happen till now.

[Reef_Angel]

That's right, you like to spoil your coral like I do! I can honestly say that I've never had a horseshoe crab. They swim upside down? I guess he really swam in the wrong direction! I hope your anemone is still doing ok.
Take Care! ...Angel

[lReef lKeeper]

Hows that anemone doing Fatman ??

[Fatman]

Hows that anemone doing Fatman ??

It moved, but it opened up alot yesterday, and it looks like the cut is healing nicely, so far so good. I also fed it and it ate, so thats a plus.