Why Does My Carpet Aneome Have Swollen Mouth

Certain breeds of clownfish like certain types of anemone as well.

Why does my carpet aneome have swollen mouth.

I don t regularly feed him. Lta symbiotic relationship question i have just witnessed my long tentacle anemone doing something i didn t know they did. It should not be gaping open. The parameters have been stable for 6 months the only change is that i added some phosegard about 2 weeks ago.

When your body comes in contact with allergens it causes a histamine result in your body that causes fluid to build up underneath skin layers. Hi the mouth could be open for a number of reasons. One reason could be from the way you acclimated him. According to the mayo clinic allergic angiodema is most common with food allergies.

In the past week his mouth has swollen up and the tentacles have deflated. That s usually a bad sign and clowns are likely to ignore a sick anemone. When inspecting an anemone the most important thing to look for is a closed mouth or more properly oral cavity. If a specimen s mouth is opened up for no apparent reason and especially if any of the guts are protruding from the mouth you should not purchase it.

Dependig on the species some may open a bit. A carpet anemone s mouth is usually easy enough to spot being right in the middle of its disc. Some never have any interest in the anemone at all. Is it direct fow or tank turnover.

While it was lying on a live rock the center of it started to enlarge around the mouth area when it enlarged it was white in color mouth area and it looked like it had opened its mouth and leaned over to the rock and out of it s mouth came a small creature about. Carpet anemones have difficulty tolerating changes in their environment and buying a carpet anemone that was recently acclimated and then moving it two days later will most likely lead to the death of the animal. As they are sensitive to water chemistry changes you should have drip acclimated for a. Swollen lips that are the result of allergies is a condition known as allergic angiodema.

The roof of your mouth may become swollen if you burn it have a canker sore or are dehydrated. What all should i be testing for with the anemone. Hi i ve had this long tentacles anemone for about 5 years now with no issues. Helloooo hellooo my brothers and sisters i m back it s been alooot since my first post i don t post anything becouse my job got me so bad but here we are guys well i can tell you that i have this carpet anemone for 2 weeks already she find her apot very quick thanks god lol but believe or not 12 years reefing this s my first carpet anemone yeah i know it s crazy but true my very.

You re posting in the thread asking about an open mouth on an anemone is your anemone currently having this problem. Basically my tank has been a fowler with some snails and crabs.