Oh Dear!

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Just went down to my tank and my annenomme was stuck in the bottom of my filter (inlet) :X

Now after a fair bit of hassle I managed to free him and he is now like a little golf ball with the tenticles very very small with no life.. What should I do?

Now it never has found a decent home in the tank but always been healthy!

On another note, I purchased 2 tube worms, now I love these as they look awesome! On day 2 I noticed 1 of them stayed in, I thought no problem probablly something had touched it, then the next day the same happened to the other 1. That night this strange like worm kept coming out and going back in (no feathers on it) Since then nothing at all :( Any ideas? are they dead or do they do this sometimes?
 
Well, watch the anemone VERY carefully. If it starts to disintegrate or decay in any way, remove it from the tank IMMEDIATELY. Dying nems can nuke a tank in no time so be careful. In the meantime, just provide the cleanest, most stable environment possible that anemones like and hope for the best. Lots of light and flow and keep your fingers crossed. If it starts turning itself inside out, its probably a goner :(

As for the feather dusters, sounds like they too shed their crowns due to stress and what you're seeing is just the worm body. Sometimes they regrow crowns, sometimes they dont. Did their strange behavior happen around the same time as the nem's stress? Could be that the nem is releasing toxins they dont like. Also you could be having a chemistry problem. Have you checked for temp, pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, calcium, and alkalinity recently?
 
As Skifletch has stated be very careful with the anemone now as its death could mean the death of all your stock

What type of anemone is it ?

Filters & anemones in 1 tank - not a good idea friend
 

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