Bta just sits on sand??? - Page 2

slickace17 · 04/13/2016, 08:05 AM

Here he is still laying on side my clowns are trying to host him but he lays on his side and drifts around the tank... Any other people experience this???

slickace17 · 04/13/2016, 08:06 AM

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Dkuhlmann · 04/13/2016, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Dkuhlmann

I'm still going with LTA and they need a deep sand bed to anchor their foot. Why don't you try pushing some sand deeper in one area and then hollow out a hole to put his foot in then push the sand back around the foot. This is best at the base of a rock.

This is what you need to do to get it to anchor it's foot. I said this a week ago.

slickace17 · 04/16/2016, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Dkuhlmann

This is what you need to do to get it to anchor it's foot. I said this a week ago.

I have tried that numerous times he seems to just uproot himself or fatten his foot until he ejects himself from the position he seems to like laying on side

Nina51 · 04/16/2016, 06:00 AM

your substrate looks pretty course. i wonder if that is why he won't leave his foot buried when you try it. maybe it's irritating to him? wonder if he would bury and stay put if you had finer sand.

i dunno, just throwing out ideas. thinking which surface i would rather sit on...gravel or plush carpet.

Dkuhlmann · 04/16/2016, 09:40 AM

Nina I think that's a great idea. Put a few cups of finer sand in the area where the OP would want the anemone and place it there and place the anemone like I suggested above.

Nina51 · 04/17/2016, 09:05 AM

yeah, that's what i was thinking. much easier than replacing the whole sand bed. hopefully, OP can figure this all out before the nem gets up close and personal with a power head.

04/16/2016, 06:00 AM	#30
Nina51 biggliest cofveve champ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: 5th floor, Illinois, gewgaw expert Posts: 3,506	your substrate looks pretty course. i wonder if that is why he won't leave his foot buried when you try it. maybe it's irritating to him? wonder if he would bury and stay put if you had finer sand. i dunno, just throwing out ideas. thinking which surface i would rather sit on...gravel or plush carpet. __________________ of all the things i've lost, i miss my gary the most. Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine into your brain, and that is where crappy ideas come from. Current Tank Info: i gave my reef away and i feel like a bird out of a cage!!

04/16/2016, 09:40 AM	#31
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	Nina I think that's a great idea. Put a few cups of finer sand in the area where the OP would want the anemone and place it there and place the anemone like I suggested above. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

04/17/2016, 09:05 AM	#32
Nina51 biggliest cofveve champ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: 5th floor, Illinois, gewgaw expert Posts: 3,506	yeah, that's what i was thinking. much easier than replacing the whole sand bed. hopefully, OP can figure this all out before the nem gets up close and personal with a power head. __________________ of all the things i've lost, i miss my gary the most. Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine into your brain, and that is where crappy ideas come from. Current Tank Info: i gave my reef away and i feel like a bird out of a cage!!

04/13/2016, 08:05 AM	#26
slickace17 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 94	Here he is still laying on side my clowns are trying to host him but he lays on his side and drifts around the tank... Any other people experience this???

04/13/2016, 08:06 AM	#27
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