moving anemone

oxkisses12ox · 01/05/2007, 11:14 PM

just got a bubble anemone... it moved under a rock in a crevice.. and i know this is normal for them and they like crevices,but its tenticles are barely exprosed to any light... should i put my "rinsed off" hands in the tank and adjust the rock to where its body or skeleton is hidden and its tentacles are still getting light?? or just leave it alone?

fishyvet · 01/05/2007, 11:17 PM

I'd leave it. It will just go back there anyways. If his move does not suite him, he will move.

oxkisses12ox · 01/05/2007, 11:22 PM

what if it dies do to lack of light? because 1/2 of his tentacles are not exposed to AnY light at all

fisheebill · 01/05/2007, 11:32 PM

This is one problem with anemones. Hopefully it will find a place that it will be happy on its' own. Give it a couple of days. I did have a bubble tip that I had to place in a spot that I liked for a day or so. It took a couple of tries, but it stayed there about a year or so, until it split.

oxkisses12ox · 01/05/2007, 11:43 PM

how long was your tank running before adding an anemone ? because everyone on here is telling me it is going to die because my tank has only been running for 3 months... but i mean my water is from the reef ( i live in key west ) and it is fully cycled... so why would 3 more months matter?

fishyvet · 01/05/2007, 11:49 PM

How did you cycle your tank and how are your water parameters now? I cycled my tank with GoJuice and added my first anemone after the 1st mo when the tank parameters were stable.

I'd be careful where you collect your water so you don't add pollution to your tank.

01/05/2007, 11:14 PM	#1
oxkisses12ox Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Key West Posts: 353	moving anemone just got a bubble anemone... it moved under a rock in a crevice.. and i know this is normal for them and they like crevices,but its tenticles are barely exprosed to any light... should i put my "rinsed off" hands in the tank and adjust the rock to where its body or skeleton is hidden and its tentacles are still getting light?? or just leave it alone? __________________ 14 Gallon Biocube Plate Coral 2 serpent stars 2 hermits and 4 snails 1 cleaner shrimp 2 false clowns 1 horseshoe crab water : nirates nitrite amonia = 0 PH 8.2 temp 79 calc 400 Current Tank Info: 14 gallon biocube

01/05/2007, 11:22 PM	#3
oxkisses12ox Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Key West Posts: 353	what if it dies do to lack of light? because 1/2 of his tentacles are not exposed to AnY light at all __________________ 14 Gallon Biocube Plate Coral 2 serpent stars 2 hermits and 4 snails 1 cleaner shrimp 2 false clowns 1 horseshoe crab water : nirates nitrite amonia = 0 PH 8.2 temp 79 calc 400 Current Tank Info: 14 gallon biocube

01/05/2007, 11:43 PM	#5
oxkisses12ox Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Key West Posts: 353	how long was your tank running before adding an anemone ? because everyone on here is telling me it is going to die because my tank has only been running for 3 months... but i mean my water is from the reef ( i live in key west ) and it is fully cycled... so why would 3 more months matter? __________________ 14 Gallon Biocube Plate Coral 2 serpent stars 2 hermits and 4 snails 1 cleaner shrimp 2 false clowns 1 horseshoe crab water : nirates nitrite amonia = 0 PH 8.2 temp 79 calc 400 Current Tank Info: 14 gallon biocube

01/05/2007, 11:17 PM	#2
fishyvet Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gainesville FL Posts: 463	I'd leave it. It will just go back there anyways. If his move does not suite him, he will move.

01/05/2007, 11:32 PM	#4
fisheebill Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Hamburg, NY Posts: 308	This is one problem with anemones. Hopefully it will find a place that it will be happy on its' own. Give it a couple of days. I did have a bubble tip that I had to place in a spot that I liked for a day or so. It took a couple of tries, but it stayed there about a year or so, until it split.

01/05/2007, 11:49 PM	#6
fishyvet Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gainesville FL Posts: 463	How did you cycle your tank and how are your water parameters now? I cycled my tank with GoJuice and added my first anemone after the 1st mo when the tank parameters were stable. I'd be careful where you collect your water so you don't add pollution to your tank.