My First Anenome

[robertlg1967]

Is there any special way to introduce an Anenome to the tank? When I first put him in he was full and seemed active. An hour and a half later, his tentacles are totally retracted...All you can really see is shriveled tentacles and his body which is still pink and shrunken. He was not injured at all and his foot was in perfect condition. I'm hoping he is just stressed and will fill back out when he becomes accustomed to his new tank. Any suggestions?

 

[puffer9375]

From my personnal experience I would suggest you leave it alone. It may be very tempting to try and place it somewhere or try to feed it your best bet is to leave it be. Be sure your powerheads are covered. Good luck they are really cool creatures.

 

[1mbrews8]

Yup, leave him be.. he's prob pooping or just adjusting

 

[cr500_af]

Doing a "water change" to adjust to the new water most likely.

 

[robertlg1967]

I just checked in on him and he is starting to come back. He hasn't even begun to open up like he was at the LFS but he looks much better. Also my clown is starting to rub up against it. I hope that is a sign that they will pair up. I love to watch that relationship.

 

[siavashv]

You're very lucky that your clown is being hosted already. Don't worry about the anemone, they are really resilient... I think its really hard to kill them unless they're shredded.

 

[lilrobb]

They're called ANEMONE...

 

[robertlg1967]

LOL...I wondered why that <span style="color: Red">RED</span> <span style="color: Black">line was under there!!!!

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[hfleming]

If it's attached that's a good sign. It is likely to move around in the next few days or even weeks. From my experience they initially seek shade or light depending on what they have been used to previously. As they adjust they will end up facing the light. Mine all ended up in an area where the flow was moving their tenticles light to moderate. They never stay in strong flow.

After they are acclimated and stable (probably weeks) one way to get them to move where you want is to place something between them and the light where just a slight bit of light hits their edge. They will move toward the light. You can then keep "moving" the shade until they are where you want unless where you are trying to move them is too shady or too bright.

 

[robertlg1967]

I have a feather duster worm in the tank. It's only a 10 gal. tank. Do you think the feather duster will be safe while the Nem looks for a spot in the tank? I figure the feather duster will just retract into its tube if the Nem gets too close. I don't have any other corals except for a small sea squirt that came as a hitch hiker on the feather duster when I bought it.