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SleepyPirate
07-10-2011, 08:18 PM
I just bought a bubble tip anemone yesterday and its gone into hiding, I placed him ontop of a rock and he quickly atteched but has since moved to the underside of a rock where he seems to be staying. Just wondering what I should do, my water is in perfect shape so I dont think its anything to do with that. Anyone have any advice on these guys I know he needs :idea:light:idea: but I dont want to pry him off a rock to have him just go back to where he was.

Oh and another question, my clown fish pay no attention to it at all I thought they would go right for it but seem to be ignoring it like the other corals in the tank.

Heres a pic of where he was.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/217/20110709184643.jpg/

And where he is now, hiding in the middle.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/20110710140310.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/20110710140316.jpg/
BlueTang<3
07-10-2011, 08:38 PM
Anemones will move where then want to be in the tank the best is to not touch it and stress it out anymore. There is never a guarantee that your clown will even go near an anemone. Right now its best they don't find it and add more stress to the specimen.
Madreefer
07-10-2011, 08:47 PM
Thats the best advice anyone can be told. Also make sure it cant be sucked in by any powerheads you may have. It may take months before your clown decides if and when he wants to move in to the anemone.
DisneyCoralReef
07-10-2011, 08:49 PM
Absolutely insane how tempermental those creatures are. Looking forwards to eventually having my own livestock. Keep us posted in the meantime as to this little anemone's relocation :lol:
SleepyPirate
07-11-2011, 11:03 PM
Ill post an update on him when or if he decieds to move outta there. Iv been looking around and it could be WEEKS! but as long as he dosent die i dont care.
SleepyPirate
07-15-2011, 09:38 PM
Well after moving him to a secluded rock and putting a bottle on top he still didnt like it after 4 hrs I removed the bottle and he deatteched and decieded to turn to the life of a tumble weed. So rearranged my rock and relocated him to a cave and he seem to have took to it, heres a recent picture where hes been for a few days now. I think hes finnaly decieded to stick to this spot.


http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/20110715153041.jpg/