anemone

[ibjmg]

just got a long ten about 1 week ago,
It has wedged it self between the rocks has not foot itself very long tube able to reach rocks touches them just wont foot.
have feed it a few times .
feed every other day?


salinity1.023
ph 8.2
alk 9.9
cal 410
thanks,
Jerrod

[yankeebobo]

Anemones are known to move around the tank on their own until they find a spot they are happy in. In fact, even after they find a spot that they are happy in, they may move again to look for another spot days/weeks later. Chances are, if he got in, he may come out. But, before deciding whether to try to help him, you have to know how long he's been "stuck" there. If you go to help him, you have to do it very carefully. You won't want to catch it on a rock. And remember, he's attached to wherever he is.

[ibjmg]

Anemones are known to move around the tank on their own until they find a spot they are happy in. In fact, even after they find a spot that they are happy in, they may move again to look for another spot days/weeks later. Chances are, if he got in, he may come out. But, before deciding whether to try to help him, you have to know how long he's been "stuck" there. If you go to help him, you have to do it very carefully. You won't want to catch it on a rock. And remember, he's attached to wherever he is.

does it mean anything that he wont foot ?
will it affect it in the long run ?
yes I do want to help move him just trying to be calm and wait to see what he does


thanks bo!
Jerrod

[yankeebobo]

How long has he been "stuck" there?

[ibjmg]

How long has he been "stuck" there?

since I got it
1 week ago

[yankeebobo]

If you can gently, very gently, just kind of fondle (massage) the sides (keep jokes out at this time folks ) and see if it let's go into your hand. I can't really tell by the pic if you have room to move, upside down, etc. Then just place it in the sand and let it do what it wants. Getting it to let go is generally not a problem judging from the way it's holding on. Getting it out without catching it on edges is more challenging.

[yankeebobo]

The safer way would be to get at that rock and try to remove if from the scape. I don't know if that is possible for you.

[zhenya]

My bet would be to leave it completely alone. It is not stuck by any means, and like Bo said previously it can move all on it;s own if need arises.

Also, if it accepts food, it may very well be attached becouse anemones usually will not accept food( by accepting food I meant to say that they are actually eating it, you'll have to determine that by observing your anemone and seing that food is not released later) untill they are firmly attached.
Anyhow, just by looking at your pictures, it seems to be slightly bleached. This may be due to simple stress from being transfered from tank to tank and perhaps not getting enough light and food during captivity. So, I would recommend feeding it more often at this time untill it recovers and regains all of it;s zoox, you should see gradual color change in the tentacles and oral disk.
Good luck and keep us posted on how it is doing.

Edit: Forgot to mention that your specific gravity is a tad on the low side and I would try to raise it to a full strength over time. I think 1.026 would be a good range to shoot for.

[ldrhawke]

I wouldn't worry or even try to move it if it is accepting food. You may do more harm than good. I have a green long tentacle that is tucked into and anchored in a crevice in the rocks and cant' even be seen after the lights get turned down.

It opens about 8 inches across soon after the lights come on in the morning to gather light energy and closes up every night when the lights go off and tucks back into the rocks and can't even be seen. If I avoid feeding it for a week it will get bubbles on the ends of it tentacles. The clowns have made it home.

[ibjmg]

thanks for that input! guys

I did finnally move him,put in the sand right next to a rock ,and this is what it did (see pic).Gene I did not know that he may release his food Ill have to keep closer eye out. will it do rather quicky or over a period of time ?
So I really dont know for sure if it has eaten. did you say that it probably reject food until its footed??


thanks ,
Jerrod

[zhenya]

Hi Jerrod,

yes, it may release it a bit later, especially if it is not the food it usually feeds on. However, if you keep an eye on it after the feeding, you can easily figure this out. In case that it does release food that you offered, try some other food items. Those could be from table shrimp to silversides, or even some other faty fish flesh( salt water fish, preferably) pieces. I remember feeding my H. crispa salmon pieces from the belly side when it was just a bleached small baby anemone.
BTW, I still think that your anemone is bleached just a little. Feedings would be of importance for a while, so keep offering food to it. Otherwise, I believe that anemone right now is in a proper spot, as far as location is concerned, it really does prefer deep sand, or even mud substrate.
All in all, give it some time to adjust and make sure you offer it some food every other day or so, at least untill it colors up to a more tan/green color in the oral disk and tentacles. You can slow down then a bit with the food. I feed my anemones about twice a week now, sometimes once, only becouse i don't want them to grow any larger than they are now.

[ibjmg]

well when I left for yosemite on friday that was the last pic I took.heres new ones. he looks alot more fuller but.. now i can not see if he is footed
right now im feeding frozen mysis. I think im going to change to shrimp"table"

about six years ago I had a small so called reef tank everything in it out of the ocean, MONTEREY california had a giant green anemone fed it table shrimp
had it for over a year not putting any supplements or anything before I knew even had to use them. I was surprised it lasted that long. anyways, I ve never had the problem of anemone not footing when all my water test are pretty good.ohya if my salinity is 1.023 how slow should I bring it up. I do a 20 gallon change every sunday

when i got him from lfs red base ,white w/blue about half way up the tenicals.
the ony real thing I see diff is the base is more pink now then red.


jerrod