Hi, so I purchased a bubble tip anemone about 1 and a half weeks ago. I got it when I was in Houston, and brought it home to LA. I have a Fluval 32.5 that is just recently a year old, and I put an additional light on it (the Fluval reef/marine). And I’m still slowly increasing the light percentage. This is my first anemone (other than a rock flower which is doing very well in my tank), and the anemone was very bright/rich red (a Sherman RBTA. And I got a smallish one for $75. I put it on the right side of my rock work on a rock with nothing on it, and that had a bunch of crevices, and it seemed fine but would move in circles only around a small portion of it for the first week in the tank. It recently decided to move up onto the higher up rock piece, but it’s weird since it’s staying in a place with high flow since the power head is close, and the spot is flat and it’s foot isn’t in a crevice which is weird. It’s stayed relatively in the same spot for a couple days, and it looks alright. I also feel I made the mistake of feeding it (smaller food like
Mysis or reef roids) about every other day in my tank, and I recently heard that should be avoided when the anemone is still moving and then still needs to digest that food. So I’m wondering if not feeding it for a while will help, and it may start moving again? I’m not a huge fan of the spot it’s in since the rock has my Monti and Stylo, and I really don’t have many other places to put my stylo. So I’m wondering if I should CAREFULLY place him back on the original rock or put him on a larger rock in the middle of my tank and clear out all the coral there since it is a good location for it.
Sorry for the very long thread, and thank you if anyone actually takes the time to read it and get back to me.
Any other anemone tips would be appreciated as well
Mysis or reef roids) about every other day in my tank, and I recently heard that should be avoided when the anemone is still moving and then still needs to digest that food. So I’m wondering if not feeding it for a while will help, and it may start moving again? I’m not a huge fan of the spot it’s in since the rock has my Monti and Stylo, and I really don’t have many other places to put my stylo. So I’m wondering if I should CAREFULLY place him back on the original rock or put him on a larger rock in the middle of my tank and clear out all the coral there since it is a good location for it.
Sorry for the very long thread, and thank you if anyone actually takes the time to read it and get back to me.
Any other anemone tips would be appreciated as well