Anemone hid in cave

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Hi,

last sunday I got a Anemone for my tank.
It looked good for a few days, but today it decided to wander into a hole.

Does anyone know if this is normal behaviour?
I heard they do this when they want to split.

Before hole:
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The hole:
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Sounds like an anemone doing anemone things. They will move until they find an established spot. Even then, they still might choose to move. I wouldn't worry about it
 

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Normal behaviour
It will come out eventually don't worry about it. I have had them hide for weeks. Just hasn't found it good place . They do move about its trying to get settled in your reefs environment.
Light/ flow . Everything will be good just let it do it's own thing
 

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My nems move all the time. Its ridiculous.

They are the cats of reefing IMO.
That is probably the best way to describe them, haha
 

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Okay, it came out of hiding i think it just wanted to anchor its foot really deep.
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Mine would sometimes go inside its hole when the lights turned off, then reappear once the lights came on.
 
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Just a small update for anyone that is interested, a few days ago it came out of hiding in the same spot i put it originally. And since then it looks happy.

(My clowns are little jerks and are still not hosting it)
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I have heard playing a video of clownfish hosting can show them the behavior. I have never had success with rbta and clownfish. Try a peppermint long tentacle anemone. But then it will be an anemone tank.
 

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