Anemone placement

Iafrate · Dec 13, 2019

I’ve been thinking about getting an anemone for my clown fish for a little while but there is only a few spots in the tank where the par level is high enough for him will it stay in the right lighting or will it still move around.

Daddy-o · Dec 13, 2019

They can and will move and perhaps your clown wont even host it. I think get one, we had one that was in the corner without light for months and it just turned a bit clear. we just moved the whole rock into the center of the tank.
Cheers! Mark

Iafrate · Dec 14, 2019

Daddy-o said:
They can and will move and perhaps your clown wont even host it. I think get one, we had one that was in the corner without light for months and it just turned a bit clear. we just moved the whole rock into the center of the tank.
Cheers! Mark

Wow! I figured they would go to a spot and be like this isn’t it I did not think they would put themselves in an unfavorable environment

Phildago · Dec 14, 2019

I have found that they won't move much if you give them a nice spot that is favorable. A nice rock that have grooves that they can recede into, in an area with good light, and some flow that isn't strong. From there they will move a bit into the spot that they prefer, but our of the 5 that I have none have moved more than a few inches.

In the past I've had a few that went all over the tank, but that was 100% my fault for not making a good spot for them and really not being knowledgeable enough to create a suitable environment.