Bubble tip anemone hiding

[rapid]

Anyone can give me any tips on getting my anemone out of this cave its hiding in.

it defitnly cant be getting any light under there. i would like to chill on a spot i can see it and for some reason it doesnt enflate the bubble tips alot.

it also seems to retract back into its foot that is now wedged into the rock hole/cave. its like its completely gone when it retracts. but it keeps retracting and expanded a couple times a day ? is this normal ?

My tank is a 40 gallon cube 21" deep light sits on top of water edge and it is a kessil 360we tuna blue currenlty the light is at max 50% intensity during peak daylight hours.

water parameters are good no ammonia is present (seachem ammonia badge)

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

Mine has been getting smaller and smaller and hiding under a rock for nearly a month now, All its colour has gone and it's not looking good, it does still inflate. I dont know why it's done this my other nem is huge

 

[rapid]

Mine has been getting smaller and smaller and hiding under a rock for nearly a month now, All its colour has gone and it's not looking good, it does still inflate. I dont know why it's done this my other nem is huge

wow
should i try and relocate it manually ?

 

[Mical]

How long has your tank been up & running? And what are you params? (SG, dkh, cal & mag, & temp) Mine in 120gal like about 80% Intensity and 50% color with 3 Kessil 360we's

 

[rapid]

okay so i have a 21" deep cube

light is one kessil 360 light is at 50% intensity 50% color

tank is 5 months old temp is around 80 F

9-10-19
ammonia = 0ppm
Nitrite = .5 ppm
nitrate = 5ppm
phosphate = .25ppm
calcium = 520 ppm
alkalinity= 9.3dkh
magnesium = 1500 ppm
saltinity= 1.025 d SG
PH= 8.2

 

[Mical]

Params look good, maybe it's just getting acclimated to surroundings. Mine did weird stuff when first introduced. Let it get settled and find it's own "happy place" (flow etc) They migrate until they feel comfortable. I started with 2, now have 7 in one tank and 1 offspring in another. Just don't force it to go where it's not happy.

 

[rapid]

Okay been in tank for about 1week

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

wow
should i try and relocate it manually ?

Absolutely no point in that, it wont stay.

 

[Cell]

A healthy, happy BTA will stay out all day and may or may not recede to varying degrees at night. If it's retracting and expanding multiple times during the day then there may be something environmental it doesn't like. In your case, at 1 week, it may just still be adjusting. It might just stay there and eventually stretch itself out into the light. Give it a few more days and monitor for any decline in health. It's looking nicely inflated in the pic.

 

[Hooberminch]

I would leave it alone, anemones like to do their own thing. It probably is looking for a secure spot before it spreads out. I would just supplement it with a couple small pieces of shrimp to make sure it has some nutrition

 

[jordan10]

I have a nice rest bubble tip that move non stop I think because one of my clowns will not leave alone. It goes under rocks and stretches out. They move till happy

 

[rapid]

So update :

I did manna to scrap my anemone off of the rock in the cave when I rearranged my rock
Sat him some where else and to my surprise he is now stuck up too near the water edge now

 

[rapid]

so i did gently move the anemone after removeing a rock i had topping off the cave for some zoas that i glued on.

As of last night the anemone managed to crawl back into the cave lol so thats where he is gonna stay i guess. he really likes it in there. even after chilling on the back glass for a while.

he still good colored and has a good expansion on his tenticals but dosent stay enlarged for long sometimes hes all shriveld up in that cave?

he definlty can craWL around pretty fast and looks healthy. all water parameters check out excpet my calcium is a little high.

 

[Klx110ripper]

Any update after a few months? I got a BTA this week and he is hiding in a cave. So i'm just curious. Thanks

 

[Klx110ripper]

so i did gently move the anemone after removeing a rock i had topping off the cave for some zoas that i glued on.

As of last night the anemone managed to crawl back into the cave lol so thats where he is gonna stay i guess. he really likes it in there. even after chilling on the back glass for a while.

he still good colored and has a good expansion on his tenticals but dosent stay enlarged for long sometimes hes all shriveld up in that cave?

he definlty can craWL around pretty fast and looks healthy. all water parameters check out excpet my calcium is a little high.

Any update after a few months? I got a BTA this week and he is hiding in a cave. So i'm just curious. Thanks

 

[rapid]

Yea soo he died and it’s cause i relocated him if your water parameters are all good just let him be if he/she is hiding let it hide it needs to adjust to light if it’s trying to extend to light it needs more light

 

[rapid]

Just make sure your phosphates are low on f they are then ur good