Green carpet anemone check up, should I be concerned

Snail Man · Oct 10, 2023

Macdaddynick1 said:
Once and if that becomes a problem we'll help you solve it. It might not be an issue. Nutrient imbalance is usually the problem with the algae. Also, don't be afraid of having algae, it's a normal process that can be addressed. Your goal is to keep animals alive, they don't care if they have to live next to algae vs dying in a pristine tank. If you want to keep that nem in good health and add other corals, I would definitely add a serious light to the setup. At least something like viparspectra. Also, I think you'll like your tank much better with that light on.

I put that light I was talking about on to the tank and now about a week later he has doubled in size with large folds. back to usual thanks for all the help

Snail Man · Oct 16, 2023

Ok, one problem solved on the next, I have a narrow tank wi the large rock work in the middle, so I gave my carpet anemone like a third of the tank to the left. BUT HES ON THE MOVE. I worried he will push my rock work over. Is there something that could be prompting him to move??

robotrash · Oct 16, 2023

Snail Man said:
Ok, one problem solved on the next, I have a narrow tank wi the large rock work in the middle, so I gave my carpet anemone like a third of the tank to the left. BUT HES ON THE MOVE. I worried he will push my rock work over. Is there something that could be prompting him to move??

Light/flow is usually why they move. Unfortunately you kind of just have to let them pick where they want to be. I think there's some tactics to push them where you want them but I'm not the one to speak to those.

Snail Man · Oct 16, 2023

robotrash said:
Light/flow is usually why they move. Unfortunately you kind of just have to let them pick where they want to be. I think there's some tactics to push them where you want them but I'm not the one to speak to those.

I recently added light so I’m going to dial it back