Haddoni with extra foot

[spartanman22]

Hey all,

I have a good sized haddoni I got in from a fellow reefer a few weeks ago. He seems relatively happy and healthy. Previous owner had him for a couple years, and prior to them it came from one of their friends tanks for 5+ years. He was much larger and stretched out under the previous owners tank.

All and all he seems happy, mouth is tight, foot is anchored etc. No real inflating or deflating. What I find odd though is he has a “baby” foot. He’s got the main big foot then a tiny offshoot foot. Is this common? I’ve never seen this before.

 

[D-Nak]

I wouldn't say it's common, but I've seen this multiple times. It may be a result of an injury or other ailment, but as long has it's behaving normally, there's nothing to worry about.

 

[spartanman22]

Wanted to bump this up because this guy seem to be acting a bit odd to me. He has recently moved to an almost fully shaded position. In the photo above his foot was anchored onto a small rock. He has since adjust a bit to where it looks like hes dug his foot down into the sand bed - which seems typical of haddonis. However, this move has put him in a position where he is almost entirely shaded. He still looks good. Mouth nice and tight. He has never been super sticky like I'm used to with Haddonis. I've got a small haddoni in this tank that is anchored to a rock and is mega sticky.

I've attempted feeding him some small bits of mysis and he'll take it ok. At first I thought maybe lighting was too intense. I'm running 3 x Noopsyche K7 Pro's on a 50" tank at peak intensity of 35% for blues and 20% for whites. However, all acros seem pretty happy with lighting; I've got various euphyllia's higher up than the anemone who seem content; and the highest positioned coral is a toadstool that seems to have no issue with light intensity. There's 4 other anemones at about the same depth as this haddoni who all are out in the light looking happy as can be.

Additionally, the haddoni is in moderate flow. He's on the opposite end of a Jebaeo Gyre running at 30%. So he get's decent flow but not intense flow. Any thoughts here. Do I just leave him be and let him sort this out on his own?

He was very large in the previuos owner's tank. He looks like he's shrunken up a bit. Last guys tank he was stretching for light, fully opened more like a dinner plate. He's more compact for me with a lot more folds and wrinkles. I've attached a photo of his new position, and what he looked like in the previous owners tank. From what I've been told this anemone has been in a reef tank for almost a decade.

 

[spartanman22]

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[qtrashcan]

I wouldn't worry too much. Mouth is good and eating. The color is also good. It's learning your lighting and flow and trying to find a place to settle. IME it can take up to a month to settle.