Hiding Anemones

[Shaw]

Anemones are supposed to need lots of light, why do they hide. When I turn over the rock they're hiding under to expose them to more light, they go underneath to hide again

 

[melypr1985]

I'm no expert on anemones, but I do know that we will need more info on your tank and lights to help. Let's see... Start with
Tank size, Water Parameters with actual numbers, amount of flow, inhabitants, amount of time you've had them, What kind of nems, What kind of lights and intensity settings. That will get ya started with some help. I'll call the [HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG] to give more help. :)

 

[Atlantis14]

From my experience (and reading) they hide due to stress (lighting, water quality, flow, etc). In our 265 gallon

reef tank we've added 4 rose bubble tips...1 hid in the rocks immediately and the other 3 found suitable spots within minutes. The 1 that hid split within 1 week then both came out of the rocks and found their forever spots. No moving since. Turn off powerheads so they get a chance to find a spot and attach...could be minutes...or hours...or days if they're sick or injured or just unhappy. We placed a huge Haddoni carpet anemone in the sand in the corner of our tank and placed a couple rocks around it until it appeared to be settled in. We removed all but one rock and it's never moved since. We also have a pink tube anemone anchored in the sand right next to the carpet anemone. No issue with it either. However, our very first tube anemone did jump ship (left it's tube) and free floated until it found a powerhead! Ouch! It didn't recover. Anemones can & will free float around the tank if they're not happy so it's a good idea to add some sort of cover over powerhead's. Obviously, the covers will collect any debris and food flowing through them so they are constantly dirty...unless you're OCD and clean them every hour. We couldn't deal with that so we removed them once all the anemones settled in. Choice and risk is yours though :-) Some of the experienced reefer's can chime in on water quality issues and how it effects anemones. We've just followed the recommended parameters for LPS and softies. Needed a few small tweaks but had very little problems. We always call or visit our good buddy at the LFS and he steers us in the right direction.

 

[Diesel]

Most likely a water problem.
Can you answer some questions for us?


A. Total water volume ( Please include sump, etc.)

B. What are your parameters? ( CA, ALK, PO4,Salinity, etc.)

C. Type of lighting. Please include age, watts, and bulb/ballast name.

D. Filtration method (Skimmer, GFO, DSB, etc.)

E. What types of corals do you keep?

F. How long has the tank been running?

G. What are you dosing? Dosing schedule?

H. Which brand of salt are you using?

I. What brand of test kits are you employing?

 

[Diesel]

Nice tank BTW @Wendi Paulk :)

Oh and Welcome to R2R!

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

Welcome to our community))):rolleyes: I will ask my friend about your problem! He suppose to know. I hope everything will be ok with your Anemones!

- Andrey
"I'm really new here. And I'm from Russia"

 

[pondman]

Welcome to you. You have a very nice tank. Anemones are a wired critter to say the least they will move all over if they don't like something. Your hopes are up front where you can show them off but they usually have a different idea.best bet let him go till he finds his spot.ive had to remove some of my rockwork so I could see mine he liked the back part of the tank.just keep an eye on it.

 

[Atlantis14]

Nice tank BTW @Wendi Paulk

Oh and Welcome to R2R!

Thank you, Diesel and Pondman. Had our share of self-inflicted challenges. Made many (if not all) mistakes newbie’s make - despite all the warnings and do’s & don’ts the experienced reefer’s offer [clapping from the audience :D :D]. And more to come, I know. Every baby-step in the right direction keeps us going though.