New Haddoni anemone

Oberon0314 · Feb 4, 2021

I got a new haddoni anemone 2 days and it hasnt buried itself in the sand. The day I got it I placed it only attached to the side of a rock. I thought it was cause I didnt have enough sand so I increased the sand bed in the center region to 6-7 inches, the sand held in place by my rock work to act like a bowl, and half that depth for the rest of the tank. I woke up this morning and the haddoni foot seems to be attached to the back panel of my tank. Is that ok? How long before it moves itself into the sand? Sorry for the pictures, my tank still a bit foggy from the new sand and my camera only wants to pick up the blue lights lol.

Mical · Feb 4, 2021

Give it time to acclimate to your tank, it will find it's spot. When I moved a little over a year ago, when I put carpet into new tank it went all over the place, up the sides around the back then found a place between rock and sand.

itsken37 · Feb 4, 2021

Welcome to reef2reef!
Anemones will move when they want to where they want, there is not much you can do about that.

Oberon0314 · Feb 4, 2021

Mical said:
Give it time to acclimate to your tank, it will find it's spot. When I moved a little over a year ago, when I put carpet into new tank it went all over the place, up the sides around the back then found a place between rock and sand.

How long should I wait for it to acclimate before I start feeding?

Mical · Feb 4, 2021

Oberon0314 said:
How long should I wait for it to acclimate before I start feeding?

I'd wait a couple of weeks. Don't feed it until it's found a spot and hasn't moved.

Oberon0314 · Feb 4, 2021

@OrionN You seem to be the carpet anemone expert in all the posts Ive read. Just to confirm this is a haddoni? cause it was sold to me as a gigantea and I wanna make sure Im doing the right things for it. I added more pictures here from when I first added