Rock Anemone Hiding (Advice Please)

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I recently ordered a rock flower anemone from Aquarium Depot and it arrived alive and healthy (surprisingly). After acclimation I placed it on the rocks in my frag tank, and it almost immediately went into a little cave I have. It receives next to no light there and it's impossible to feed it. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what I should do.
 
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Ok. I was just worried because this is day four of it being in almost complete darkness.
 

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Ok. I was just worried because this is day four of it being in almost complete darkness.

Unless you could super easily move a rock or something and expose it to light, I really wouldn't risk it. Can you get a pic of it?
 
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Ok so the answer is no, I really can't get a pic. This is the best I can do. He's the white blob behind my ruby red crab in that tiny cave.

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One of my Rock Nems was wedged in a rock for almost 2 weeks! I thought for sure was a goner but came home and it was out and front and center! they are quirky :rolleyes: ... give it more time!
 
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I cam home last night and he was out! Now I'm worried about him wandering.

Do RFAs pose a danger to nearby soft corals?
 

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I cam home last night and he was out! Now I'm worried about him wandering.

Do RFAs pose a danger to nearby soft corals?

Wow it's completely bleached. It can definitely sting corals but I would just try to let it do what it wants as messing with it will only stress it out more. If it starts heading for a coral, you can point a powerhead at it to hopefully get it going in a different direction. Almost all anemones will wander to some degree when you first get them (or when they come out of hiding) in order to find a spot where they are happy.
 
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Yeah it's suuuuuuuper white. It has some fluorescence under blue light so I think it's just naturally on the pale side. Maybe it will color up some soon.
 

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Glad I found this- I bought one a couple days ago and it did the same thing- immediately went into this little cave. Haven’t seen it and hoped it comes out soon- but most importantly just hope it’s ok
 

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I also had a mini carpet hide for months. When he finally came out he was light pink almost bleached but also easily doubled in size. I nursed it by feeding it when I could. He got all of his color back after a few months. Most of it. He is bright velvety red like when I got him. But his oral disc is just dark rather than the iridescent neon green it used to be.

I recently bought about a dozen rock flowers and one of them settled in so. I felt he appeared almost doubled in size from when I saw him at LFS. Then slowly he started sucking himself under a rock I didn’t think was possible (for anything) to slip under. I saw little tentacles peeping out.

I now see no trace of him; that doesn’t mean he didn’t move somewhere I can see. Hopefully, all he is doing is hiding and he didn’t melt away or something.
 

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Glad about this discussion. I just bought my first bubble tip yesterday only to find it so deep in hiding it took over an hour to find it
 

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