Sand in cerianthus mouth

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Hello all, this is my very first r2r post so I hope I'm doing it right. I have a dusky jaw fish with a burrow located only 5 inches or so away from a cerienthus anenome. Whenever the jaw fish does "burrow maintenance" he spits sand into the anenomes oral disk. My question is will the sand be an issue for the anenome? Can the anenome "spit" out the sand? Should I be moving the anenome? Thank you in advance for any and all suggestions/information

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Well, firstly, a belated welcome to R2R! Seems like the nem will move if it gets too irritated. Did you place it in the sand, or did it move there on it's own?
 
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I placed it in the sand, however I'm not 100% sure if a cerienthus anenome can move like a bubble tip for say, it has a long tube to burrow itself into the sand. But I guess if it can move then it will.
 

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