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experienced advise on placing a Long Tentacle Anemone in Aquarium?
Could use some experienced advise and info on placing a Long Tentacle Anemone in the tank. Here is the current image of it... http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/9397/img0937745...
I want the anemone in or close to the open space in my sand so i placed it in the area and used a rock to keep the water movement from blowing it to the corner of the tank. This is my first anemone so I don't really know how they work. How quickly does it move around if it wants to move and how long should it take to bury it's foot into the sand? Is the the best I can do as far as trying to get it where I want it?
Right now, I just want this thing to bury it's foot just to show me some action. After that, it can do as it pleases.
the little guy looks most healthy. I see no signs of stress. The foot sorta bulged at the bottom as to make attempts to do something. Not sure what it should be doing or what to expect to see as a method of moving. The little guy is slowly lowering it's base into the sand but it's taking it's sweet time I guess.
Water parameters are good. I do a good temperature acclimation on all animals. Drip acclimation is something I usually just rush through though. I have my salinity, PH and other things the same as the LFS though so the differences are minimal.
When moving, how does it "walk"? would it be anything like a snails foot? Does it just release and let the current move it around till grasp onto a new area? Knowing absolutely nothing about anemones at all, I instantly tried to prop the guy close to where I wanted it because when I first placed it on the sand, it just tumbled over toward the corner from the water flow.
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- Iliana MLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
A healthy anemone should move around pretty much right away or at least within a few hours, and bury it's foot in the sand (if it is indeed one of the species that likes sand and not nooks in live rock). You can try getting it started by placing it in a small hole in the sand bed.
Did you make sure to acclimate it for at least an hour? what are your water parameters like? Anemones require very pristine water quality, so if your nitrate levels are elevated, it may have stressed the animal.
