Anemone trouble

[DerekT5]

Hi all I got an anemone yesterday and it moved itself right in the middle of a big rock with lots of corals on. I’m afraid it will kill the corals and I can’t even really see the anemone. There are no crevaces so the foot is right on the surface. Any ideas how to get the anemone off? Thanks!

Ps, I didn’t know if I should have put it in the invert section or not!

 

[Jason mack]

You could try aiming a powerhead at it , but IME anamones are gonna sit where they want too , if it’s possible too make room around him that’s also an option, you can put ice cubes in a sealed bag and try and tease his foot loose .. just to mention a few ideas ,, but he looks happy there .. nicely bubbled up .. he might even move on his own in a couple of days ..

 

[Jeepguy242]

Nems are like cats they do what they want

I wish I could offer more help but as Jason said it may move on it’s own


Keep your powerheads covered so it doesn’t get injured as it explores

 

[DerekT5]

How often do they need to eat?

 

[Somuchflo99]

I feed my bta only about twice a month the other stuff he gets from the water and whatever during fish feeding

 

[Jason mack]

I never feed mine , only what he gets from the water from feeding my fish !!

 

[DerekT5]

I had an anemone before he was doing good but he then moved under a rock and just shriveled up

 

[Somuchflo99]

@DerekT5 could have been a million things that cause that mine tried to die on me than I started feeding it silver sides and it finally found a spot and started growing again this was seriously a four month long battle

 

[Somuchflo99]

Also check your trace elements mag cal alk to make sure they are at good levels I found I was low on mag started dosing and all the color came back in it with the combo of light duty feeding

 

[Somuchflo99]

Another thing is age of the tank set up itself if I do another anemone in my other tank set up I’m going to wait till the set up is 8 to 12 months old minimum

 

[Jeepguy242]

I feed mine 1/2 a large krill every other week

 

[DerekT5]

Also check your trace elements mag cal alk to make sure they are at good levels I found I was low on mag started dosing and all the color came back in it with the combo of light duty feeding

My levels are pretty high. My CAL is 500 ALK is 13 and MAG is 1500

 

[DerekT5]

Another thing is age of the tank set up itself if I do another anemone in my other tank set up I’m going to wait till the set up is 8 to 12 months old minimum

The tank is about a year and a half old

 

[Leadfooted]

Allow him to settle where he wants now and he'll stay put. Write off the corals that die, same as it would in nature.

 

[Somuchflo99]

Oh shoot thought we wer talking about the nem that died lol

 

[Jason mack]

My levels are pretty high. My CAL is 500 ALK is 13 and MAG is 1500

Calc and mag is not such a problem , but your alk is way too high ..

 

[DerekT5]

how do I get the alk down?

 

[Jason mack]

First check which salt mix your using , it will say on it what it mixes too for calc alk and mag , if it’s high because of your salt mix , then you could change salts , alk will after that come down on its own as your tank uses it up ..

 

[DerekT5]

Ok thanks

 

[Marie7]

Nems are like cats they do what they want

I wish I could offer more help but as Jason said it may move on it’s own


Keep your powerheads covered so it doesn’t get injured as it explores

Good advised Hirohito, I would not advised putting a power head directly into an anemone, don't judge those who do it but I think depending the force of it it can injured more than benefit.