Cerianthus Placement

terri_ann · Sep 8, 2018

How do you place one in the tank? Do you lay it on the sandbed, dig a hole/trench for it? Should it just be sand or also some small pieces of rubble? Between rock on the sand bed?

Ranjib · Sep 8, 2018

#reefsquad

Leslie Tabor · Sep 8, 2018

Um what is it? Just curious...

Ranjib · Sep 8, 2018

Leslie Tabor said:
Um what is it? Just curious...

Tube anemone , i think

Bob Loblaw · Sep 8, 2018

I dig a hole to put the foot end and cover with sand. Dialing flow down makes digging the hole easier.

terri_ann · Sep 9, 2018

Yes, it's a tube anemone. Either the filiformis or the membranaceious.

Texas Reefer · Sep 9, 2018

I would find a cave area, out of direct flow, dig a hole, and hold the tube down while covering it with sand. Leave the crown above sand. It might help to put a very small rock on top of the tube, not the crown, and remove the rock in a couple days.

cristata.reef · Sep 9, 2018

Dig a trench since they have deceivingly long tubes relative to their oral disk size and bury them in with the oral disk and its tentacles facing up of course

terri_ann · Sep 9, 2018

Thank you! I've had a hard time with getting it buried as it seems to creep to the top. Any idea on how deep to place it in the sand/cover it with sand? It's very soft close to the tentacles...reminds me 'wet' lint from a dryer! Lol

cristata.reef · Sep 9, 2018

terri_ann said:
Thank you! I've had a hard time with getting it buried as it seems to creep to the top. Any idea on how deep to place it in the sand/cover it with sand? It's very soft close to the tentacles...reminds me 'wet' lint from a dryer! Lol

I would say about 1-3 inches deep depending on your sand bed. I wonder if you can take a flat piece of LR to help keep it under the sand. And yeah their tubes are actually made out of discharged nematocysts (stinging cells) which explains why its so fragile (it's literally millions of cells glued together by a thin secretion of mucus)