Green carpet anemone

[Surfside74]

Ok. I have rose bubble tip anemones and a mature tank. All corals and fish are great and there are no problems

I picked up a beautiful green carpet anemone at rap. I brought it home, acclimated it, and got it in the tank. I put it where I was hoping to stay and it did so for about a day. Yesterday it moved lower in tank under some rocks on the back side where I cant see it of course. My question is did he just move to get a little less flow and shade while he gets use to the tank? Will he move back out where I can see him when he gets used to it?

I know I should leave him alone and let him get use to it and not mess with him. That's what I did with my other ones Just seeing what you guys think before I try to manually get him to move. Thanks

 

[dantimdad]

I tend to stay away from carpets in a reef. They move A LOT and tend to sting anything they get near.

That being said, you already have this one so I would leave it alone and see what happens for now. If it starts killing other things, give it away.

Also, make sure you have guards on everything.

 

[Surfside74]

I tend to stay away from carpets in a reef. They move A LOT and tend to sting anything they get near.

That being said, you already have this one so I would leave it alone and see what happens for now. If it starts killing other things, give it away.

Also, make sure you have guards on everything.

I was told they usually stay out compared to other anemones. Well I have him and its beautiful so I will leave him be I guess I can move other corals to a degree until he finds his spot. My other three rbta moved at first but have pretty much stayed in a spot now. Any idea on how long it takes for them to get comfortable and come out? Im pretty sure it was a carpet anemone. I'll attach pic I have as he was moving.

 

[Surfside74]

 

[dantimdad]

No idea. Each one is different. The last green one I had never settled down so I gave it away.

BTAs tend to settle in fairly quickly IME.

It's very interesting to see the different behaviors of different species.

 

[Surfside74]

No idea. Each one is different. The last green one I had never settled down so I gave it away.

BTAs tend to settle in fairly quickly IME.

It's very interesting to see the different behaviors of different species.

So it's a wait and see game huh. Great. Lol. Well I'll let him do his thing I guess

 

[dylana407]

Need better picture. It looks like a hadonni which stays on the sand bed and lean against the rock or glass.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

I second the Haddoni. Need a straight on pic to see its mouth and such. If it is, they prefer to bury the foot in the sand and lean against something. I can say, that the 2 I have in a fully mixed reef are doing fine with about 10 bubbles in there also. Bubble like it up high, and the haddonis like it down low, so it works. One thing about haddonis though is DO NOT STARTLE YOUR FISH. Most fish simply steer clear of haddonis without issue, it is when you startle them that they run into the nem and unless it is a quick brush, they become food.

 

[Surfside74]

I second the Haddoni. Need a straight on pic to see its mouth and such. If it is, they prefer to bury the foot in the sand and lean against something. I can say, that the 2 I have in a fully mixed reef are doing fine with about 10 bubbles in there also. Bubble like it up high, and the haddonis like it down low, so it works. One thing about haddonis though is DO NOT STARTLE YOUR FISH. Most fish simply steer clear of haddonis without issue, it is when you startle them that they run into the nem and unless it is a quick brush, they become food.

Ok. Should i try to detach from rock and move to sand or will he go on his own

 

[Eagle_Steve]

they will go on their own. Below is a crappy phone pic of my 2 that are in a 90 in our bedroom with the lights ramping up, so they are still a little retracted from sleeping lol. They started on the far right side of the tank and then settled in where they are now. They have been there for about 10 months now. When they were introduced, I removed all corals at sand to mid level, popped them in my frag tank that is attached to the same sump and just let the nems do their thing. Took about a week. Also, you may want to cover any powerheads with some type of mesh, a nem screen if they make it, or you can make a diy cover with cross stitch mesh available at any fabric store and even big box stores if they have a sewing section.

Despite what others says, I do not turn power heads off or turn flow down at all to let a nem settle. I have over 100 anemones between all of my tanks. Most are bubbles, but I do have at least 2 of all major species. Only when I got into nems did I try the turn stuff down or off to let them settle, only to have them move once I kicked everything back up or on. Doing it this way, powerhead covers are a must. I even use the cross stitch mesh on the backside of my overflow boxes. I have had small nems make it to the sump lol.

It has to be said, this is what I do with them. Others will state different, but this is just what has worked for me in letting them settle in.

Pic mentioned below. They started at the red circle and then moved. You can also see that their are bubble nems scattered through the rock work as well. The greens are mid level and the rose are up high. If you do have a haddoni, they will fry any sps they touch and slightly tick off most LPS. I have noticed that my torches, shrooms, and zoa/paly were unaffected. At least visually. I have zoas/palys forming with almost all of my nems, touching them, even laying on them as you can see in the pic of this tank. The pandora palys in between the 2 nems lay on them, have grown from 1 polyp to whats there now in 2 months with no issues.

Almost forgot, if the nem is a gigantea (aka True Carpet), their stings are a little rougher on most corals. Disco shrooms and zoas/palys are all I have seen that can tough them and not be damaged. I would need a pic of the mouth to tell you which nem you have for sure though.

 

[Surfside74]

Well I got home and was still in the same spot in back of tank. He was open but foot was lifted some of the rock like he was moving some. So I figured why not help him. I did the ice cube trick and he came off pretty easy. I moved him down to the front of tank by sand bed and rock. He got his foot set almost immediately and is in the same spot this morning so maybe he likes it. We shall see

 

[Utubereefer]

Nice raja rampage!

 

[Surfside74]

Nice raja rampage!

Thank you. I like it. I have a dragon soul favia twice that size