Just got an anemone today.

[frankin09]

What do you guys think how it looks. I paid 60 dollars for it. This was all in one day.

 

[AydenLincoln]

What do you guys think how it looks. I paid 60 dollars for it. This was all in one day.

I think it looks closed lol! Wait for it to open.

 

[frankin09]

I think it looks closed lol! Wait for it to open.

This is right now with the lights off.

 

[foxt]

It’s going to move around until it finds a spot it likes. Do you have any powerheads inside the tank? Wandering anemones can sometimes get sucked into the powerhead and chopped to pieces. Best to put some sort of screen over the powerhead to prevent this, or even shut them down until the nem settles in.

 

[frankin09]

It’s going to move around until it finds a spot it likes. Do you have any powerheads inside the tank? Wandering anemones can sometimes get sucked into the powerhead and chopped to pieces. Best to put some sort of screen over the powerhead to prevent this, or even shut them down until the nem settles in.

I do it’s at the very top of the tank, I think it found its place now.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I do it’s at the very top of the tank, I think it found its place now.

If this is your first nem, please heed the great advice above. Protect all powerheads/wave makers and any other source of possible injury. It's not just for the nem. Chopped nem can and will weak havoc on your entire system up to and including a toxic crash.

 

[sergifed91]

I don't use power heads. But trust me it may sta in one spot forever or it may move after a couple weeks, months etc. Has on in the same spot for two years. Got up sat in front of the tank and it was gone from the spot. Looked around and found it in a different spot at the other end of the tank.

 

[SilvermistInc]

He looks happy to me

 

[frankin09]

If this is your first nem, please heed the great advice above. Protect all powerheads/wave makers and any other source of possible injury. It's not just for the nem. Chopped nem can and will weak havoc on your entire system up to and including a toxic crash.

What would I put around it? I also have a hob, would I cover that too?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

The intake to the hob is easy to nem proof. A little bit of open cell foam over the intake and you're good.

I use this product on all of the pumps in my nem tank.

 

[foxt]

For a screen, what lost in the sauce posted will work great, just need to figure out how to make it look neat as well as protect the nem. For something like MP10 or MP40, lots of people sell 3d printed covers for them. I haven't looked for covers for other power heads, but they may exist.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

For a screen, what lost in the sauce posted will work great, just need to figure out how to make it look neat as well as protect the nem. For something like MP10 or MP40, lots of people sell 3d printed covers for them. I haven't looked for covers for other power heads, but they may exist.

I cut a piece that will cover the entire intake side of the device with a tad of overhang. Small dab of super glue to hold it in place then use 2lb fishing line to secure it in place. It only takes a few minutes to do. I've found that a kitchen bristled brush works great for cleaning.

 

[frankin09]

I cut a piece that will cover the entire intake side of the device with a tad of overhang. Small dab of super glue to hold it in place then use 2lb fishing line to secure it in place. It only takes a few minutes to do. I've found that a kitchen bristled brush works great for cleaning.

Will it move or stay there?

 

[Duncan62]

Will it move or stay there?

Only he knows. Lol. Could be days or years.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Will it move or stay there?

Really an impossible answer to give. I own about 40 nems At this point and I only know of one that has never moved, If that's any indicator?.

I'll be there for a minute or an hour or 3 years.nems are weird

 

[Kmst80]

Will it move or stay there?

Mine did not move for months but then decided to start exploring. They all ended up at the highest point of the rockwork where most light is. So she might stay there, she might move, thats the joy of nems.