New lta

flynavyrs · Feb 24, 2016

Just got an lta from the lfs last week. Put it in the tank (29g) in a corner near rock and the tank glass. Dug a little hole for it in the sand substrate but it didn't take. Made a few other holes in different places but it didn't take. Now it somehow managed to crawl all the way under one of the rocks on the substrate. Any recommendations on how to acclimate it properly or where to put it? Already turned the power heads off and am using a lower light setting on my coralife led's. Also, is there any way to persuade my clowns to want to host with it after it gets settled in?

flynavyrs · Feb 24, 2016

Here's the setup.

Chefbill · Feb 25, 2016

Tank looks newish, and not much rock. System details?

jamie callard · Feb 25, 2016

It will move around and go to the location it likes. I put foam around my powerheads instad of turning them off. This wat it can find the flow it likes in your tank.

flynavyrs · Feb 27, 2016

So the I left the nem alone and let it do it's own thing. It crawled under a cave, then tried to mash itself through a very small hole to expose it's tips. It apparently realized after it got almost all the way through that the hole was too small. Now it moved and has been kind of floating around the bottom. It looks pretty much like it's dying now and is turning a darkish green color on it's base above the foot but below the tips. Not sure what exactly went wrong or why it couldn't find a spot that it liked at all. I was hoping if I left it alone for a bit that it would just dig in somewhere eventually and be happy. Let me know if you have any tips. Might try a rose nem next time for the clowns to host with instead.