I recently ordered a rock flower anemone from Aquarium Depot and it arrived alive and healthy (surprisingly). After acclimation I placed it on the rocks in my frag tank, and it almost immediately went into a little cave I have. It receives next to no light there and it's impossible to feed it. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what I should do.
Rock Anemone Hiding (Advice Please)
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Bongo Shrimp
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Leave it alone and it will move when it is ready. Attempting to access it or get it out of the cave will only risk damaging it. Almost all anemones will move around when you first introduce them.
Bongo Shrimp
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Unless you could super easily move a rock or something and expose it to light, I really wouldn't risk it. Can you get a pic of it?
... give it more time!
Bongo Shrimp
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I cam home last night and he was out! Now I'm worried about him wandering.
Do RFAs pose a danger to nearby soft corals?
Wow it's completely bleached. It can definitely sting corals but I would just try to let it do what it wants as messing with it will only stress it out more. If it starts heading for a coral, you can point a powerhead at it to hopefully get it going in a different direction. Almost all anemones will wander to some degree when you first get them (or when they come out of hiding) in order to find a spot where they are happy.
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Glad I found this- I bought one a couple days ago and it did the same thing- immediately went into this little cave. Haven’t seen it and hoped it comes out soon- but most importantly just hope it’s ok
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I also had a mini carpet hide for months. When he finally came out he was light pink almost bleached but also easily doubled in size. I nursed it by feeding it when I could. He got all of his color back after a few months. Most of it. He is bright velvety red like when I got him. But his oral disc is just dark rather than the iridescent neon green it used to be.
I recently bought about a dozen rock flowers and one of them settled in so. I felt he appeared almost doubled in size from when I saw him at LFS. Then slowly he started sucking himself under a rock I didn’t think was possible (for anything) to slip under. I saw little tentacles peeping out.
I now see no trace of him; that doesn’t mean he didn’t move somewhere I can see. Hopefully, all he is doing is hiding and he didn’t melt away or something.
I recently bought about a dozen rock flowers and one of them settled in so. I felt he appeared almost doubled in size from when I saw him at LFS. Then slowly he started sucking himself under a rock I didn’t think was possible (for anything) to slip under. I saw little tentacles peeping out.
I now see no trace of him; that doesn’t mean he didn’t move somewhere I can see. Hopefully, all he is doing is hiding and he didn’t melt away or something.
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My bubble tip anemone just split so tank is good....can to much flow do it
