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what is interesting is that my bubble tip is touching my alveopora as it moved right beside it and it is the nem that seem to retract when the alveopora is touching it. It does not seem to affect the alveopora when the bubble tip is touching it.

For now it moved in a spot where it can touch my alveopora and montipora cap.

Also my maxi mini is constantly touching my montipora cap during the day but that does not seem to affect it one bit. Are bubble tips really dangerous for corals?

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Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 686628)

Of course I'm just kidding around here but..... Nems is evil!.... Best place for it is in the fresh water tank in your bathroom:twised:.....nems seem to place their need for security above every thing else(light and the ability to catch food)....they really love to find a small hole or crevasse to wedge their foot into and expand around that...if you can find a spot that meets all its requirements, you can up the chances of it staying where you want it...... If the nem is new I wouldn't try removing it from the rock until after its settled in....provided it stays where it is for that long.....

Don,t try to detach it as you might thear the foot and kill it.

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Originally Posted by Kgrizzle (Post 686630)

So you think that I should take him off the current live rock he's on and just sit him on the sad bed? Sorry if I got what ur saying wrong. I like him sitting on the rock he's on

Ok I didn't wanna try.. The guy at the Lfs picked up the first one I liked and two were attached to the same rock and he was going to remove it from the rock and just put it in the bag with any rock attached, then I opted to see another one and just took it on the rock... Luckily I did, he was a young kid and could have hurt it if he wasn't carefully enough

Well I woke up today as he's dead got sucked up in my canister filter... Amazing purchase on my half haha fail

dont feel bad i had a gbta dissapear completely no canister filter involved

but if you are using a canaser filter if yu attempt another anemone my suggestoin is make a mesh caseing out of plastick to put arounf the intake of the canister filter to keep the nem or other wandering inhabitants away from it .. not hard to do and will save you future dissapointment

How can it get sucket into a canister? don't you have some sort of tip on the input to stop fish and animals from getting inside the filter?

I have a sponge filter at the entrance of my canister so nothing can get in.

What just happened was painfully common and completely avoidable with a little bit of knowledge. Next time just do a little bit of reading first. You could have avoided a lot of unnecessary questions and spared the life of another anemone.

That sucks ( no pun intended)

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Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo (Post 686769)

+1 was thinking the same thing when this thread was started.

I may come off as being harsh but its just because your situation was exactly the same as mine was with my first anemone 8 years ago. I didn't know what species it was or what its care requirements were when I bought it. My system at the time was completely unsuited for it and its a miracle that it didn't die within the first few months. But fortunately I got lucky and I still have that anemone to this day. Please don't skimp on the reading. The more you know the more likely you are to be successful the next time.