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Originally Posted by paddyob
A new nem never settles for the first place you drop it.
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its true a nem will find his own place but its not impossible to keep them where you drop them, my last couple of carpets never moved(untill later)when i introduced them. for carpets the trick is they like a spot where they can dig their foot in deep and they like a rock crevice where they can tuck into when its cleaning time or are disturbed. they also need the room to completely fan out.
if you feed it enough and the right foods it shouldnt move provided it can live comfortably with its area meaning if you place it in direct flow it will move same with placing them in the shade.
light isnt a huge deal with carpets provided they get the right meaty food and often enough but they do like to lie directly under the light, my carpet has went from about 6" to 20" in 4 mths and has only moved once while i was on vacation for 4 days(suspect he was hungry) i only run 2x 54w t5s on my whole 90g and with target feedings all my corals and carpet nems are growing huge:P