Anenome Question

[J Feez]

So I've officially taken the plunge into the reef keeping hobby . I bought myself a small sebae anenome and two little tank raised false percula clowns to go with it on monday.

My question is, is there such a thing as too much water flow? I've placed my anenome at the top of my live rock (kind of goes up in a pyramid shape) and it's sitting almost directly under the flow from my hang off the back filter. It doesn't look like my clowns are having trouble getting to the anenome, but I want to make sure that this isn't just going to stress the anenome out along with the clownfish.

Originally I had the anenome off to one side of the tank and it looked like it was a little unhappy (it's tenticles weren't fully extended). I figured it probably wasn't getting enough light which is why I moved it to the top of my LR.

Anyways I'm rambling now. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[J Feez]

Anybody?

[deep6er]

im not a pro but from what i know they can move around the tank till they like a spot. and well it found its own home..

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

No matter where you or anybody else thinks is best, the anemone will move to where it wants to be. Sometimes its right in front or right on top, where you can enjoy them. Other times they will be a PITA & lodge themself in the back where you can't see it. Some seem to like flow, others like calmer waters. Sorry, anemones don't seem to read from the same page, so there's no way to really tell where it will finally end up or be happy.

Anthony

[danny zubot]

In another thread a while back I found out that Sebae's usually dwell in the sand. They typically don't extend their foot into the rockwork because their foot is much larger and less sticky than other anemone's that prefer to reside on rocks, like BTA's. Sebae's rely on their disk more for stability, so high flow might not be desirable. Ultimately it will move to where is feels most comfortable in your tank.

If it helps, I bought my sebae about 3 months ago and placed it in the sand where the rocks form a kind of bowl around it, it has stayed in that very spot ever since. There isn't exactly a tonne of light where it is, so I feed it a bit of mysis once or twice a week. It took about a week for my clowns to make their home in it. Their tenticles are quite sticky so it must have taken some getting used to for them.

[J Feez]

You reminded me of my next question. I was just curious what you feed a sebae anenome? I see you are feeding it mysis. How do you feed them?

[seadooer21]

I got a bubble anenome yesterday. I got him in the tank and put him in a rock where we wanted him. I turned the filter off so he could attach. fter several hours I thought that he was ok and turned the filter back on. Several hours later he till seemed ok. The next morning he was not where we had him. He was down on a bottom rock right next to my green plate coral. He was very small. I moved him back to the orig. spot we had him, turned the filter off again but he i not attaching. What is wrong?? What do I do??
I hope that some one can help me. I am very new to all of this.
Candy

[Beverly]

Candy,

Did you turn off all the water movement in your tank when you first got your BTA?

[seadooer21]

Beverly
yes... I turned off the water flow. He just moved again. I hope he will stay there. How long can I leave the water flow off with out problems to the tank???
Candy

[Beverly]

Personally, I would leave the water flow on at all times, except perhaps when feeding the BTA, or doing water changes.

If the water flow is too great for the BTA, it will move. If you want the BTA in a particular location, reduce water flow there, but prepare for it to move if it still doesn't like the location.

It can take weeks of adjusting water flow so an anemone will be happy in the location you like, and the anemone will move to where it likes it in the tank.