Stupid Nem

[ensquire]

Originally Posted by Myka

Is this indeed a BTA? Maybe I'm blind, but I don't think you said what type it is? If it's a BTA I've found they like to be tucked away into a deep pocket in a piece of live rock. You could leave your powerheads off all night and just leave the return pump going. He shouldn't get sucked over the overflow. I find they like to move at night. Some just like to move I think. I've had some that never stop wandering and some that don't move even when I move the rock to a different place.

It isn't a BTA more of a sabae

Originally Posted by fishytime

nems is evil

Starting to think that way myself.

[Aquattro]

The "problem" with anemones is that they are very particular about location. So even if it sits in one spot all week, as soon as you turn the powerhead back on, the environment changes, and it's likely to move again (usually into said powerhead). I've had them move even after moving the angle of a powerhead. And as the lights wear out, it will move. And as corals grow and the flow changes slightly, it will move. Basically it could decide to move every time there is a slight change. Best bet is to cover the pump intakes or move it into a species specific tank. Or give it to your friend and let him remove it from his powerheads

[ALang]

Happened to me, too. Had a large beautiful sabae, hosting a pair of clowns, did great for two years plus, then, inexplicably, got itself sucked into my MP40!!
Many extractions over the next few days, it got too damaged to live.

Trying another BTA, just because my clowns were slowly killing my once beautiful ball of Duncans. I stuck it into a few large pieces of LR, almost burying it, with a few holes allowing the anemone to peek through. So far, since the FF4, it is attached, and looking fine.

Usually this will do the trick, and it will crawl around inside the pile of rocks until it finds the orientation that it likes. The rocks will have to be good sized, and the nem in between several of them, like building a cage. You won't kill it if you are careful in your rock placement. This works for me every time. Now, all I have to do is to keep it there for more than 2 1/2 year!

Good luck!

[ensquire]

For now it has been moved to my other less populated tank. Not such a problem if it moves around, and the MP10s have covers. It's not looking that healthy though. Due to all the powerhead spins I'm sure.
Hopefully it survives.

[jagermaier]

Hopefully he finds his "happy place" and settles in for you...good luck.

[daniella3d]

Sebea require sand and they don't really like to be on a rock.

Mine never moved from the spot I put it...it never climb on the rock either and like to have its foot in the sand. They grow big. Mine was 3" bleached when I got it, now it's 11" and dark brown.

Originally Posted by ensquire

It isn't a BTA more of a sabae


Starting to think that way myself.