Anemone that’s a little lost…?

[skylord]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

Sorry to hijack, but I'm wondering if you'd be able to "maroon" an anemone on a single piece of live rock? Or would it have no problem traversing substrate?

I have one that dont like live rock at all. He is at the front of the tank half on the glass and half on the sand. I tried to get him on some rock but he just moved away from it. He has been like that for about a year now.

Scott

[fortheloveofcrabs]

Okay, the anemone settled back where I wanted him, but then a few days ago went on another journey... The problem is he is right near the surface of the water – and I want to do a water change, but don’t want to leave him exposed. Can I just carefully use a razor to scrape him off the back glass?

[Redrover]

I recommend using a credit care [ carefully ]
They will keep moving till they find a spot that they are happy with...

RJ

[Pier Pressure]

I find with all three of mine - they will settle somewhere for a few months, but once we change something in the tank they are on the ramble again. Flow changes send them travelling, adding or removing powerheads, moving rock - anything like that that changes the flow even slightly.

I do not want to hijack but I have a semi-related question. My gbta was quite large and then I got the white sebae. Since that time, the white sebae has turned beige and tripled in size, while the gbta has gotten smaller and does not seem nearly as happy. Wild caught clowns are hosting the sebae, and a carribean crab is hosting the gbta.

Does one type of anemone intimidate another kind? I direct feed all of them so it cannot be that he is starving to death! He eats just fine - just looks a lot smaller and travels a lot more than he used to.

[Mik_101]

My clownfish moves all the time not a bunch but a bit allways up and down a rock.

[Geofrog]

It could be chemical warfare between your GBTA and the Sebae, with the sebae winning. Research done on the rock anemones on the west coast shows that two populations of anemones (same species) use chemical warfare to mark their territory, so that they don't encroach on each other. Could be similar in your situation.

[NateL]

+1 on the chemical warfare. Do you run carbon?

[fortheloveofcrabs]

This thread has brought up some interesting stuff, so I’ll keep this going – with a new question! So my wandering anemone split – into two. It’s in a16 gal, so it’s a little small for two of these guys, and I was wondering if I could throw one in my 55 gal- which has 2 X 96 watt pf 50/50 and 2X 96 watt 10Kk – is that enough light for a RBTA?

Thanks again all!

[howdy20012002]

IMO, the PC lighting would suffice for the BTA.
I have mine under 65 W PCs.
HTH
Neal

[fortheloveofcrabs]

Thanks... I just noticed that I wrote something pretty odd:

2 X 96 watt pf 50/50 and 2X 96 watt 10Kk

Neal, you are obviously a gibberish to English translator...!

I meat to say is that I have 2 of these...

http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s..._ID=pc-al36192