Anemone moving around the tank!

[Carrera76]

I purchased an anemone from a friend couple weeks ago and it has been moving all over the tank since day 1. I wonder what's making the anemone to continue moving around the tank. A friend of mine told me that it would pick a spot and stay there but that has not happened so far. The tank has been set up for 8 months and the lighting is 2X150 HQI + 2X39 T5.


The tank has been set up for a while and water parameters seem fine. The anemone has been in the tank for 2 weeks now. During the first few days it moved around the tank until it finally found a rock with a hole and it stayed there for a few days. My friend told me that as soon as the anemone found a spot I should start to feed it so it does not move anymore. I followed my friend's advice but then I stopped feeding it because I went away for almost a week. One day after returning from my trip I noticed that the Anemone started moving again. There is one small clown fish in the tank but he seems no to care too much for the anemone.

Calcium 400ppm
Salinity 1.022
Ammonia 0
Alkalinity 7dkh
Phosphate 0ppm
Nitrate 0.5



Any idea what I am doing wrong?

 

[Dave12678]

I heard flow could make them move better wait for the guys that been here for awhile.

 

[Carrera76]

???

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Do they like a lot of flow?

 

[joker577]

No, they don't...flow makes them irritated aka why you use a powerhead to move them off a rock

 

[monicaswizzle]

Manana--

I have no answers and the people that do (if such people exist--this is pretty new territory for the world of keeping marine ornamentals) can be pretty tight lipped on this forum (IME). However, I do have a question (or three)--

When you say the Anemone is moving all over the tank, how is it moving? Is it "gliding" on its foot, or is it rolling around like a ball or "worse yet" freely floating with the currents? I assume all, or most of the movement is via foot. Any estimate as to how fast it is moving? (Inches per hour, laps the tank in 10 seconds, etc.)

While you are at it, do you know what KIND of anemone you have? How big is the tank?

Thanks and best of luck!

 

[Carrera76]

It is gliding on its foot and it seems to ne healthy. It moves slowly, it has taking it almost all day to move from one corner of the tank to the opposite side. The Anemone is in a 50 gallon tank and it has been set up for almost a year now. It is a GBTA