Anemone tank placement

[Tommy081708]

Bought my first anemone today, red tip bubble. I super glued it to a nice chunk of LR I just can't figure the best placement for the rock. Any ideas? Also how long does it take them to get used to the new environment, it hasn't extended yet. I did get a bit of glue on some of the polyps (think I put to much glue) but I figured it would come off once it extends. Thanks in advance

 

[m0nkie]

did you really super glue the bubbletip anemone?

I think you should immediately remove it if it's still possible.. anemones can stick by themselves. They move around till they find a spot and sticks. DO NOT GLUE IT DOWN

if it's stuck on for good, maybe try a lower spot with some shade.. then move it out of the shade slowly. hope it lives!

 

[Tommy081708]

did you really super glue the bubbletip anemone?

I think you should immediately remove it if it's still possible.. anemones can stick by themselves. They move around till they find a spot and sticks. DO NOT GLUE IT DOWN

if it's stuck on for good, maybe try a lower spot with some shade.. then move it out of the shade slowly. hope it lives!

yeah the guy at the lfs told me they tend to move around alot and I didn't want it just floating around the tank. Why can't they be super glued?

 

[xsean911x]

Yeah an anenome wont like being glued. probably not good for its tissues. You should never glue any soft tissue. Anenomes stick very well on their own and almost always find their own placement fine. Everytime I would place mine they would just move somewhere else

 

[shesacharmer]

Oh em gee! Say it's not true. That's like gluing a cat to a pillow so it stays where you put it. It will likely die.

 

[Rob6311]

Ok I just want to start off by saying that I'm not yelling or freaking out on you, I don't think your stupid because everyone makes mistakes we just need to figure out how this mistake is going to be resolved.Ok well first off I'd just like to say that glueing an anemone is not a good idea at all, it likes to move around and find a place to call home that's perfect for your individual anemone. And second I was reading your post and I get the feeling that you think that an anemone is a piece of coral, which is not true but a common misconception, it doesn't have polyps it had tentacles and it is an invertebrate, it moves around using it's foot kinda like a mollusk but it's not a mollusk it just kinda moves like one, and the tentacles don't always extend, a lot of the times they do stay bubbles, my suggestion would be not to have an anemone in a reef tank if your a beginner because of the fact that it likes to move around and can sting your corals even veterans of the hobby like to stay away from anemones with corals in the same tank. But now that I've given you brief knowledge about anemones we need to figure out what your going to do about this. Ok so if you keep the anemone glued to a rock I'm 95% certain that it's going to die unless you go online and you learn the signs of a healthy and happy anemone and you move the rock every single time it doesn't seem happy which even for a veteran hobbiest would be difficult and even if you did that most likely you would not be able to keep up with the demands of the anemone because it can move and find a new spot many times a day. The second option i can come up with is to remove the anemone as carefully and I mean as carefully as possible because if you tear it's foot (the body) even a little bit it'll most likely die because it's hard to even get a non-glued anemone off a rock. But in the end I'm sorry to say, you are most likely going to end up with a dead anemone which is sad and stinks for you because I know anemones can be costly but this is definitely a learning experience for you

 

[BleuFish]

Hey I remember reading this a while back, how did the nem turn out?

 

[hotelbravo]

this..thread...blows my mind. :headwally:
:thumbdown
I wonder how it turned out

 

[heathlindner25]

this..thread...blows my mind. :headwally:
:thumbdown
I wonder how it turned out

and you just read my mind...lol

 

[davocean]

That's like gluing a cat to a pillow so it stays where you put it.

Does this really work?
Cause my cat's been a pain lately!

Yeah I'm going to guess this may have been a joke post...:spin1:

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Bought my first anemone today, red tip bubble. I super glued it to a nice chunk of LR I just can't figure the best placement for the rock. Any ideas? Also how long does it take them to get used to the new environment, it hasn't extended yet. I did get a bit of glue on some of the polyps (think I put to much glue) but I figured it would come off once it extends. Thanks in advance

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I have not read any further than the first post. Whatever in the world possessed you to do something like this? :uzi:

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Oh em gee! Say it's not true. That's like gluing a cat to a pillow so it stays where you put it. It will likely die.

I agree, he probably killed it with the glue. I'll be surprised if this anemone lives a week.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Ok I just want to start off by saying that I'm not yelling or freaking out on you, I don't think your stupid because everyone makes mistakes we just need to figure out how this mistake is going to be resolved.Ok well first off I'd just like to say that glueing an anemone is not a good idea at all, it likes to move around and find a place to call home that's perfect for your individual anemone. And second I was reading your post and I get the feeling that you think that an anemone is a piece of coral, which is not true but a common misconception, it doesn't have polyps it had tentacles and it is an invertebrate, it moves around using it's foot kinda like a mollusk but it's not a mollusk it just kinda moves like one, and the tentacles don't always extend, a lot of the times they do stay bubbles, my suggestion would be not to have an anemone in a reef tank if your a beginner because of the fact that it likes to move around and can sting your corals even veterans of the hobby like to stay away from anemones with corals in the same tank. But now that I've given you brief knowledge about anemones we need to figure out what your going to do about this. Ok so if you keep the anemone glued to a rock I'm 95% certain that it's going to die unless you go online and you learn the signs of a healthy and happy anemone and you move the rock every single time it doesn't seem happy which even for a veteran hobbiest would be difficult and even if you did that most likely you would not be able to keep up with the demands of the anemone because it can move and find a new spot many times a day. The second option i can come up with is to remove the anemone as carefully and I mean as carefully as possible because if you tear it's foot (the body) even a little bit it'll most likely die because it's hard to even get a non-glued anemone off a rock. But in the end I'm sorry to say, you are most likely going to end up with a dead anemone which is sad and stinks for you because I know anemones can be costly but this is definitely a learning experience for you

Words of patience and wisdom.

I just realised this is an old thread. I am still in shock that this happened.

 

[ericarenee]

Does this really work?
Cause my cat's been a pain lately!

Yeah I'm going to guess this may have been a joke post...:spin1:

NO
You
Should
NOT
Do
This... But technically its possible

Just please do NOT Please :debi:

 

[Apartmenttank]

why are people asking what happened? a lot of people struggle to keep an anemone in there tank let alone one that is super glued to a rock. it died that simple

 

[BleuFish]

why are people asking what happened? a lot of people struggle to keep an anemone in there tank let alone one that is super glued to a rock. it died that simple

where did he say that it died?

 

[hotelbravo]

where did he say that it died?

i believe he is assuming it died because of the odds of survival are low in this situation

 

[Apartmenttank]

i believe he is assuming it died because of the odds of survival are low in this situation

That or it's a troll post, I hope the 2nd is true