Anemone that never opens???

[Brian7002]

A fellow reefer in town had an anemone that would never open... for like a year. Moved around the tank a lot, but never opened. So he bought a second anemone a month or so ago and it is open, happy, etc. I adopted the sad one it thinking maybe it's just the tank... lights, levels, etc. Any advise on getting this finnicky anemone to feel comfortable in my tank?

I think it's a sebae, but not positive... right now he's about the size of a quarter, all closed up... or maybe he lost his tenticles???

28G w/ 150w MH

Thanks!

 

[jdyer88]

unhappy nems rarely become happy, unless in the hands of experienced nem keepers

 

[bradleym]

If you were to post a pic you might get an ID, and with an ID you can get a good idea of what it's looking for i.e. high or low flow, rock or sand, high or low light, etc.

That said, all anemones like REALLY clean water and a stable environment.

Also, there are some non-photosynthetic anemones that don't care about lighting and mostly just open at night or to feed.

 

[wfournier]

unhappy nems rarely become happy, unless in the hands of experienced nem keepers

jdyer88 please don't take this personally. I am not sure that how I took this was how you meant for it to be taken and I don't want to cause any problems. I have some strong feelings about this subject lol.

I'm sorry but this is quite possibly one of the most incorrect statements I have seen, and statements like this push our hobby backwards. The health and happiness of any animal that we keep has NOTHING to do with the experience of the keeper and everything to do with the conditions they are kept under. Yes people with more experience may have better insight into what conditions are ideal and what to watch out for and ultimately be more likely to be successful, however there is no reason that with the proper care a "noob" can't keep some of these "difficult" animals if they take the proper time to research and provide the proper conditions for them.

Instead of saying that unless you have X amount of experience with this you cant do that maybe we should help educate those with less experience. Unfortunately far to many animals die at the hands of those who don't know how to properly care for them. Everyone should know what they are getting into before obtaining any specimen and buying something without doing the proper research is irresponsible (I'm not saying that is what happened here I don't know enough of the background). The best means to ensure the survival of these animals (short of halting their collection) is for people to share knowledge.

 

[syrinx]

+1000% WF. anyone with any experience in this hobby knows a lucky beginer often does things he doesn`t know he can`t do, while a experienced person tells him why what he is doing can`t be done.

 

[steelhead77]

+1000% WF. anyone with any experience in this hobby knows a lucky beginer often does things he doesn`t know he can`t do, while a experienced person tells him why what he is doing can`t be done.

Well said, syrinx.

A person could have years of experience doing something wrong, yet he still is considered to have years of experience.

Everyone's tank is different and what may not have worked for one person, may be the perfect thing for the next.