Anemones wont stay down

[gearow]

I've tried t keep many anemones, and have had no good luck. My first died cause my tank was too young and didnt have strong light ( my tank is now as year old and i have hallide lighting). My second was a very large bubble tip, when i got it into the tank it looked fine. but it wouldn't grab on to the rock, it would just float around and i had to unplug my skimmer and filter and power head. it then movved under some rocks and its foot got cut then infected and died. I later tried a lta about the size of a ping-pong ball. it shrunk up crawled away and i dont know where it is. My next was another lta bigger about a baseball size it did good but wouldnt grad the sand, and as soon as one of my clarkii's tried to host in it it would tip over and float away.
i've tried putting them in less flow dimmer lighting and every thing i can think of then just letting them move and float around themselve. the only anemones i can keep are mini carpets that are doing well and splitting and very healthy.
I just dont know what could be wrong

 

[raoul]

We got a very unhealthy sebae anemone a year and a half or so ago. It took some time to get a good hold, would float around the tank, and at times, would be upside down. It may not be you, it may be that you're starting out with a very weak anemone.

Sorry, I don't have any other helpful ideas to pass on. I'm sure that posting the tank parameters would be helpful for those who know more than I do!

Good luck!

 

[55semireef]

Well going by your hobby experience...a 29 gallon is not a sufficient size for any anemone really except for your mini carpets and flowers.

 

[sarahkucera]

I don't think your tank is appropriate for anything other than the smaller anemones. Definitely too small for any of the LTA's.
Why don't you just stick with the mini carpets since they're thriving and healthy for you?

 

[ReefWreak]

You've just got to turn off your pumps, or set your return pumps to just blow behind your rocks or something. My condy blew around for the first 3 days that I had him, also got sucked into an overflow return, had to be cut out, and floated around again for a while. 2 nights ago, he finally found a crevice in the rock where he's happy, under an overhang. It looks pretty decent, and I'm sure it'll recover, since he looks like he's fine anyways, but I still want to get rid of him because I want something that will host.

Just give it time to settle in, with only a little flow here and there, nothing direct. Hopefully he'll attach.

 

[raoul]

We have a 30 gal and a very happy sebae that we were able to nurture back to health. On the flip side, our nem is big enough that we're limited where we can place corals in our tank, so our tank will likely be a very few fish, including our clowns that host it, some softies (zoanthids mostly) and our anemone. Luckily I like the thing so I'm not upset about dedicating a tank to it.
Ours rolled around the tank too, and we ended up placing the rock in such a way that it was difficult for the current to push it out and about the tank. We tried to take into account the needs of the nem and placed it on the sand, in a moderate flow, well lighted area. Eventually it stuck. I think if this had been a healthy specimen it would have attached more easily and quickly.

However, because our tanks are on the smaller side, I would recommend just keeping one type of anemone.

 

[55semireef]

I would't even keep an anemone in a 30 gallon at all. The smaller the tank the faster things happen in the water and anemones like stability not change.