Carpet anenome on the move after 6 months

joeyt66

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I have a large green carpet nen. It has been doing great for over 6 months . I got it from a guy locally and he had it also for 6 mnths and said it has never looked better. Anyways got sick of waiting for my clowns to host it , i found some anenome shrimp at the lfs , so i picked up a pair of them. They went right to the nen (thumbs up)but a couple days later the nen started moving around the tank. It is now in a spot where the light is shadowing the nen (8-4' t5s). It hasnt opened up fully since moving around.
Should i put it back where it was and remove the shrimp( they seem happy) or just leave it alone for a while?
 
Any other changes lately? Did you even move a powerhead --- an moving one an inch has made mine move.

Prior to the shrimp, did the anemone host anything? I have noticed that my non hosting Haddoni is a lot more sensitive to being touched. If I touch it with the tub I use to siphon water out of the tank it will retract into the sandbed. Where as the other one (( which hosts a pair of clowns )) doesn't seem to care.

For the time being I would leave it, to see if it gets used to them. But, if still looks/acts unhappy in a week, I would take action.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14839965#post14839965 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by joeyt66
nope no other changes and nothing else has hosted it that i know of

Then I really think it is the shrimp that caused it to move.

But, just to make sure all the bases are covered, what are your current (( with numbers )) water parameters.
 
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