Well... I bought a LTA because my old LTA died mysteriously after my clownfish started laying eggs near it... I honestly don't know why it started dying after the fish laid the eggs; it survived for 2 years+ and it has gone through extremely tough times and made it through larger than ever. In any case, on to the new LTA.
First I bought the LTA, did the acclimation - everything the works with patience.
It attached for a few weeks in a corner (turned off air pumps and everything to let it settle). It stayed in that area and then the clownfish went to host it again. (laid eggs again)
The clownfish I have, have a tendency to use their tails to brush away the sand near the anemone. I have a roughly 3-4" sandbed. They usually dust away most of the sand till it is around 1"-2" left. Unhappily, I usually gently push back some of the sand back into the area. (I understand this could of ****ed off the anemone because I sometimes burried a few tentacles while I pushed the sand back, but the fish cleared it). This happened for 2 weeks. Until suddenly it just unlatched and drifted for around 1-2weeks (something around there). It hasn't attached since.
I have tried dusting back the sand to that area and letting it sit there for a while. I have let it drift around the place only to find it drifting some more -_-. It has stung my other corals (I have an elegance coral forest which is in a drift path, always crinkling up when it drifts). It hasn't settled and I finally moved it today to my "coral tank". The sandbed however is like 1cm deep, but when I bought it, it was in a plastic floater thing with no sand - the guy had tons of them like that. Although I know that my LTA will accept both a no sand bed and a deep sand bed, I don't know why it's not attaching.
P.S the clownfish also laid their eggs in the old LTA spot. I think this could be a reason, but I really see no explanation.
Hopefully someone can provide me some information and some techniques to try to let it settle somewhere or else I'll have to return him =(.
The anemone seems to be fine even though it floats most of the time. It hasn't really shrunk and I think that he eats even while he's floating (possibly, sometimes food disappears, but sometimes the food drifts out of him).
If you need anymore information I'll be happy to give it and I hope this all makes sense. Everything is just coming off the top of my head
First I bought the LTA, did the acclimation - everything the works with patience.
It attached for a few weeks in a corner (turned off air pumps and everything to let it settle). It stayed in that area and then the clownfish went to host it again. (laid eggs again)
The clownfish I have, have a tendency to use their tails to brush away the sand near the anemone. I have a roughly 3-4" sandbed. They usually dust away most of the sand till it is around 1"-2" left. Unhappily, I usually gently push back some of the sand back into the area. (I understand this could of ****ed off the anemone because I sometimes burried a few tentacles while I pushed the sand back, but the fish cleared it). This happened for 2 weeks. Until suddenly it just unlatched and drifted for around 1-2weeks (something around there). It hasn't attached since.
I have tried dusting back the sand to that area and letting it sit there for a while. I have let it drift around the place only to find it drifting some more -_-. It has stung my other corals (I have an elegance coral forest which is in a drift path, always crinkling up when it drifts). It hasn't settled and I finally moved it today to my "coral tank". The sandbed however is like 1cm deep, but when I bought it, it was in a plastic floater thing with no sand - the guy had tons of them like that. Although I know that my LTA will accept both a no sand bed and a deep sand bed, I don't know why it's not attaching.
P.S the clownfish also laid their eggs in the old LTA spot. I think this could be a reason, but I really see no explanation.
Hopefully someone can provide me some information and some techniques to try to let it settle somewhere or else I'll have to return him =(.
The anemone seems to be fine even though it floats most of the time. It hasn't really shrunk and I think that he eats even while he's floating (possibly, sometimes food disappears, but sometimes the food drifts out of him).
If you need anymore information I'll be happy to give it and I hope this all makes sense. Everything is just coming off the top of my head
