Haddoni In Bare Bottom Tank?

[CoralsAddiction]

I've kept a Haddoni so I know how to care for it. However the Haddoni was in a tank with a 3" sandbed. What I would like to know is if anyone has kept one in a bare bottom tank. Thanks.

 

[Breadman03]

I've seen a few people that use a short section of large diameter PVC to give the 'nem a section of sand.

 

[OrionN]

I have not keep them in bare bottom tank but I would guess that they continue to move looking for sand

 

[Daniel62]

+1 Minh

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Thank you everyone. I saw a nice 12-14 inch metallic green Haddoni and I really want it. I am now entertaining the idea of adding live sand to my new build...something I swore to myself I did not want to do. LOL

 

[TigeBell]

use a bucket of bowl that provides 3+ inches of sand that the nem can bury its foot in. You can have bare bottom and a haddoni. $.02

 

[m0nkie]

just a random idea.. I have a powerhead on the back wall blasting forward. It moves the shallow sandbed back enough to form a beach and a sand pile. you can probably get a corner of sand for the haddoni.. just don't add as much sand. the rest of the tank will still look barebottom

 

[CoralsAddiction]

use a bucket of bowl that provides 3+ inches of sand that the nem can bury its foot in. You can have bare bottom and a haddoni. $.02

Thanks. I thought about it and this option is on top of my list of options. Only issue is if the haddoni does not like the spot and decides to move then I'll be in trouble. Lol.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

just a random idea.. I have a powerhead on the back wall blasting forward. It moves the shallow sandbed back enough to form a beach and a sand pile. you can probably get a corner of sand for the haddoni.. just don't add as much sand. the rest of the tank will still look barebottom

Thanks buddy. Your new tank (and aquascape) is looking good.

 

[phender]

I kept a haddoni in a basically bare bottom tank for quite a long time. It did however, bury its foot and column under the rock work. His foot was attached to the back glass and on a couple of occasions when he made a quick contractions, the rock work on that side of the tank was "adjusted" a little bit.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

I ended up getting a baby Haddoni as a test and put it in a Pyrex bowl. I may or may not switch it out for a larger anemone down the road...depending how things go.
At first I thought that it would bury its foot in the sand but after an hour of no/low flow it became clear the anemone wasn't going to attach. So I moved it to a larger bowl and placed a smaller piece of Live Rock in there. The anemone seems to like it.

 

[ThRoewer]

I kept a haddoni in a basically bare bottom tank for quite a long time. It did however, bury its foot and column under the rock work. His foot was attached to the back glass and on a couple of occasions when he made a quick contractions, the rock work on that side of the tank was "adjusted" a little bit.

Yeah, I had that issue with several of my past anemones, only it rather caused rock slides. And those can easily cause torn pedal disks.
A good reason to cement (or otherwise fix) your rocks together when you have anemones.