Help Killer GSM!

[slcfishead]

Hello all:
I bought a new bubble tip (entamacea quadricolor)
last tuesday from a lfs. He was doing great for the
first day or two. But he keeps moving underneath
the rock I place him on where there's no light.
Before you ask the water parameters are good:
sg 1.025, NH3=0, NO3=0, NO2=0, CA=380, Alk=Good.
I think my GSM clown is driving him off the rock.
He's very active and almost as big as the anemone.
Please Help!

 

[anydarnthing]

Just give it time, bubble-tips are notorious for moving around the tank until they find a place they like. They might wander for a week or more before they find a hole to live in, I had a Rose bubble tip wander for 3 weeks.

 

[TWallace]

Re: Help Killer GSM!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7050914#post7050914 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by slcfishead
But he keeps moving underneath
the rock I place him on where there's no light.

You're not repeatedly moving it back into the light are you? Just let it go where it wants to go. I've had my GBTA for around a month and it's still moving around occasionally, usually over night. It doesn't like to be fully exposed to the lights either, so it's almost always under a rock, barely receiving any light.

 

[slcfishead]

Phew

Phew

Thanks Any and T
From now on my anemone goes where he wants.
With all the horror stories of people losing anemones
it's easy to get worried. I'd hate to kill an animal that
could live for decades.

 

[TrevDog]

How large is your GSM? I had a 3.5" female (she recently got skewered by my urchin and died) that was too large for the RBTA in my tank. The anemone was constantly on the move, and I'm guessing it was looking for an escape of sorts.

The male now has free reign (he's only an inch or so long) and the RBTA looks fantastic....

Trevor