Nah he was doing the twirly dance all over the tank even with the tunze on their lowest settings. Didnt want it to go into te back part of the rock work work or else I would have to tear apart the whole tank to get to it. So far so good its anchord its foot. I feed it bits of silverside this morning and it took it with out spitting it out. Ill feed it again this Friday or Sat just to help get it back into a good spirit.
How to bury LTA into sand bed?
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No it died this afternoon. My wife did a video chat with me around 9pm and it was open and looking good with the mouth tightly closed. When I got home it was curled up inside the cup. I shone a light on it and it reacted and started to open up. I went to bed and when i woke up this afternoon it was still kinda curlex up but its foot was elongated. I decided to scoop it up and out of the hole and that's when i saw multiple lacerations to the side of its body and the door had a major hole and seeping its internaal organs. I took it out and got rid of it. I have ideas how it could have gone from looking good to looking like it got beat up. The only.things I have caught near by at night were my peppermint shrimps. I did read that red camel backs look similar to peppermints so not sure about that. It definately looked like it was harrassed by something though. Ons side note my. Condy nem is alive and doing well. Thanks for all your help but looks like I am going to have to be contempt with my Condy as I can't seem to keep these beautiful creatures.
sorry to hear. Wish I could have been more help...No you have been of great help and it is truly appreciated. Any suggestions on an anemone that will be less of a struggle to try and get acclimated to my tank? I really wanted the whole clownfish anemone symbiosis but I dont think its gonna happen with either species of anemones. If I try again I will look for one that has buried its foot into the sand so atleast I know it will be able to do so. I would like a sebae again so any particular suggestions? In the meantime I will see about catching the shrimps and putting them in the sump as i firmly believe they were the ones harrassing it. Just don't know why those anemones and not my condylactus.
BonsaiNut
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I would try a BTA - E. quadricolor. The easiest clown anemone to keep, low sting, and they are rock anemones so you don't have to worry about digging them into sand 
Plus they reproduce asexually fairly easily, so you may be able to find clones locally for a low price. In my personal opinion BTA's are even easier to keep than condylactus.
Plus they reproduce asexually fairly easily, so you may be able to find clones locally for a low price. In my personal opinion BTA's are even easier to keep than condylactus.Toxiq reef
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How old is your tank?
BonsaiNut
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Doesn't matter in slightest what color morph they are - as long as they are healthy when they come into your tank. In my personal opinion captive raised clones are better in this case because they are coming right from another person's tank and may have suffered less abuse from handling then anemone that come in from the wild via a long distribution network.
boilermaker1
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Question on the original subject... I just got an LTA from DD this morning, I drip acclimated it for 3 hours and I just "planted" it in my tank. I too was having the same issues as the OP, getting it to sit down in the hole, with the same 30" deep tank problem. It took a snorkel to be able to reach far enough down, but was able to do it with a gloved hand... I swept a hole open and gently pulled the nem in, then using my thumb to gently hold down the anemone, i pulled sand back all around it. Its mostly buried and its in a sand pile probably in the neighborhood of 5" deep... question is, now that its mostly buried, will it pull itself in deeper? its kinda deflated still from shipping, although it looks very good, but once it starts inflating, I'm sure it'll have a decent bit sticking out the top of the sand...
Edit: that didnt take long... it seems to have unburied half of itself. I dont think there's too much flow now (2 MP40W turned all the way to low in a 220), maybe its still just ticked off from shipping. I'm going to leave it until the lights come on and see what it decides to do with the other half of itself.
Edit: that didnt take long... it seems to have unburied half of itself. I dont think there's too much flow now (2 MP40W turned all the way to low in a 220), maybe its still just ticked off from shipping. I'm going to leave it until the lights come on and see what it decides to do with the other half of itself.
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BonsaiNut
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I didn't see this post until now. Did you get your LTA to settle in?
boilermaker1
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Yeah, it took an extra try, but I got him down onto the bottom glass and filled the hole in around him. Its been a week at this point, it hasnt moved around and it opens fully to the light, so I'd say he's happy where he his.
atreis
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My LTA buried itself all on its own once it was happy. Just to warn you, until they're happy they walk around A LOT.
Mine was bleached totally white when I bought it, but was otherwise in obvious good health. I took a risk on it and it's now a year old and a very pretty green/brown/purple combination. It's also not gone for a walk for about 10 months and is host to a pair of true percula clowns that were in there before it was. (FYI - it wasn't until about 6 months ago that it started hosting the clowns. That sometimes takes a while.)
BTW - when they walk, they're not the brightest creatures... Mine always walked at night. One night I watched it and over the course of about an hour it pulled itself through a hole in the rockwork, around to the front of it, then back through another hole and ended up right back where it started. It then stayed there for the rest of the night and the following day.
Mine was bleached totally white when I bought it, but was otherwise in obvious good health. I took a risk on it and it's now a year old and a very pretty green/brown/purple combination. It's also not gone for a walk for about 10 months and is host to a pair of true percula clowns that were in there before it was. (FYI - it wasn't until about 6 months ago that it started hosting the clowns. That sometimes takes a while.)
BTW - when they walk, they're not the brightest creatures... Mine always walked at night. One night I watched it and over the course of about an hour it pulled itself through a hole in the rockwork, around to the front of it, then back through another hole and ended up right back where it started. It then stayed there for the rest of the night and the following day.
