Hey guys,
I've had a LTA for approximately 2 weeks and he still hasn't put his foot down. Drip acclimated approx. 2 hours. Have tried holding him places with strategically placed rocks, have tried digging down to the aquarium bottom and placing him there in several different tank spots...I'm really at a loss for what to do now. Tonight, I used a small plastic container with the bottom cut out to form a little sand free (almost) area for him to attach to the bottom- waited a bit...nothing. Added a few pieces of rubble to the bottom of the "plastic dish with no bottom" after reading that they like coral rubble to attach to...still nothing- its been about 2 hours. Any other suggestions if this doesn't work. I'm getting really worried about him as he hasn't eaten at all during this time. This is my first shot with an anemone of any sort, so I'm sure that this is my bad somewhere. I've left him alone for 3-4 days in between each attempt to help him get attached as I've also read not to mess with them too much because it will take longer for them to attach. Water parameters are good and get checked regularly. Calcium was a bit low but has slowly come up- now 456. He is not bleached to the best of my knowledge- ie doesn't look like any of the other bleached corals/anemone's I've seen, still has the same color as when purchased (bright orange foot with green/brown tentacles- a few are beigeish...so maybe this is the beginning of bleaching??) He has expanded slightly on some evenings, but he hasn't ever been what I would consider to be fully opened. He has two oscellaris clowns hosting him- could they be messing with him too much? I've read that they can sometimes be too aggressive when the anemone is first getting established. They are away from him several hours at a time during the day when I have watched them.... When I handle him, he still retracts to my touch and I can still feel stickiness to his tentacles.
Sorry for such a long post, I just figured I would give you as much information as I could in hopes of finding a solution for my guy. Any help you can provide would be wonderful!!
Thanks!
Melissa
I've had a LTA for approximately 2 weeks and he still hasn't put his foot down. Drip acclimated approx. 2 hours. Have tried holding him places with strategically placed rocks, have tried digging down to the aquarium bottom and placing him there in several different tank spots...I'm really at a loss for what to do now. Tonight, I used a small plastic container with the bottom cut out to form a little sand free (almost) area for him to attach to the bottom- waited a bit...nothing. Added a few pieces of rubble to the bottom of the "plastic dish with no bottom" after reading that they like coral rubble to attach to...still nothing- its been about 2 hours. Any other suggestions if this doesn't work. I'm getting really worried about him as he hasn't eaten at all during this time. This is my first shot with an anemone of any sort, so I'm sure that this is my bad somewhere. I've left him alone for 3-4 days in between each attempt to help him get attached as I've also read not to mess with them too much because it will take longer for them to attach. Water parameters are good and get checked regularly. Calcium was a bit low but has slowly come up- now 456. He is not bleached to the best of my knowledge- ie doesn't look like any of the other bleached corals/anemone's I've seen, still has the same color as when purchased (bright orange foot with green/brown tentacles- a few are beigeish...so maybe this is the beginning of bleaching??) He has expanded slightly on some evenings, but he hasn't ever been what I would consider to be fully opened. He has two oscellaris clowns hosting him- could they be messing with him too much? I've read that they can sometimes be too aggressive when the anemone is first getting established. They are away from him several hours at a time during the day when I have watched them.... When I handle him, he still retracts to my touch and I can still feel stickiness to his tentacles.
Sorry for such a long post, I just figured I would give you as much information as I could in hopes of finding a solution for my guy. Any help you can provide would be wonderful!!
Thanks!
Melissa
. I just put it in the cup last night hoping that it would help to hold it in place so it would attach. I've tried the digging a hole and placing it there...thought it was doing good for about a day, and then it slowly migrated up and out...
