Moving anemone.

[Truepercula109]

Hi guys, i bought a magnifica anemone about a month ago, it traveled to the top of the tank and has stayed there for the entire month, i had to go out and buy a pair of true percs to host it because my tank raised occys did not go inside, the true percs hosted it immediately, but it seems as they are bothering the anemone because it has not stopped moving since the started hosting it, I do not understand how they are bothering it, i got small clowns both are under 1.5" and the anemone is about 9'10" when open, so i figured it was big enough for the clowns, what can i do?? help mii! ; ;.

 

[blazing]

IMO the only u can do is just wait and give it some time to get use to the clowns. At some point it should settle down.

 

[Toddrtrex]

What lights do you have? It could just be that the Mag is moving to get more lights, and just happened to happen when you added the new clowns.

Do you still have still have the O's in the tank? If so, going to have some fighting b/t them and the true percs as they get older.

 

[Truepercula109]

Yeah there might be some fighting latter on, ill just cross that bridge when i get there, for now they get along really well, have not seen a sign of aggression from neither side, and as far as what lights do i have, i have MH and t5s, and he was at the highest part of the tank right under the 1 of the MH bulbs like 4-5" under one, and he was there for almost a month, so i highly doubt he wanted more, and the second i released the clowns after acclimation and they swam into the anemone it closed up like when you touch it with you're fingers and in about 10 minutes it was on its journey of what i think is trying to escape from the clowns, ill just give it some time as blaze suggested, but this is the first time i have had a anemone as big as this one be upset from clowns as small as these, if anyone has any other suggestions please tell me ^^.

 

[Gator Pit]

the anemone is about 9'10" when open


That's one BIG anemone !!

 

[Truepercula109]

lol sowwy i ment 9-10" LOLxd

 

[jmadison]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15098589#post15098589 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Truepercula109
Yeah there might be some fighting latter on, ill just cross that bridge when i get there

Why not set up a fish trap now, its gonna take some time to catch them. Just be a better practice of good fish husbandry IMHO.

 

[Truepercula109]

Well reason i do not is because in my last set up, i had 2 onyx and 2 true percs for about 2 and a half years, without ever fighting, they do not always fight, so i'm going to see if it happens again , if it does not then i will take them out, and they are very eassy to catch, atleast for me, if i turn the lights in the room and in the tank off, its pitch black and they swim at the front of the tank and the bottom, so very easy to catch ^^.