My first anemone

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Scrandrew

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I just purchased my first anemone. It is a rose colored bubble tip. I have done the reading, but, I would like some input from those who are experienced. That being said, it attached to a rock in my tank within hours. However, it does not open very much, only minimally. I purchased it from Uberfrags as MACNA. Therefore, it spent time in transit to the show, spent an additional two days sitting there, and then spent six hours driving back from Pittsburgh in my car. It shows no sign of any injury and has spectacular reddish/orangish/pinkish color. My questions are, how long will it take to open fully? How long before it moves to its place of choosing? Do your anemones of this type prefer higher in the tank or lower? Does your wander much? Any input on this anemone (I believe the species name is Quadricolor) would be helpful.

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A lot of it will do with the quality of your water before it finally feels happy and will open up and settle in a place its most comfortable with. Some nems wander quite a bit, others not so much. What type of lighting are you using? The nem will sit where it feels most comfortable where it can get tons of light...in some tanks that may be higher up than in others. It does seem as though the nem may be a little stressed out from all the moving its done over the past few days. If you acclimated it properly and slowly and your water quality is good I'd say just give it some time for it to "de-stress" and get comfortable.
 
Sounds like everything is good...lighting is perfect for nems, good water quality. Make sure you don't have a pump pointed right at the nem as well, that could cause it a little stress while acclimating to. Of course, the nem would normally move out of a spot where it's uncomfortable but it's been through a few water changes over the past few days, it's probably shocked like crazy. Since you say the nem shows no injury I'd definitely say it's just stressed out. Keep your eye on it and in a week or two you'll definitely start to see a difference in it's behavior and it will open up nice a big for you :)
 
The story continues...

The story continues...

Well...I get up this AM to see my anemone. He has gone AWOL. I can find him nowhere, albeit only the T5's are on. My skimmer is not producing any excess sludge, so, I suspect that he is not dead. But, I cannot find him. There are no powerheads in my tank so I doubt that he was sucked up into anything. Thoughts...

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I'd check your water levels for ammonia tonight and then just keep looking. It could have crawled to a spot on the back side of your tank where you can't see it, which is unfortunate, or it may be hidden in a crack or cave somewhere to get out of the light as it may find the darkness an easier place to acclimate. Did you keep your lighting off for a while after acclimating it into your tank? Possibly turn your lights off for the rest of today and see what happens.
 
found him...

found him...

Apparently, during the night, he entered into my overflow box. Now, my tank is a predrilled 210 All Glass. The predrilled overflow has slits for the drainage, which run at the top and the bottom of my tank, which are about 3/4 of an inch tall by 1/8 of an inch wide. He is between the outer wall and in the inner wall of the overflow, in a space about 1/2 of an inch wide. He appears to be open and inflated somewhat. Now, I am not sure what to do. I cannot take the overflow apart as it is premade. I thought I might try to coax him out, but, I am not sure how to do it. Therefore, I turned off my pump that it is fed by the overflow (to break the current). I covered the top of the overflow so that no light could get in. My halides are on now. So, my theory is, that he will stick his body out of the overflow to go to the light. If not, I cannot leave my pump off indefinately as it feeds my fuge and the skimmer. There is a bit of circualtion in my main tank now because of my Wave2K. But, this cannot last forever. Please help me!

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Wow. Your nem is between the plastic inner and outer bulkheads to the overflow? If that's the case, I honestly cannot think how to get it out without risking damage to the anemone. You'll likely have to work something underneath it, acting as a cradle, and gently try to 'convince' it to come up and out. The worst part I'd think is if it's actually attatched itself down there. You may have to keep gentle but constant pressure on it until it lets go, then work it up and out. At any rate, I certainly wish you the best of luck in a pretty bad situation.
 
The crazy thing

The crazy thing

The crazy thing is that it appears to be open in there. When i shut the pump off, it appeared to decrease in size. I suppose this is a lost cause, unless, perchance, he decides to amble out of there.

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