New anemone

justthewife

justthewife

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Got a new anemone in my fish only tank (90 gallons). When at the LFS it was pretty bleached but had a tight mouth but no one could identify what kind it was but they said it was probably an GBT. Ok, so I have had anemones before and they thrived so well I had to rehome them. This one I have had for two weeks now and it won't attach to anything. It is now a neon green color with white tips and in a cave on the sand bed. It won't attach. It hates my flow which is only at 15% right now to try to get it to attach to something. It just floats around and acts like a jellyfish with a pulsing motion and it appears to be swimming. It also keeps getting face planted stuck on the powerhead (I have a foam guard on it) and it does not appear damaged at all. My other anemones in the past had all attached within hours. It has gotten bigger and eats well and the color is way better. We have caribsea liferock. Does it not like my rock?
 
How did you acclimate? Any parameter concerns? I have never been very good at keeping bta's (if thats what it is) either. A picture to identify would help.
 
Cliving1 said:
How did you acclimate? Any parameter concerns? I have never been very good at keeping bta's (if thats what it is) either. A picture to identify would help.
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Drip acclimated him for about an hour or so. Parameters are all normal except maybe nitrates are at 5. He seems pretty healthy to me. He looks a ton better than when we got him. I will get a picture when he comes out of the cave and swims around lol.
 
From my experience with GBTA, they are pretty finicky. They tend to move around more and takes longer to acclimate, also my took longer to recover from bleaching. But all my rbta was good from day one.
 
I had a carpet anemone that would not attach anywhere. I put it in a ceramic coffee mug, where it stayed attached. The foot was not in light. They hate to have light shining on the foot. Then I could place it somewhere to my liking. Considering light and flow was to its liking. I stacked some rock around to to hide the mug. It stayed put for a year until I rehomed it.
 
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They don't always seem able to dig/root, by themselves.

They want to be in a place where the flow brings them stuff, and they want sand for their foot. But if you bury a plastic cup (no sharp edges), and place it's foot in there, you can get it to settle.
 
Small Heavens said:
It is a Macrodactyla Doreensis (long tentacle anemone, or LTA).
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Thank you. Will it attach to the glass under the sand eventually then? Or do I do something else for it? It was pretty colorless when I got it but now a lot greener. Is he still recovering then? I didn't think it was an LTA because the body or foot is white. Maybe more bleached than I thought.:hmm2:
 
Small Heavens said:
They don't always seem able to dig/root, by themselves.

They want to be in a place where the flow brings them stuff, and they want sand for their foot. But if you bury a plastic cup (no sharp edges), and place it's foot in there, you can get it to settle.
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Thanks, I will try that. Otherwise, will he eventually get big enough to not be blown around?
 
Since it is getting stronger, I guess it will dig in eventually.

I gave mine too much light and had to slow down, but it was only slightly bleached from the import itself, but it also had that pale base on it. I'm not sure if it just means that it has eaten all its reserves or something? I think their base will colour back up in time. I think that variant is nicknamed white tip but I don't recall where they are collected exactly. They do have a great green and I hope you'll love it:)
 
If possible:

Create a trap in the flow patter in the tank, so the Nem feels like all the flows in the world is best right there, or it will jump the flow in an attempt to find the spot that gets the most food etc. I think they give up sometimes on the rooting but it is just an impression of mine though.

Enjoy
 
Oh I had one just like it, it's a white tip neo green Macrodactyla Doreensis, you can clearly see the central circle of tentacles there.

I had it for a month, then added two clowns who dug out its root constantly until it gave up...

But they are gorgeous and actually very rare.
The LTA is the hosting Nem with the least global spread and those neo-white tip kinds are not that common a variant.

It wasn't the type I wanted to host myself, so I got another one now but it is definitely a white tip neo macrodactyla.
 
justthewife said:
Thank you. Will it attach to the glass under the sand eventually then? Or do I do something else for it? It was pretty colorless when I got it but now a lot greener. Is he still recovering then? I didn't think it was an LTA because the body or foot is white. Maybe more bleached than I thought.:hmm2:
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The column is entirely white?
 
Not to add to the confusion, but what does the foot look like? Does it have prominent verrucae? Can u take a pic? I'm asking bc the tentacles look like a magnifica nem to me.

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