When I saw him in the store his body was was stretched out, his tenticles were somewhat elongated, and he was hosting a clown. Since I brought him home (about 12 hours) it seems as if his tenticles are more bubbly, but they are not elongated. And he just looks small like when you take one out of the water. He hasn't moved other than a cm from the spot I originally places him and looks wedge in the crevasse.
Rose Anemone not expanding.
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Dkuhlmann
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It needs time to acclimate to your system. It could take a few days or a week or more, just depends.
I highly suggest that you start reading any and all BTA threads here, you will learn a lot from doing so.
Do NOT feed it! Feeding it will only stress it out more than it already is.
I highly suggest that you start reading any and all BTA threads here, you will learn a lot from doing so.
Do NOT feed it! Feeding it will only stress it out more than it already is.
That makes sense. I tried feeding it earlier and wouldn't accept my food. Thanks for the reply!
First off he actually looks great. Size in BTA is hard to determine by the size of the oral disc as their behavior makes this far from a constant. Lighting, flow, placement and abundance of food all seem to cause the nem to stretch or suck against the rock, spread wide with stretched tentacles or remain compact with bubbles. Their is little information on what actually causes them to do which.
Health is best determined by whether the mouth closes or gapes, if the nem closes up or sags at night, whether the tentacles are "sticky" and whether or not the nem has the entirety of its tentacles (they begin to lose their tips if malnourished).
As for feeding it is typically not necessary as they can survive on light and filtering alone. However, they do grow faster with once or twice a week feedings, but they should not be fed acclimating or their health appears to be fading. Nems have a one way digestive tract that is quite simple, but it makes it difficult for them to expel food at times after having eaten. If the food can't be expelled it can begin to decay in/on top of the nem causing it to stress.
I would wait at least a week before trying to feed your nem, a month would be best. Let it acclimate first.
Health is best determined by whether the mouth closes or gapes, if the nem closes up or sags at night, whether the tentacles are "sticky" and whether or not the nem has the entirety of its tentacles (they begin to lose their tips if malnourished).
As for feeding it is typically not necessary as they can survive on light and filtering alone. However, they do grow faster with once or twice a week feedings, but they should not be fed acclimating or their health appears to be fading. Nems have a one way digestive tract that is quite simple, but it makes it difficult for them to expel food at times after having eaten. If the food can't be expelled it can begin to decay in/on top of the nem causing it to stress.
I would wait at least a week before trying to feed your nem, a month would be best. Let it acclimate first.
Thank you for your reply! I was still a bit worried because it hasn't expanded after almost a couple days. It's reassuring to know that it doing well!
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