where to place rose bubble anemone in a high flow tank?

[joekidwell]

Hello everyone, I just purchased an anemone and I will be here Saturday. I have a 40 breeder with two jbj 1600 gph ocean stream powerheads on a jbj ocean pulse wavemaker so their intermittent, with my mag 7 pushing about 500 gph a total of 2,100 gph at any given time. Where should I place my anemone? Should I turn off the powerheads? If so for how long? I was thinking of making a rubble pile in the sand bed.

 

[nipit8]

what kind of nem?--regardless of type ...turn down pwer heads until it finds its "home"---if its a bta its gonna need rubble they prefer it---imo

 

[joekidwell]

what kind of nem?--regardless of type ...turn down pwer heads until it finds its "home"---if its a bta its gonna need rubble they prefer it---imo

Its a rbta

 

[LAKEM0NSTER]

joe, I usually drop mine towards the back of the tank & it will move where it wants & when it wants...

Also you MUST make sure that your power heads, pump inlets, & overflow(s) are covered with something to prevent the anemone from getting injured. After a while I've noticed that they'll suddenly decide to move around & usually at night. Eventually they'll get a little too close to one of your powerheads, & you get the idea; anemone confetti. :hmm3:

 

[joekidwell]

Should I protect the corals somehow? I have, frogspawn a few zoas and a few monti's. Reason I ask is cause I work third shift and can't really watch it.

 

[OrionN]

I don't thing there is any way you can protect the coral. BTA often move a lot to seemingly randomly. I hate to keep BTA in reef aquarium. I just cannot predict what type of environment they like.
They often like crevices where they can hide their feet then extended to the light. Lowing light and current. With that said, they sometime move a way form seemingly perfect place to hide in the dark then die there. Other time they march across multiple coral only to move back after a week or two.
I never like BTA, rose, orange, flame or otherwise

 

[tout salée]

They like high light and high flow ( I think). Wherever you place them, the will move to where they want to be anyway

 

[cfredallen]

Try to put it where it can find a nice hole in a rock to put its foot in. They really like to have their foot completely in or under a rock. Good light and flow but not blasted directly. Then hope it like the spot.

 

[joekidwell]

Im gonna put all my frags in the refugium and leave 3 others exposed and hope for the best.