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hey. just a quick (hopefully) question about a hatian I have in my tank. I know it has legs..he likes to move around... a lot. which can be normal for a new anemone. that's all fine and great... but when he does move, he always seems to end up under all of my rocks in shady areas, usually unlatched from any surface and his tentacles are fully deflated and drawn in. (if I was uneducated about anemones, I would've flushed it with the way it looked.) he hasn't stayed in a single spot for more than 24hrs. I know its not dead because the body is still stiff as it should, and the tentacles will still be fairly sticky and will latch to my hand and I end up fishing him out from the shade, and try to place him in a moderately flowing, and bright area towards the front. he will stay there for a good day or so, get fully expanded, nice full extended tentacles, swaying in the current. and then a day or so later he will be on the move again towards the back. same thing. deflated and unsecure. it has been goin on for a week or so. I feed him every 3 days or so, one small piece of krill, which when hes fully extended readily accepts and devours.. it almost seems like his digestion/excretion process is when he goes deflated and wont recover on his own from it.
so my question is this.....
is this normal behavior for a pink tip? to be this temperamental?
for me to have to fish him to safety almost every day?
its a 90g tank, drilled, dual flow returns going in each direction, then a pretty large powerhead that reaches all the way across the tank. coralife superskimmer in sump doing a wonderful job at keeping things clean, canister filter packed with carbon, sg is around 1.023-25. ph is 8.2. no ammonia or nitrates. and a 165 watt mars aqua led light running at 100%. I don't think my parameters are an issue with it...
and I know its not a hosting anemone. I do have a pair of clowns in the tank, but I didn't get the anemone for hosting purposes.. I like how they look when fully extended, and the movement, to me, is nice. but when hes all deflated and hidden, he looks like a blob fish with tentacles. lol
also, im aware butterfly (certain ones) eat/nip at anemones. would a b/w heniochus be a safe assumption that he will most likely agitate the 'nem? or do you think I will be safe to add one. ive always liked them, and Id love to get one, but its not worth risking the nem's life/the problems that may come with it ends up dying.
hey. just a quick (hopefully) question about a hatian I have in my tank. I know it has legs..he likes to move around... a lot. which can be normal for a new anemone. that's all fine and great... but when he does move, he always seems to end up under all of my rocks in shady areas, usually unlatched from any surface and his tentacles are fully deflated and drawn in. (if I was uneducated about anemones, I would've flushed it with the way it looked.) he hasn't stayed in a single spot for more than 24hrs. I know its not dead because the body is still stiff as it should, and the tentacles will still be fairly sticky and will latch to my hand and I end up fishing him out from the shade, and try to place him in a moderately flowing, and bright area towards the front. he will stay there for a good day or so, get fully expanded, nice full extended tentacles, swaying in the current. and then a day or so later he will be on the move again towards the back. same thing. deflated and unsecure. it has been goin on for a week or so. I feed him every 3 days or so, one small piece of krill, which when hes fully extended readily accepts and devours.. it almost seems like his digestion/excretion process is when he goes deflated and wont recover on his own from it.
so my question is this.....
is this normal behavior for a pink tip? to be this temperamental?
for me to have to fish him to safety almost every day?
its a 90g tank, drilled, dual flow returns going in each direction, then a pretty large powerhead that reaches all the way across the tank. coralife superskimmer in sump doing a wonderful job at keeping things clean, canister filter packed with carbon, sg is around 1.023-25. ph is 8.2. no ammonia or nitrates. and a 165 watt mars aqua led light running at 100%. I don't think my parameters are an issue with it...
and I know its not a hosting anemone. I do have a pair of clowns in the tank, but I didn't get the anemone for hosting purposes.. I like how they look when fully extended, and the movement, to me, is nice. but when hes all deflated and hidden, he looks like a blob fish with tentacles. lol
also, im aware butterfly (certain ones) eat/nip at anemones. would a b/w heniochus be a safe assumption that he will most likely agitate the 'nem? or do you think I will be safe to add one. ive always liked them, and Id love to get one, but its not worth risking the nem's life/the problems that may come with it ends up dying.
