Anemone issue

[koniyakutz]

Hi guys, got two anemones for my clownfish last night and things are not looking pretty.

Both have "attached" themselves to the LR but one of them seems to be very 'nua'. I don't really know how to describe it but it seems to sliding from rock to rock and its a little slimy when I touch it.

I have attached a pic of it, can see that its quite 'nua'. Is it dying?

The other one is doing okay, it ate a small piece of prawn when I fed it last night. But, it seems to have gone MIA when I checked the tank this morning.

[prec]

anemones will move from its current position to a place where it likes.. tt explains MIA anemone..

[koniyakutz]

I was told anemones don't require strong lighting and also, they hate strong currents.

But, the websites that I have visited so far says they need strong current and lights.

Which is right?

[hotlemond]

your best bet is to get a few opnion from reefers who had keep the similar species before. one thing I experienced, they really hates direct current.

Do you have small coral rubbles? stack them around to form a small deep crevice against the LR at a low current location and place the problematic anemone there. Hopefully at least that will persuade it to attach. I had one in the past that hide itself inside the LR and later it becomes slimy and up the lorry

[Star Polyps]

Is it a green bubble tip?Or sabae?

[Lucifer]

IMO they like strong lightings bcos they r photosynthetic n they dun like strong current..

[koniyakutz]

Will anemones sting each other? The big anemone moved to the same rock as the smaller one and they are touching each other.

[LaW]

theres some reasons why anemone moves ard.

1) they dun like the current (small to mild medium current prefered)

2) searching for lights (strong lighting needed)

3) searching for more oxygen. (do something about it. skimmer too weak? or temperature too high, dissolved oxygen reduced. add a fan or a chiller if u dun have it. if u have a chiller already and a good skimmer, then oxygen its not a problem already.)

do more readings and research. Strong Lighting is surely needed.

these are my experiences in keeping anemone.

hope it helps u atleast abit.

good luck.

[LaW]

IMO they dun sting one another.

[releeps]

If they are of the same kind, they dont sting each other..I brought another RBTA to mix with my GBTA after learning this from other reefers . They r able to exist side by side with touching no prob

So if ur both are bubble tip, then no prob

[koniyakutz]

One of the anemone has moved beside my toadstool leather coral, shd I move the leather away?