My anemone is moving

[Sandyp1]

Recently acquired a Rose Anemone and had a nice open cave all set up for it. I placed it in and within a week, it found a hole in the back of the cave and sqeeked out. I have a 70g Oceanic reef tank and the a
Anemone has moved to a spot dead center in the tank in a pocket behind my live rock. Needless to say my Clowns are back there too and only come out at feeding time. Tonight I noticed the Anemone moved up but its blocked by some polyps and mushrooms that are on rocks, My question is, do I give it an exit route by moving some of the rock and coral ? Or do I wait and see where it goes next ? Its a gorgeous specimen, about 7in , and I hate the fact that you cant see it.

 

[Deanos]

Wait.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Make sure it does not travel into any powerheads.

 

[rookie07]

and watch your corals...mine rbta moved a bunch when I got it, and when I moved my tank...when it did move, it would basically kill anything that it could touch....except for the frog spawn, that held its own and ripped off an anemone tentical....

 

[grknyer]

My anemone is moving

The main reason I wont get one

 

[Wolverine57]

Like Deanos said wait! Its trying to get comfortable or looking for the right lighting. Lighting is an important factor for a RBTA, it needs sufficient amount of light, otherwise it will move or hide.

 

[Sandyp1]

Will the RBTA survive in the meantime ? There is no way I can target feed it back there . I have my wife calling me at work during the day and telling me what its doing. By 2pm its tentacles have expanded to the point where its slightly touching some zoos and mushrooms that are on some rock above it and Im a little nervous about it.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Don't move rocks to find it a path, just wait it out as they've said. ONce it finds a place where it is happy it'll stay put. Definately dont try moving the anemone or moving rocks around because it will just cause itto move even more.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Will the RBTA survive in the meantime ? There is no way I can target feed it back there . I have my wife calling me at work during the day and telling me what its doing. By 2pm its tentacles have expanded to the point where its slightly touching some zoos and mushrooms that are on some rock above it and Im a little nervous about it.

It'll be just fine without feeding. If your clowns are eating, chances are some of that food is making it to the anemone in any case. I wouldn't worry about it touching zoas, mine brushes against my zoas all day for the past month or more and both are fine. Also, its almost literally on top of a toadstool leather and the toad still expands and polyps and the anemone is fine too.

Only thing the anemone has problems with are corals like frogspawn and torches at least thats what mine has problems with.

 

[Sandyp1]

Thanks everyone........Ill keep you posted on its tank travels !

 

[JHOV2324]

i say flow is more important on where it stays

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

also if you get a chance and it moves to a rock you can move, i would place it on its own island. I had problems with my rbta moving but once it settled on a rock I moved it to where i wanted it and its been there the whole time. Just a thought........

 

[cb747]

RBTAs as with most anemones will move till THEY find a place they like. You really dont have any control over it. Hopefully itll move to a more desirable place for you. If you move it chances are it will wander again till it finds a spot it likes.

 

[salc845]

re on anemone

I have the same problem with my anemone except mine likes to hide in cave and stay in an area in the tank that has the least light and waterflow is that normal ?