Bubble Tip Anenome

[jdmhatch0619]

hey mr,
i just recently bought my first green bubble tip anenome. i acclimated him for 1 hour drip... put him in the tank and placed it by a rock. it atached it self to the rock and then i went down stairs to eat and ran out out to the store about 2 hours later i got home and he had moved over a foot and was within an inch of my powerhead. i turned the power head off and now he is just floating around my tank on the bottom should i do anything to him or let him just wonder.... I'm worried it will find its self a home somewhere i can't see it. btw he never touched the powerhead no damage!

 

[MeanGreenEyes]

When I got my first nem a few people directed me to this site for info: http://www.karensroseanemones.net/

It really helped...you're definitely going to have to cover your powerhead...that's how I lost my first nem...it's not a pretty sight...I came home to find a milky white tank.

 

[jdmhatch0619]

thank you!

 

[MeanGreenEyes]

thank you!

No prob...good luck...let me know how it's doing...

 

[rambler67]

When I got my first nem a few people directed me to this site for info: http://www.karensroseanemones.net/

It really helped...you're definitely going to have to cover your powerhead...that's how I lost my first nem...it's not a pretty sight...I came home to find a milky white tank.

Thanks for the link. looks like i got lucky so far with mine he moved about 6 inch when i put him in and has been there ever since and its been around 2 months so far.

Good luck with your new nem.

 

[ruha456]

How did you cover your power head??? Got any pics?

 

[rambler67]

I know they make foam covers for the mp.

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

You can use covers like the ones for the vortech, you can also buy filter foam and cut it into think sheets and use a rubber band.

That is a problem with anemones they walk where they want. Any pics of the anemone?

 

[jdmhatch0619]

5 inch bubble tip

Here mine when he got super close to the power head

 

[ruha456]

Awesome link rambler good info on there, and thanks for the advice guys I lost my rbta last week in my power head and now I know how to cover it because I definitely want to get another one. I have a gbta in there now and bought a purple one yesterday don't want these bad boys getting in there.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Bubble tips in general like most anemones will move til it likes a spot and it'll stay there unless parms change drastically in your tank and it'll move again.I placed mine on a rock stood there for one day and now it found itself on the sandbed.

 

[ruha456]

How often you guys feed your nems?

 

[rookie07]

How often you guys feed your nems?

I used to feed it krill once a week. Now i never feed it and on occasion the clowns will being food into it.

 

[stooops718]

I used to feed it krill once a week. Now i never feed it and on occasion the clowns will being food into it.

+1 on not feeding. They just get whatever floats around when I feed my fish and corals. I am thinking about starting to feed it 1/2 silverside once a week for it to grow quicker. I have spotted my smallest clown "the boy?" bringing it food and nudging around in it but the BTA is too small right now for it to fully host.

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

stoops skip out on the silverside, too much bone. If you wanna feed an anemone giving it one or two big PE mysis. Nothing more.

 

[stooops718]

stoops skip out on the silverside, too much bone. If you wanna feed an anemone giving it one or two big PE mysis. Nothing more.

Thanks for the tip. I actually got some silver sides last night. My BTA didn't take it. I figured it was the bones. What about regular uncooked shrimp from the supermarket?

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Anything that comes from the supermarket contains phosphastes or sulfates unless its literally from the water to your kitchen.

I lost three ritteri anemones when i was younger from shrimp that i was told was not previously frozen. Guess who reimbursed me for animals SHOPRITE.

The clerk admitted to his boss that he didnt know.