Anemone Question?

[Jim]

Hi all, I'm ten months in on my first reef tank, and I just added my first anemone. ( A sebae ) and it seems to be hiding in the back of my tank and spends most of its time contracted. Is there some kind of special care for anemones or is this normal? Its been in my tank for about 2 weeks.

 

[NYreefNoob]

they will act funny till they find a happy spot, see ya got rid of the monster

 

[Jim]

Its been in the same spot for a week, if it doesn't like where it is shouldn't it move

 

[NYreefNoob]

have ya tried feeding it ?

 

[Jim]

I feed the tank, but I can't spot feed it because of where it is.

 

[NYreefNoob]

stick ur arm in there and give it some food, do ya have any silversides ?

 

[Jim]

yes i do. should i chop it up and if so how much should i give?

 

[aquagardener]

do you have a clownfish in the tank? if so, has it adopted the anemone yet? I've seen clowns feed their anemones in my tanks, it's a very kewl relationship.

you can chop the silverside if you want, it depends on how big the anemone is and how big the silverside is... most important is that if there are any "leftovers" you get them out of your tank