[poccoe61]

i recently (two days ago) purchased this anemone (i think its a bubble tipped, please comfirm?):

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the pet store guy said it was well as it dug in to the substrate rather quickly. i got it home, acclimated it, and placed it in the tank. now it seems to be sluggish and isn't very responsive. also, it seems half way closed (hard to tell from the picture) in the front.

i also have two true percula clowns which are still juveniles. they seem to just stay at the top of the tank (at the water level) and won't really approach it. do they not know what it is? are they frightened? stressed?

tank set up:
10gallon nano reef tank
CaribSea 20 lb live sand
12 pounds live rock
heater, of course (keeps at 78deg F)
96 watt power compact 50/50 actinic/10,000K
various coral frags (seem well and open)
two true percula clowns (only about an inch long).
one blue tipped damsel (not aggressive towards the clowns)
the sea anemone, of course
and clean up crew consisting of various snails/hermits


any help would be greatly appreciated.

[sarha]

check your water perameters it takes awile for the stress of being moved to wear off for everybody. if you water perameters are ok he'll most likely be ok. it's beautiful! don;t poke at it or anything this will cause more stress. your clowns may or may not ever go into it only time will tell.

[poccoe61]

i think hes doing ok now. hes more full and open. water params seem to be ok, pH never fluctuates, temps holding at about 78degF. i did a 20% water change (i always use RO water for changes) to lower nitrates (if there were any) to reduce any stress he might be getting. salinitys around 1.023.

Also he seems to be slowly spitting up...well...sand. i made the mistake of putting him in there with my old sebae who was around 4 inches long and seemed to like kicking up sand mountains, so maybe its simply spitting up what it was choking on.

also, do anemones tend to close//shrivel up after you turn out the light for the night time much like my corals?

anyway i'm still relatively new to the hobby (9 years freshwater experience, few months of marine), yet have done quite a bit of research so i think i've got a slight hang of it now. i can safely say i've only lost one blue legged hermit crab in my saltwater endeavors.

[sarha]

mine shrival up ones a day or every few days, like they do there busines and take a nap seems to be quite nomal and mine close when ever they feel like it day or night doen't matter

[poccoe61]

ah ok. inverts with no brains seems to have minds of their own. thanks a lot tho. i'll continue to monitor him, he seems to be doing well now.

[sarha]

i've had my bubble for four years now and he seems to have a mind of his own wandering around coming and going as he pleases.

[jade4286]

most anenomes will keep moving til they find a spot they really like (water flow, light etc..) i have 2 rock flower anenomes which thankfully tend to stay put

[bnhaus]

They do move to find the right spot.

True percula's sometimes do not take to bubble tips.

My anemone deflated every few days. Very normal.

[eldalote2]

I have a false perc, will he host in a bubble tip?

[DEWAYNE]

I would be surprised if he did, for some reason, they just don't seem to like that kind of anenome, then again I have seen it happen, just not very often, but everything you said about its behavior is very normal.