Adding new anemone

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axle314

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Hey guys new this forum, I have a 55g about 10lbs of live rock one power head and 110 aquaclear filter . Been runing since July and do monthly water changes. Have a large lion and a large clown. What is the best way to introduce my new long tentacle to the tank everything down to the placement, he is rather large about 7 to 9" across. I'm installing new T5's this weekend so I have my saltwater guy housing him. I have one small brown in tank that seems to be doing well been in tank for about 1week now BUT has never placed his foot yet, should I do this?
Thanks for the lesson
scott
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Hi and W E L C O M E !
Sorry you haven't had any responses yet. I have kept Anemone but I don't consider it my area of expertise so when weighing responses to your question give mine less weight
I would give extra weight to anyone who says they have kept LTs for more than a couple years.
In my experience the best way to acclimate an anemone is to place it in an empty warm bowl and let it expell its water. Keep it warm. Floating the bowl in the tank is enough to keep it warm. After several minutes it can be safely added to the tank.
As far as where to place it, it doesn't matter much because it will probably crawl around to find a place it likes. Just set it on or near a rock in a low flow area. Make sure the intakes to your powerhead and filter are covered or you risk killing everything in the tank.
LTs are NOT the easiest Anemone to keep so heed any advice you can get from anyone with a lot of experience keeping them. I have only kept BTAs and they have been easy. I'm not sure I would attempt an LT.
I have no idea on your last question. I don't know what a Brown Anemone is.
 
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axle314

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thanks, sorry all i meant was that i had a brown colored LT
Scott
 
deton8it

deton8it

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If you have sand in the tank then dig a hole in the sand and gently put the foot in the hole (preferably on bare glass) and fill the rest of the hole back in. If it is a spot that he likes he will stay put. If not, then it will not attach to the glass. My LFS told me to bury it in the sand and it will uncover itself after it attaches but I couldn't get myself to do that. Ask your LFS what the would do. They might be able to help.
By the way, please don't think that I am an expert by any means. My LTA died 2 months after I got it. My clowns were either too big or too rough for it and it died.
 
spanko

spanko

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LTA's (Macrodactyla doreensis) have a couple of "quirks". First in the wild they live in sand, mucky bottoms so they should be supplied with this type of substrate to bury their foot into. Secondly they get big, 8-10 inches across the oral disk with tentacles of 6 inches.
So in order to emulate their natural environment keep these conditions in mind.
 
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axle314

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Thanks for all the information, I do have a few inches of sand and will give this a try. Hopefully I can locate some new lights this weekend, the old coralife PC I have sure isn't helping
 
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axle314

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OK, i lost another LT today, i lost a white LT last week. I'm posting a pic of the white one from last week, they have only been in tank a week or so. you can see the dark one behind the one that is dead, now about 4 day after the 1st died the 2ND has, BUT when i came home with some new corals he looked great but then i messed with him and tried to clear sand away and get him to place his foot and stirred up everything now today he looked like the 1st, dead so i immediately removed him. this is what i was told on another local forum that why i pulled him out fast "The yellow matter could also be the nem expelling its mesenterial filaments which can be caused by a number of factors and usually is a sign that death is imminent".
I have a very big LT that is waiting at my LFS and is very muture about 8" and i want to do the right thing with him. LFS does my water and we went over it, all looked great, i did set up my new T5's yesterday and all other coral's look so much better just in a day...
 
jerth6932

jerth6932

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How many T5's do you have over your tank now? And I don't mean this rude but why not start with an easier anemone to familirize your self with them, then graduate to the more difficult ones to own?
 
bang guy

bang guy

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The Anemone could also just be contracting to eliminate waste which looks like yellow/brown matter coming out of the mouth.
I think you may have removed it too soon.
However; I agree with the previous poster that an LT is definately not the starter Anemone I would recommend.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Nevermind. I see that I've already mentioned that LT are not easy. Please accept my apologies for being repetitive.
 
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axle314

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4 bulb, yes i agree, the new mushrooms and devil's hand are looking good, i already purchased the larger one, any tips to making this time successful ?
 
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axle314

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i will wait on Spanko reply, thanks for all you guys help on this
 
gemmy

gemmy

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Honestly, I would go with an easier to care for anemone such as the bubble tipped anemone. Before adding any more anemones, I would recommend testing the water yourself. This way you can know what your parameters are and where you stand. This way you can closely monitor your water parameters.
 
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