Bubbletip Missing!!!

fishfanny79

Member
My bubbletip anemone was wondering around the tank a few days ago...all around the glass, all around my 140lbs of lr...just looking for somewhere to settle down I assume. 2 nights ago he was looking great and was set in a hole in my lr, but when I got up yesterday morning he was gone! Whe I got home from work last night, still not anemone. Did something eat him or did he disintegrate or something? If he's just hiding in the lr, why would he do this? Here is a list of my livestock (90gallon)
1 Tiger Cowie snail
1 small urchin
2 false percula clowns
1 Peppermint shrimp
5 blue leg hermits
many other little crabs
Any help is appreciated!
 

ctgretzky9

Member
If you dont see bits of it floating around etc, more than likely he is just hiding. They make a mess when they disintegrate and/or are torn apart.
They are almost impossible to find when they shrink up to hide as they can take their entire mass and shrink down to the size of a dime. They can stay like this for a long time too. I have seen mine get bothered by the couple of HUGE zebra hermits i have, and they dissappear in seconds. And even though I know where it is, I can barely see it and I have to look really well.
Dont worry yet.
 

jobob

Member
i had a lta miissing for about 3months, i was switching my tank to a 55gsal and i found him under a rock, about 1inch and white. he was 5-6in and brown when i got him. it took him about 5months in the new tank to start to move. last week!!! i did upgrade my lights to metal halide, im not sure if thats what caused him to move??? but he hasnt stop yet???
 

pyro

Active Member
Sorry to drift from the topic...
Jobob, did you accilmate your tank to the new lights?
 
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