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toughguy80

toughguy80

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Last night my pink tip anemone launched a surprise attack on my xenia! Turned my lights on this morning to find my anemone had moved about a foot from original location and had it's tenticales waving in my xenia:scared: I but my powerhead blasting on it to push it the other way. My questions are:
1) Do you think PH alone will do the trick?
2) How long should I leave PH on it before doing something else?
3) What would be my next step?
Thanks:)
 
007

007

Active Member

Originally posted by shawnts106
. . . what are you talking about pH for? . . .
:rolleyes: I think he's referring to a PowerHead . . . .
I would try moving the xenia . . . an anemone will go where it wants. Thats why I don't bother with them.
 
cimpow137

cimpow137

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PH means power head and I think that what you are doing should work unless you have a stubborn anemone.. Can you move the xenia by any chance? :confused: If not and you anemone doesn't move by force of the PH try to make it uncomfortable in any way you can.. mess with it, touch it, just dont try to pull it off the rock until its started moving on its own..
 
toughguy80

toughguy80

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Yea, the xenia is attached to the rock. I did some searching through the board and read if worse comes to worse you can put an ice cube next to the anemone to get it to move. Don't want to go there if I don't have to. Think I'll give it a night and see what happens. Thanks all, and yes PH=power head, sorry for not clarifying:)
 
mobikobeyob

mobikobeyob

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Try putting a rock next to the anemone to barricade it and keep it from stinging the Xenia. if it climbs on the rock move the rock to the other side of the tank.
HTH
Mobi:D
 
007

007

Active Member

Originally posted by Mobikobeyob
Try putting a rock next to the anemone to barricade it and keep it from stinging the Xenia. if it climbs on the rock move the rock to the other side of the tank.
HTH
Mobi:D
The only problem I see with this is that you have to consider why the anemone was moving in the first place. If that's where it wants to go, thats where its going to go regardless of where you move it too.
 
toughguy80

toughguy80

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True 007, but he's been in the same spot for about 2 years now. I add the xenia to the tank last week and suddenly he moves closer to it. I dunno though, I might try to detach him from that rock, move that rock w/the xenia on it away and replace it with another 1 and put him on that.
 
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thomas712

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Originally posted by Mobikobeyob
Try putting a rock next to the anemone to barricade it and keep it from stinging the Xenia. if it climbs on the rock move the rock to the other side of the tank.
HTH
Mobi:D
Your hired, report to the anemone forum and start your internship.

Originally posted by 007
The only problem I see with this is that you have to consider why the anemone was moving in the first place. If that's where it wants to go, thats where its going to go regardless of where you move it too.
True enough, there has to be a reason why it want to move. It could be one small thing, one small change to the tank that makes it want to look for greener pastures. For the record I have had a BTA walk over my xenia, tip toe through some star polyps, park right next to a frogspawn and leather for a couple of days and then move on. Never bothered a thing in my case.
Thomas
 
toughguy80

toughguy80

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Good to know Thomas. They are still right next to each other but neither look like they are injuring each other. Should I just leave them be and monitor them? The anemone is no longer "leaning" towards the xenia, just sitting next to it.
 
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thomas712

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I'd leave em be for now and see what happens...hmmmm pink tip so we are talking about a condi right? They are low on the sting level as well.
One thing you might try, if he moves away from the xenia to a place you might want him to stay, feed him right there, he might take that as a sign to stay put.
Thomas
 
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