YAY! Clowns are finally interested in my new Anemone!

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He was hiding at the bottom of the 'cave' I have in my tank for a few days but then i just removed the rock he was attached to and moved it to the top this afternoon and finally the clowns can actually see him! They were hanging around the area where he was in the bottom of the tank for a few days but could get to him under the rocks. I think they could just smell him :) Now hopefully he'll hang around for a while. I think there's a good chance as long as the darn cleaner shrimp stop harassing (cleaning) him!!
 
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Oops! Spoke a little too soon. 10 minutes later from exactly sam angle. (left the camera on a tripod). He's already on the move heading DOWNWARD!! Booooooo!!!!
 
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Well I flipped the rock and got a good photo of him but I think this is going to be a lesson in futility because he's on his way down again. Oh well. I'm gonna leave him alone now ...
 
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I don't think so. It's kinda stressing me out. If he's on the bottom all the time hiding under rocks, how is it going to get the correct amount of light?
He's actually seemed to land it in a REALLY cool spot! I hope he stays here!!!
 
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Well bitter sweet update. Clowns were really not interested in the Anemone at all but my Peppermint Shrimp seemed to be. I have 3 of them ... now 2. One Shrimp got a little too ambitious and was going at it right on the top of the Anemone picking at it for food. I think you all know the end result of that. Now, like magic all of a sudden the clowns are on top of the what is now completely closed up Anemone. Also there's a battle going on as well. One of the other 2 remaining Peppermint shrimp is really trying to get in there an get some bits of what was my 3rd shrimp and the clowns seem to be trying to 'motivate' the shrimp to go away. Also the bigger female Clown every so often reminds the smaller male who's in charge! It's really interesting to watch!
 
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Originally Posted by SpiderWoman
http:///forum/post/2501742
You may want to cover your powerheads intake. I lost an anemone to it.
Beautiful anemone you have there :)
Thank you so much! Does anyone have any advice or a photo of what I should put over the intake? I know I can buy a black aesthetic cover for the rear of the tank to cover all of that stuff but I'm not sure about it's effectiveness for this particular reason?
 
iowafish

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Heteractis dorensis?
Or is the bulb different from the bubble? Yours looks like it has such nice, short compact tenticles -- different from most bubbles I've seen. I don't mean to belabor this; I'm just curious since your specimen is so lovely. I'd like to find one for myself one day.

KH
 
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