sdellin
Aquarium Advice Addict
I just bought a long tentacle anemone today. It's brown with an orange/red column. Of course it flopped over on it's side when we put it in the tank. Anyway, I dug a hold in the sand and placed the column in there and kind of piled the sand around it to hold it in place. Since then, it has opened up and is looking pretty good. It's remained standing, but I think it's moved towards the back of the tank a little bit.
The question: I've read that these guys move around a lot, but I got a recommendation to get a 3" wide piece of pvc pipe and place the column down into that, it's supposed to be just taller than the height of the sand in the tank... Has anyone done this and is it a bad thing or a good thing? I noticed that my lfs has all their anemones and corals in little pvc pipes, I suppose they don't want them moving around, killing each other before they get sold, but if it works for them...????
The question: I've read that these guys move around a lot, but I got a recommendation to get a 3" wide piece of pvc pipe and place the column down into that, it's supposed to be just taller than the height of the sand in the tank... Has anyone done this and is it a bad thing or a good thing? I noticed that my lfs has all their anemones and corals in little pvc pipes, I suppose they don't want them moving around, killing each other before they get sold, but if it works for them...????