Long Tentacle Anenomie's don't like to be seen

[skennelly]

Greeting fellow reefers,

I have 2 LTA's and they always want to move towards the back of my tank behind all the rocks where no one can view them. I have one that moved behind the rocks and then opened bigger then I've ever seen it. Why do do this? It makes it very difficult to impossible to feed them.

I want to show them off, but they prefer not to be seen.
I physically tried moving one before and later that day it moved itself again behind the rocks. Since I just let them do as they wish.

Is this a sign of anything going on in the tank, that I should be aware of?

Sean

[Jason McKenzie]

It could be a water flow issue. Meaning they are looking for a place that has some flow but not a whole ton. Is the viewing areas you want them in high flow areas?

J

[skennelly]

The front of the tank definitely gets the most amount of water flow as apposed to behind the rocks where flow is still there, but not nearly as high. It would be nice if they moved to the front of the tank, but as long as they are happy and healthy I don't care.

Sean

[Craig Manoukian]

Sean,

Good attitude! Either change the flow or leave them be, those ar your options.

[skennelly]

Yeah, maybe I'll play around with the flow and see what happens.

Thanks

[OoNickoC]

I just got a BS in the art of "Non-Invasive Anemone Manipultatory Skills" (really a big ol BS)....the motion of ur ocean plays a big role.....some have it.....others want it.....but everybody needs it! Ne ways....
Just play with your PH's a bit....I've always hand a minimum of 3 PH's on some sort of wave maker in all my tanks (larger than 5 gals).....but even with endless experiments some anemones just refuse to be sociable.

[tangov559]

My LTA doesnt even stick to anything. It just floats freely so i put i behind my rocks. The funny thing is that it eats whenever i feed it too. Is this normal?