My anenome is hiding....help!

[learnlaw]

Hi Everyone:

I am a newbie....I have had my tank up and running for almost 3 months now. Things have been going well till now. I have a 70 gal, 30" tall tank, Sundial T-5 2 10 k daylight lamps and 2 actinic, 75 lbs of live rock and an approx. 10 gal sump, coralife super skimmer, and 2 powerheads. I have attached pics to share.

Livestock: 4 chromis, 1 niger trigger, 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 false perc clowns, 2 PJ cardinal's, 2 scooter blenny's and a cleaning crew. I put in a fairly small mushroom, 3 small polyps about 2 weeks ago and I just put in a rose bubble tip anenome this past weekend. All my levels are pretty good and had my lfs test my water today..Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, PH is 8.4, alk is 3 and Ca is 480, Nitrates are .3 and my salinity is between .24-.26

The anenome seemed to be doing fine, found a nice place and the 2 clowns were hosting and then early this morning it creeped behind a rock and is now pretty hidden. The pics were before he creeped away.

Is that normal or is he dying? I am worried, I am going away thursday for 3 days and I do not want him to contaminate the tank....Any feedback?

Thanks in advance!

[OneDummHikk]

Answered in the GRD thread.

[jwm32068]

Those darn Anenomes will do just what they want! They are just like cats. Good luck with yours. Wade

[learnlaw]

that gave me a good chuckle and you are 100% right. I guess I just have to get used to its temperment.

[tanknymph]

I had one it split then both anemones went into hiding. One actually went all the way under a rock in a hole so I couldn't get him to move. Finally I gave up on him (cause the other one had died and he was at least in the light where I could see him) so I just left him there. About a month later he came out and started to move around the tank until finally he found a place he liked. Now its doing great and is getting its color back and eating the fish that I give it. If you want a good source of info go to http://www.karensroseanemones.com/
she is great and will answer any questions that you might have about them. good luck