Condy was hidden?

I currently have a 50 gallon hex (which I hate the shape lol but thats aanother topic) tank is almost a year old I have had my condy for almost 4 months now, but I woke up yesterday morning and my cody was hiding in the rock formation I have in my tank so i left it thinking it might like it in there better. Last night at like 23:11 I checked on it again and he was all but pulled in on himself so I moved it with my powerhead and bubbles making him detach himself and set him in a crack in the live rock and turned all my lights on for a few hours till he fully opened up. He still is open and twice as big this morn.

My question is should I have moved it or let it be and would he open again fully if it was stressed or didnt like the water conditions?

Water Parameters:
PH - 8.3
NH3/4 - 0
NO2 - 0
NO3 - 0
Temp 76.8 (i think my heater is going bad) Thanks for any help in advance

 

Imo it is not a good idea to move an anemone, unless it is danger of stinging corals, contact with a powerhead or overflow. Moving them can cause damage to the "foot" of the anemone, but that should be evident right away.

Anemones are going to go where they want and trying to keep them in one location can be harmful. Sometimes they hide for their own reasons, but unless they are showing obvious signs of physical distress like oral gapping or tissue damage it is best to let them be for a reasonable period of time.

Anemones can be somewhat tricky, intervention maybe harmful, but on the other hand they can die and foul a tank.

Good luck, and a picture of your anemone would be great/

 

how do i post a picture and I thought there might be some tissue damage starting ot occure cause some of his arms were turning brown?

 

When you are posting before you submit, go down and you will see "manage attachements" it is right below the submit option. It you have problems just give a shout.

 

thank you i found it I took 4 pictures one this morning when i woke up and 3 just now. But last night when i moved him with the bubbles he was 1/4 of the size he in now.

 

What type of lighting do you have?

He looks ok, but can not see the column and that is where you would most likely see any damage. Condi's coloration is so variable that I can not tell if the anemone is bleached.

Thank you for posting the pictures and parameters that helps immensely.

 

My lighting is a Aquatic Life 24" T5 HO 4 Lamp 2 Lunar (2) 24" T5 HO 24W 420/460 Lamps
(2) 24" T5 HO 24W 10,000K Lamps (2) 1W Lunar LED's is that to much light or not enough? my tank is 24" deep, the column is setting between the gap in my live rock it was like a pinkish orange. Thank you for all the help

 

I am not familiar with that lighting fixture. But I would follow 2in10 recommendations found in your lighting thread.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/reef-lighting/building-tank-need-lighting-help-97833.html

If you have noticed a color shift from a darker color to the very white appearances as your anemone displays in the pictures, it most likely has to do with the lighting as your parameters seem in line. Anemones can hide because of too intense lighting ( which I doubt is the case) to lighting not sufficent to maintain the zooxanthellae found within their tissues. The zooxanthellae give the anemone it's coloration and provide carbohydrates for the anemone.

At this point I would wait until someone else chimes in regarding specifics of your lighting. Secondly I would consider adding more live rock to the system to allow the anemone to find a location where the lighting is ideal for it. The addition of more live rock is also a huge benefit to biological filtration.

 

Im actually buying a 75gallon tank this coming week so lots more live rock and sand is in order also. thank you for all the input.

 

Leighton, have you fed this nem in the 4 months you have had it?

sometimes the search for food is also the reason a nem relocates itself


Cant find much about the T5 unit you have
Has the unit got individual reflectors for each lamp or at least a formed reflector around 2 lamps?
did it come with lamps? or did you purchase lamps individually ?

increasing the height of your rockwork is a fine suggestion IMO, as if it is stronger light the nem is in search of, then upwards is its best bet

Steve