Bubble Tip Health

My Bubble Tip chose a spot in my tank where he is completely hidden from light and I cannot reach him to feed him. At what point do I step in and attempt to move him? The rock he attatched to is movable but I will have to take down my whole pvc frame and redecorate the tank. I dont want to do this and risk the life of the rest of my tank.

Anyone have a similar experience they found their way through?


He is already bleaching and my maroon is not feeding him

 

Don't worry about it. You don't need to spot feed the anemone as it will get plenty of food through photosynthesis. It will move itself to a higher light area when and if it feels the need. As for it bleaching, something else besides lack of food could be causing that. How long have you had the animal and how does your water test?

 

Water testing comes back perfect. A little high on the salinity but that is due to the fact my refractometer reads a hair lower than my LFS. I do a 10% change weekly and I top off with fresh water daily.
Alot of people tell me to do water changes less often but unless I see hard evidence that it does my animals more bad than good, I will stick with it. I have a 29 gal and until my sump / fuge is finished, more than doubling my water capacity, I will change the water weekly.
I feed my clowns 3 times a day, very little food. If any hits the ground my hermits, emeralds and coral banded shrimp attack it. I switch foods every day between flake, blended squid/brine mix and blood worms.
I have a sebae, 2 mushroom polyps and a zoa colony that are getting visualy bigger every day. I just have a paranoia about keeping the anemones as I have read many bad experiences. I would rather not learn the hard way.

Thanks for the help

Ryan

 

If you've just added the bubble tip, I wouldn't worry about it's appearance or its behavior for the time being as it might just be adjusting to your tank and your clownfish. If it's been in there for a while, something might have tweaked it enough to make it bleach a bit and maybe even move around. As long as it stays in tact and doesn't start to fall apart, I wouldn't stress over it much

 

Thank you much

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