Can you glue anemone

Search Advanced search…. New posts. Search forums. Log in. Install the app. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. That's like gluing a cat to a pillow so it stays where you put it.

It will likely die. Ok I just want to start off by saying that I'm not yelling or freaking out on you, I don't think your stupid because everyone makes mistakes we just need to figure out how this mistake is going to be resolved. Ok well first off I'd just like to say that glueing an anemone is not a good idea at all, it likes to move around and find a place to call home that's perfect for your individual anemone. And second I was reading your post and I get the feeling that you think that an anemone is a piece of coral, which is not true but a common misconception, it doesn't have polyps it had tentacles and it is an invertebrate, it moves around using it's foot kinda like a mollusk but it's not a mollusk it just kinda moves like one, and the tentacles don't always extend, a lot of the times they do stay bubbles, my suggestion would be not to have an anemone in a reef tank if your a beginner because of the fact that it likes to move around and can sting your corals even veterans of the hobby like to stay away from anemones with corals in the same tank.

But now that I've given you brief knowledge about anemones we need to figure out what your going to do about this. The second option i can come up with is to remove the anemone as carefully and I mean as carefully as possible because if you tear it's foot the body even a little bit it'll most likely die because it's hard to even get a non-glued anemone off a rock.

But in the end I'm sorry to say, you are most likely going to end up with a dead anemone which is sad and stinks for you because I know anemones can be costly but this is definitely a learning experience for you.

Hey I remember reading this a while back, how did the nem turn out? I wonder how it turned out. Originally Posted by hotelbravo. Originally Posted by shesacharmer. Originally Posted by Tommy Originally Posted by Rob Originally Posted by davocean.

Does this really work? Cause my cat's been a pain lately! Yeah I'm going to guess this may have been a joke post Find More Posts by ericarenee. It took me 15 minutes to get one off my hand the last time I switched tanks. And accordingly, he attached to a rock the second I placed him on one. So, if this is an anemone you got from an LFS, it could be in pretty rough shape, thus it's hesitation.

Turn off the waterflow in your tank for a few hours, and place it in a spot you suspect it'd like depends on the type of anemone, of course.

If it's not being knocked around, it's more likely to attach and attempt walking. The second it exposes an tentacles, put some food in them. Whatever meaty food you have will work, as long as its very small ie, frozen Formula One, or similar mashes, or flake. One it receives food, it's more likely to park for a little while.

One it seems parked, try turing the flow up a little. Given it small amounts of food twice daily, until it stays in a spot for a couple days. Then you can slow down the feeding, and keep the waterflow at whatever level you desire. It might still move around a little, but it's more likely to be easily pleased, in my experience. It seemed to be in great condition. I turned down the flow on my AC to almost nothing, I wedged it under a rock shelf so it would not float around.

My clown keeps looking at it like he wants to make a home, but it kept moving so he kept his distance. I will try to feed it tonight when I get home. The foot is contracted, not sticky, I'm hoping that its just stressed right now. LTAs are sand-dwellers, not rock-dwellers. Try digging a divot into the sand and setting the critter there. Some people out a short section of PVC pipe like 1.

Otherwise it can just sift around and they never get buried like they want. Was the anemone sticking to anything when you got it. If not its probably gona die. Far under a rock at the back where no one can see him unless you squat and lean to the side I would not do it.

Anemones need to be able to move if they want to. It's not a sessile coral. I don't have any anemone's, and I am by far an expert, but my suggestion is not to deal with that LFS anymore. Anemones want to move and find a spot they like, if you glue them, they will then probably stress and die. Very poor advice from that store. I doubt it would work anyways. I have tried to glue softies without any success.

I would definaltly be very careful going to that LFS. WOW I can't believe someone would tell you this,or maybe it is believable as i seen a lot of stores giving the wrong advice just to make a sale or malpractice on the owners not giving the right information to their employee. That's some of the most absurd advice I have ever heard. I'm reasonably certain it would totally be impossible to glue an anemone down. It would be like trying to glue jello. You could try to use PCV inches high.