Caring for these beautiful creatures
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Acclimizing your roses to your tank
How I acclimate and what I use:
First, let me explain something, floating the bag with an Anemone in it is NOT how you acclimate her.
She must be drip acclimated for at least an hour or more.
Floating the bag does NOTHING to prepare her for her new home.
So please, follow the advice below.
May Anemones have been lost by floating their bag, then releasing them into the tanks.
I use this nifty little item that can be found at most medical supply stores.
Run the airline tubing through it.
Roll the roller to allow full flow to get it started .
Put one end in a bucket with your
rose and the water from the fish store in it.
Start the flow by using a flow starter bulb or sucking on the tube.
Once the water has started in the bucket, roll the roller to set it to one drip per second,
drip for a minimum of 1 1/2 hours. No less.
(Never leave the drip running while you are away)
Water levels rise fast even though you are dripping it.
Never add the water from shipping bag or fish store tank to your tank,
You will want to throw it out. Once acclimated, put on a glove.
Use a container that will submerge in the bucket of water
and place your anemone and its rock, if it is attached to one
into the bowl
remove the bowl with just a little water and your rose and gently
submerge it into your
tank.
If it's attached to the side of your bucket and not on a rock, gently use
your fingernail under it's foot (a credit card works great to) and work it all the
way around the foot, gently pulling up as you go.
When it let's go, lift it out being sure to cradle it completely in the palm of your hand
under the water. Place it in a cup or bowl and set bowl and all into your tank
lift out the anemone and place it where you want it. ( under water)
I do not recommend that you let the anemone be exposed to air.
I have always kept them under water when moving them around.
To keep from getting a mouth full of yucky saltwater I use this handy suction device. It has two different
size holes, one for larger and one for airline tubing. Here it is.
And of the smaller suction hole for airline tubing.
I have no idea where you can get them as this came in a box of aquarium supply that I found at a garage sale.
The picture below was some sick anemones that I purchased and also before I found the useful water adjustment item above.
I used a vice grip back then to adjust the flow into the bucket from the tank.
