The big brown anemone that came home on Canada Day stands front and centre, more or less. Usually less; he's sulking. If the water's too cold, or too warm, or too old, or too slow, he sulks. If a hermit steps on him, he sulks. Sometimes, for no reason that I can see, he puckers up his mouth like a baby tasting a pickle, hunkers down, and sulks for hours.
And in between those times, he sometimes dances.
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| Lift those skirts! |
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| Siamese anemones? |
For a few minutes, I thought he was going to split in two, but no, he slid entirely off the shell he came home on, flapped his skirts a few more times, then slid back onto the shell and stood there sedately. He's there now, tall and glorious.
I'll post the whole kit and kaboodle tomorrow, I think.
Glad to see he's still doing well! I wouldn't worry too much about the sulking... Most of the ones I saw underwater were also sulking. As this species is in the lower intertidal zone, I do wonder how the higher temperature of your tank will affect it.
ReplyDeleteI looked at your photos; yes, some of them were shut down, too. As long as the anemones open up once in a while, I figure they're ok. They're intertidal creatures, so they're equipped to handle changes and disruptions.
ReplyDeleteI've been keeping the tank at about 62 degrees (Fahrenheit, because that's the thermometer I have.) It's a little on the warm side for the anemone from Campbell River, but with this heat, that's the best I can do.