Why does my BTA anemone picks a shadowed place?

[Pszemol]

I have small BTA anemone in my tank and now it passed couple of days
after I put it there. I have placed it on the top of my rockwork
and it attached itself almost instantly. The same evening, when lights
went off, it started slowly crawling down. In the next day it stopped
for the whole light period in the middle of the rockwork and extend
nicely... I was very happy with this location and hoped it will stay
there because it was right in the middle of the view...
After the lights went off again it started moving again to the bottom.
It stays for about two days already on the very bottom of my tank,
attached to the base of the rock (not the sand) and it is in the
complete shadow of the overlaying rocks. Why is it going there?
Is it confused somehow? I have heard these anemones like bright light
and I have 2 96W 34" power compacts over my 36"/30g tank and I did
not think it will be too much light for it, rather opposite...
It picked shadowed site which highly surprised me.

The water current in this tank is quite strong, I have 3 powerheads
totaling 450gph and a HOB skimmer with 300gph pump and HOB refugium
with 140gph pump... Maybe it is escaping the water current? Any ideas?

[Jimmy Chen]

> Why is it going there?

Because it likes it there. Most bubbles will attach themselves in a low
light area and stretch and expends themselves for the light. They also tend
not to like strong current.

jc

[Kelly]

Mine did the same when he first went in the tank,eventually over the first
few weeks he moved himself up a bit. Everytime I add new rock and I move his
location in some way he goes back to the bottom corner and sort of hides
there for a week or two. I think he gets ****ed off at me and that's his
response to hide out of view for a while. Eventually though he always moves
back up for light with time.
"Jimmy Chen" > wrote in message
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> > Why is it going there?
>
> Because it likes it there. Most bubbles will attach themselves in a low
> light area and stretch and expends themselves for the light. They also
tend
> not to like strong current.
>
> jc
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