anemone acting weird

I have recently bought a new bubble tip anemone for my salt water tank. After testing my water and giving me the all clear the aquarium said I was ready for my first anemone. He’s been in my tank now for a week and he’s moved around and settled right next to the pump. Overnight he’s gone from...

I got my black widow BTA about 6 weeks ago, and it picked a spot and has stayed there. But a couple weeks ago my female clown finally tried to get it to host her (she won’t let my male near when she tries) and it didn’t seem to respond. Since then she’s tried multiple other times and after a bit...

Hello everyone, Long time post watcher, first time posting. This topic is probably already discussed, I just haven’t found it. This is my first saltwater tank. I have an Aquatop 24gal Reef tank (with RedSea ReefLED 50) that is about 14 months old. Livestock: pair of 2” clowns, talbot damsel...

Hi I have started into the reefing hobby in February 2024 and have since learned and enjoyed it a lot. I have a 40 gallon tank and am quite happy with it. My tank currently hosts: 1 clownfish 1 Centropyge bispinosa 1 mandarin fish 1 anemone crab 1 shrimp a couple of snails a couple of...

Hi, I have had several anemones (BTA) and each time the anemone ends up shrinking then dieing. This one seemed happy until 2 weeks ago, then it started moving around. I have been away a few days and come back to it like this. Any recommendations of what I can do? Parameters are all OK and...

I just bought a Zoa colony and it has 2 of these anemones on it. Any idea what type they are? I can’t get a really good picture of them but they are purplish with a green center. They look kind of like a Duncan to me but they do not have a stony base.

So I got an anemone a couple days ago and it’s been moving around quite a lot, until it settled in the corner of the tank, attached itself to the glass and now the foot looks like it’s shedding a layer of skin. Not sure if it’s normal, any help would be appreciated.

I got my tank used, the previous owner had them for 3 year, I had for a couple of months now, but never sen it float around.... it was previously on the sand. Is it being playful or sick, is it trying to go back to the rock?

I was looking at my tank this morning and noticed one of my rock flowers was missing or at least I thought it was until I noticed it seemed like one had moved directly on top of another. Has anyone ever seen any behavior like this with these? I can see the skirt of both of them sticking out but...

Has anyone ever seen maxi carpet do this!! Ive never seen one that looks like this. It's almost looks like what you see on a bounce mushroom.

My RBTA was doing fine in my tank for a few days after putting him in but now he looks like this. Is he dying or is he still trying to get used to the tank? He is still attached to my rock work. My tank is roughly 6-7 months old.

My red bubble tip anemone has been like this from the past 1 week after getting bullied by a large blue legged hermit crab. The anemone was initially on the rock but now settled o. The back glass of the tank. Do you guys think he is dying? What should I do? PLEASE HELP

I have something I have never experienced before. I bought a green bta anemone and it is HUGE. Problem is it shrinks right down once the lights are on and at night it returns to gigantic. My parameters are: pH 8.4 Nitrates 10 Sg 1.024 Kh 9 Calcium 400 Magnesium 1200 Phosphate 0.1 Just had a...

Quick post. My anemone has been fine for 2 weeks now, opening & closing every day as normal, anchored itself to a spot it liked, eating normally, etc. Woke up today and it looks like this. I put it in a floating basket to make it easier to scoop our, in case it dies, but what could've caused...

New Anemone 10 days. It secured in the same spot but every 2 or 3 days it’s shrinks. open fully at night and most of the day, but when it shrinks sometimes it has stuff coming out of middle.. I have fish that are 12 years old and the tank has always had higher nitrate and phosphate levels no...

I recently bought a anemone for my 25 gallon tank. When I placed him in my tank he accidentally moved himself too a place with no light after reemerging he didn’t looks good after maybe 2 weeks he still didn’t get much better!! I’m currently moving him into my 55 gallon to see if he thrives...

I have a tank with 15+ black widow anemones and one the other day started acting weird any not placing its foot anywhere so I took it out and put it in another tank. But once I investigated into the tank it was originally in, I found another anemone but it has no tentacles. Just a foot and mouth...

Hello! I have a 20 gallon water box AIO and recently I’ve been fighting some algae and couldn’t water for a UV sterilizer. Recently I saw my anemone with some tentacles not opening up and looking like they are stuck together as well as its mouth a little bit to the side, is this normal? My other...

My bubble tip anemone was doing okay in the picture, which I have circled in red. However, I just found out that it has completely squeezed back into the hole. What should I do about that? Thank you for helping. on

My anemone has been like this for a few days now and I don’t know what to do my water looks good no spike in ammonia nitrate or nitrite I want to know what I can do and what’s happening and I’ve had it for about 5 months now

I have had this bta for about two months and when it first arrived it grabbed onto a spot and was extremely large and happy for a while. I had a small salinity swing and a phosphate drop about three weeks ago but nothing in my tank was affected. I used to feed every week but I missed two...

My anemone has a super big middle and I never seen it and I am not sure if it’s normal or not and if I should be concerned Again, I am not an expert and only been having my aquarium for over a year Thanks for the tips in advance

I got a csb about 8 months ago, and it was doing really fine until I took another anemone out of the tank as it was splitting and growing too rapidly, I noticed my csb getting ticked off and ran carbon+ water changes. It seemed to be doing fine and then I started dosing amino acids (new to sps...

I got a csb about 8 months ago, and it was doing really fine until I took another anemone out of the tank as it was splitting and growing too rapidly, I noticed my csb getting ticked off and ran carbon+ water changes. It seemed to be doing fine and then I started dosing amino acids (new to sps...

so my red BTA split around the same time i added a rainbow BTA.. he healed for a week then decided to walk to the other side of my 60g to live next to the rainbow?! could he be jealous that the clowns left him or maybe safety in numbers? it’s so strange how he even found it but i guess they have...