Anemone Help

[cabinreefer]

So I got this anemone yesterday and he seemed to be doing okay last night and this morning but I just came home and found him like this.. it is also my first anemone so I really don't want him to die at all! Does anyone know what is wrong with it?

 

[Lance M.]

Its fine. Looks normal.

Especially when new, the first couple of days to a week or two, they will inflate and deflate regularly to adjust to the new environment. Once adjusted, they will deflate/ inflate less often but seemingly on a regular schedule. Mine deflate just before lights out and reinflate about an hour or two after lights off.

Just keep your parameters stable and at appropriate levels and you should be good to go.

 

[cabinreefer]

Okay cool, thank you! I just got worried I already killed it.. Should I try to target feed it at all?

 

[Tahoe61]

Anemones close, open, inflate and deflate routinely. The anemone is probably just still acclimating.

Things to watch for are, an anemone not footing, gabbing oral opening and the presence of expelled or protruding mesenterial filaments.

 

[Travis Rider]

When I put my green bubble tip in my tank it showed the same behavior. After acclimation it seemed to settle and now has a routine. As lights go out it will puff up and then about 30 - 60 minutes later it is back out. I will feed mine a small piece of shrimp once to twice a week. It seems to thrive with that. It just split last month and both are very healthy and happy.

 

[Travis Rider]

When I put my green bubble tip in my tank it showed the same behavior. After acclimation it seemed to settle and now has a routine. As lights go out it will puff up and then about 30 - 60 minutes later it is back out. I will feed mine a small piece of shrimp once to twice a week. It seems to thrive with that. It just split last month and both are very healthy and happy.

 

[Lance M.]

Nice gbta Travis.

Along with what the others have said, I wouldnt feed it for about the first two weeks. Once it looks like its settled in, then you could try to feed it small amounts of mysis shrimp or similar once or twice a week.

Just try to leave him alone. Cover powerheads if you havent already. And if it starts moving, try not to touch or bother it. Let it do what it wants, for the most part.

 

[cabinreefer]

I just turned off my powerhead because I am feeding my corals.. is this what you mean by protruding?

 

[Lance M.]

Thats expelling what looks to be either waste from previously eating or zooxanthellae. At least what I can see on my phone from the pic.

Protruding intestines usually apear like white stringy stuff from what ive seen, usually going along with wide mouth gaping and/turnig inside out.

What type of lighting do you have and where is the anemone positioned in the tank? What is you lighting schedule, time?

Light acclimation is very important as well as stable water parameters.

 

[vdubtech25]

It took 5 months for my Sebae anemone to come out of hiding and open up fully after I moved him from 40b to 120g. Looks fine to me.

 

[cabinreefer]

I have 3 Hydra 26 HD's and its towards the bottom to the right of my chalice.
My lighting is 9-9 with a 4hour ramp up and down

 

[Lance M.]

See how it goes. It is probably still just adjusting. If it looses all its zooxanthellae (bleaches) then that is bad but it is probably just stress and adjusting to light.

What type of lighting was it under before you bought it? If you could turn your intensity down a little and bring it back up over a week or two that could help. I dont really know how strong those lights are. I got out of the hobby before they were released and came back recently to all these new fixtures. I use t5's. I find less light at first and ramping up over a couple weeks is better than more light right off the bat.