Anemone shrinking at night

[John A!10]

So I have a 4” nem that I got about a month ago. It is very nice and bubbly during the day at night it gets small and looses its bubbles. The past two days it shrinks at night to nothing. I’ll try to get pics tomorrow morning. You can see one to two tentacles and everything else is engulfed in the sac. I’ll try to fin a pic online. I also need to test my params tomorrow in case somethings off but everything else seems to be thriving.

 

[John A!10]

Looks kind of like this pic but even more shrunken up. Not hosting clowns. And I feed a small piece of shrimp maybe every other week. Haven’t fed him in a week tho. During the day he is very healthy if so can’t be light or flow.

 

[lpsouth1978]

This is a pretty normal behavior for BTA's.

 

[mehaffydr]

This is normal nothing to be concerned about if he is opening up good during the day

 

[John A!10]

Ok thanks for the help. Now I don’t have to worry.

 

[RedHawk]

It's an old thread, but relevant to my question. We have the same issue with a similar one to the one above, but the one in my avatar photo never seems to draw up and is always active. The smaller one appears locked down on a rock, and the larger one, until recently, liked to roam around if you didn't position the rock just right.

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[toga434]

I've just found this thread, and wanted to comment that I'm experiencing the same with my new LTA. Since I'm a noob, seeing that LTA completely shrunk and in its sac is concerning. But reading this thread that it's normal behavior makes me feel better. LTA likes flow and white light during the day, but i turn off flow and lights at dusk / overnight because I'm not monitoring.