GBTA not anchoring down with inflate/deflate cycles

[WADF29]

I bought a GBTA about ten days ago and the anemone still has not anchored down. The anemone is going through an inflate/ deflate cycle very drastically, from 5 inches around, looking beautiful, to the size of a quarter, basically looking like its dead (see pics). The flow was turned off for several days to give the anemone time to adjust to the new tank. The anemone ate raw shrimp every time I fed it when it was nice and open.

Parameters:
ammonia- 0 ppm
nitrite- 0 ppm
nitrate- 5 ppm
pH- 8.1
salinity- 0.024

The tank has been running for 5 months. Everything else is doing great and growing... Should I be worried that it has not anchored down? Is my anemone dying or sick? What should I do? Thanks guys!

 

[dylana407]

IMO, your nem is bleached. So it does not have zooxanthellae. When it inflates, try feeding it 2,3 mysis and see how it reacts. If all is well, repeat 2,3 times a week. The first picture looks bad. Increase the salinity to 1.026. good luck

 

[davocean]

Actually if it is going back and forth looking like both pics, it may have bacterial infection and needing cipro treatment.

Normally I do not feed a new nem till it settles, and mysis is best when you do, but that first pic does look like infection/deflation.

 

[dylana407]

I don't value gbta, rbta enough to deal with Cipro treatment. Eat it or die....lol

 

[Amoo]

There's a sticky in this forum on Cipro treatment. @davocean 's advice all around is solid as usual.