I bought a small bubble tip Anemone Friday 6/12/20. It looked good in the store; vibrant colors, holding on the container. It was about the size of a half dollar. When I brought it home I immediately began in-the-bag acclimation over the course of an hour and a half. It was open and sticking to the side of the bag when I finished acclimating. I put on a glove and gently released it from the side of the bag and held it to a rock in my tank. It grabbed on quickly, after maybe a few seconds, and appeared to be doing okay. An hour or so later I noticed it was about half it's size. The next morning (Saturday) it appeared to open up a bit more. Later that night it had expanded to about 4x the size it was originally. The next morning (Sunday) it had shriveled and receded into the rock crevice. Later that day it came out a bit more. That night it started doing something strange. It expanded and it's mouth seemed to inflate. When I put a light on it, it tried to close but the open mouth kept it from closing completely (attaching a video of this if I can). The next morning (Monday) I couldn't find the anemone at all and assumed that it'd receded completely into the rock crevice. Later that day I decided to check the rest of the tank just to be sure. After moving rocks and coral around, I found the anemone low at the back of the tank hanging on to a rock. It was semi closed with its tentacles small and it has essentially been that way for the last few days (can't get a picture of it where it is now). Before today, I knew it was still alive because every time I'd shine the light on it back there it would move but today when I shined the light on it, it wasn't moving much. The tank parameters are still good and there is no milky hue in the water so I'm not sure whether it's dead or not or if it's in the process of dying.
Tank Details:
My tank is 36 gallons with 40 lbs live rock, a hang on back filter and refugium. It is four and a half months old. I have a firefish, clown fish, Mandarin dragonette, yellow watchman goby, pistol shrimp, and peppermint shrimp. There are also a few hermit crabs, two Mexican turbos nails, five zebra turbo snails, two LPS frags, one SPS frag, one Zoa frag, and Pulsing Xenia.
Parameters as of today:
pH: 7.8
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 20 ppm (this is normal for my tank)
Phosphate: 0 ppm
Calcium: 480 ppm
Alkalinity: 12° dKH
Tank Details:
My tank is 36 gallons with 40 lbs live rock, a hang on back filter and refugium. It is four and a half months old. I have a firefish, clown fish, Mandarin dragonette, yellow watchman goby, pistol shrimp, and peppermint shrimp. There are also a few hermit crabs, two Mexican turbos nails, five zebra turbo snails, two LPS frags, one SPS frag, one Zoa frag, and Pulsing Xenia.
Parameters as of today:
pH: 7.8
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 20 ppm (this is normal for my tank)
Phosphate: 0 ppm
Calcium: 480 ppm
Alkalinity: 12° dKH
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