Rock flower anemone question

[Redbird5]

I woke up this morning and looked at my RFA looks unhappy. My light app isn't working this morning so this isn't the best picture.

 

[James M]

Can you describe what you’re concerned about

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I see nothing wrong with it. "unhappy" is very ambiguous.

 

[Subsea]

Do you always run with this much blue?

AI Overview


Rock flower anemones prefer
moderate to high lighting, ideally in the 150-250 PAR range, with a blue-spectrum component to enhance their vibrant colors and fluorescence. While adaptable and hardy, they require gradual acclimation to avoid bleaching and thrive best with a balance of blue and white light, as white light supports growth.

 

[JoJosReef]

Is it gaping, or looking like it is prolapsed for lack of a better term?

 

[Kodski]

Do you always run with this much blue?

AI Overview


Rock flower anemones prefer
moderate to high lighting, ideally in the 150-250 PAR range, with a blue-spectrum component to enhance their vibrant colors and fluorescence. While adaptable and hardy, they require gradual acclimation to avoid bleaching and thrive best with a balance of blue and white light, as white light supports growth.

Pft, take AI with a LARGE spoon full of salt.

Rock flowers are difficult to upset. They are perfectly happy with less Par than 150 and definitely don't NEED totally blue light. Yes as we know, corals need Blue light spectrum for their photosynthetic process, but adding in white to balance the light won't hurt them any.

I'd say mine would always find a spot between 80-120 par. I use T5's so have plenty of white spectrum and mine were always plenty happy. I find Rock flowers a lot like Zoa's, sometimes they just have a bad day or week and then return to normal.

 

[Subsea]

Pft, take AI with a LARGE spoon full of salt.

Rock flowers are difficult to upset. They are perfectly happy with less Par than 150 and definitely don't NEED totally blue light. Yes as we know, corals need Blue light spectrum for their photosynthetic process, but adding in white to balance the light won't hurt them any.

I'd say mine would always find a spot between 80-120 par. I use T5's so have plenty of white spectrum and mine were always plenty happy. I find Rock flowers a lot like Zoa's, sometimes they just have a bad day or week and then return to normal.

I have keep RFA under less light and at 10K color spectrum.

I take AI and what most say with a grain of salt.

 

[Redbird5]

I see nothing wrong with it. "unhappy" is very ambiguous.

Its not moving or open like normal.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Its not moving or open like normal.

I would just monitor. They are normally stationery and predictable, but once in a while they go into funks or move or shrivel for a few hours or even days then they generally return to normal. This is just my observation.

 

[Redbird5]

I would just monitor. They are normally stationery and predictable, but once in a while they go into funks or move or shrivel for a few hours or even days then they generally return to normal. This is just my observation.

Are they like toadstools where the shed or something and then go back to normal? I've never had nems before.

 

[JoJosReef]

Are they like toadstools where the shed or something and then go back to normal? I've never had nems before.

No shedding, no. If you see them losing their tentacles or tissue on the face (oral disk), that is a bad sign that the RFA might be on its way out. I've had a few recover, but I can't say exactly how to help them at that stage.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Are they like toadstools where the shed or something and then go back to normal? I've never had nems before.

no, in fact I find them easier than corals (RFA's only not other types of nems), they really need nothing. Some people feed them some don't. To me it looks perfectly normal in the picture, and as you said it was early morning, so they do shrivel into a ball at night and unwrap in the morning, perhaps you saw the end of that unwrapping, IDK, but I think its fine IMO.

 

[Redbird5]

no, in fact I find them easier than corals (RFA's only not other types of nems), they really need nothing. Some people feed them some don't. To me it looks perfectly normal in the picture, and as you said it was early morning, so they do shrivel into a ball at night and unwrap in the morning, perhaps you saw the end of that unwrapping, IDK, but I think its fine IMO.

I came home from church and he was unfurled so I think that he doesn't believe in the time change.