Worried about my Nem

[LethalTadpole]

I’ve had this anemone for about a month. The first 3 weeks everything seemed fine he had tentacles about an inch long. But the last 4 days he’s looked like this, and I see little bit of tentacle on the rock around it. I’ve turned off all the power heads thinking it may be too much flow. The tank is right at a year old. Do I need to worry about it or is this just a normal phase?



ammonia is 0
nitrite is 0.005
phosphate is 0.002
temp is around 75

 

[Halo_003]

I’ve had tentacles shrink down before if lighting wasn’t intense enough, what are you using?

 

[LethalTadpole]

Ecotech xr30 at 75% from 12 to 5ish

 

[DMG Reef]

In my experience, you don't have to worry about too much flow with an anemone. I run a high flow SPS dominant tank and my 3 anemones are thriving. As stated above, high quality light and proper parameters are most important for a nem.

 

[LethalTadpole]

I will bump the light up, but what else should I be looking for in the water parameters?

 

[vetteguy53081]

BLUES AT 70% AND WHITES AT 30-40% AND MODERATE WATER FLOW. YOU MAY TRY ALSO A SMALL PIECE OF SHRIMP OR OTHER FOOD TO SEE HOW IT RESPONDS

 

[Mical]

Longer light schedule and give it some flow.

 

[LethalTadpole]

Thanks for the reply’s. I’m making the changes now. I’ll update In a couple days.