anemone acting weird

  1. A

    Anemone floating around?

    I got my tank used, the previous owner had them for 3 year, I had for a couple of months now, but never sen it float around.... it was previously on the sand. Is it being playful or sick, is it trying to go back to the rock?
  2. T

    Rock flower anemone moved on top of another overnight?

    I was looking at my tank this morning and noticed one of my rock flowers was missing or at least I thought it was until I noticed it seemed like one had moved directly on top of another. Has anyone ever seen any behavior like this with these? I can see the skirt of both of them sticking out but...
  3. a2zReeF

    Maxi Mini carpet ID

    Has anyone ever seen maxi carpet do this!! Ive never seen one that looks like this. It's almost looks like what you see on a bounce mushroom.
  4. P

    Please help

    My RBTA was doing fine in my tank for a few days after putting him in but now he looks like this. Is he dying or is he still trying to get used to the tank? He is still attached to my rock work. My tank is roughly 6-7 months old.
  5. S

    Hello Red bubble tip anemone shrunk and mouth inverted

    My red bubble tip anemone has been like this from the past 1 week after getting bullied by a large blue legged hermit crab. The anemone was initially on the rock but now settled o. The back glass of the tank. Do you guys think he is dying? What should I do? PLEASE HELP
  6. G

    Anemone much smaller during the day than the night

    I have something I have never experienced before. I bought a green bta anemone and it is HUGE. Problem is it shrinks right down once the lights are on and at night it returns to gigantic. My parameters are: pH 8.4 Nitrates 10 Sg 1.024 Kh 9 Calcium 400 Magnesium 1200 Phosphate 0.1 Just had a...
  7. J

    Anemone suddenly not okay?

    Quick post. My anemone has been fine for 2 weeks now, opening & closing every day as normal, anchored itself to a spot it liked, eating normally, etc. Woke up today and it looks like this. I put it in a floating basket to make it easier to scoop our, in case it dies, but what could've caused...
  8. T

    BTA behavior

    New Anemone 10 days. It secured in the same spot but every 2 or 3 days it’s shrinks. open fully at night and most of the day, but when it shrinks sometimes it has stuff coming out of middle.. I have fish that are 12 years old and the tank has always had higher nitrate and phosphate levels no...
  9. L

    Need help reviving my anemone!!

    I recently bought a anemone for my 25 gallon tank. When I placed him in my tank he accidentally moved himself too a place with no light after reemerging he didn’t looks good after maybe 2 weeks he still didn’t get much better!! I’m currently moving him into my 55 gallon to see if he thrives...
  10. C

    Bad split?

    I have a tank with 15+ black widow anemones and one the other day started acting weird any not placing its foot anywhere so I took it out and put it in another tank. But once I investigated into the tank it was originally in, I found another anemone but it has no tentacles. Just a foot and mouth...
  11. P

    Anemone help!

    Hello! I have a 20 gallon water box AIO and recently I’ve been fighting some algae and couldn’t water for a UV sterilizer. Recently I saw my anemone with some tentacles not opening up and looking like they are stuck together as well as its mouth a little bit to the side, is this normal? My other...
  12. Q

    anemone help!!

    My bubble tip anemone was doing okay in the picture, which I have circled in red. However, I just found out that it has completely squeezed back into the hole. What should I do about that? Thank you for helping. on
  13. W

    What’s going on with my anemone

    My anemone has been like this for a few days now and I don’t know what to do my water looks good no spike in ammonia nitrate or nitrite I want to know what I can do and what’s happening and I’ve had it for about 5 months now
  14. BlackiceClowns

    Is my anemone DYING.

    I have had this bta for about two months and when it first arrived it grabbed onto a spot and was extremely large and happy for a while. I had a small salinity swing and a phosphate drop about three weeks ago but nothing in my tank was affected. I used to feed every week but I missed two...
  15. K

    What’s wrong with my anemone?

    My anemone has a super big middle and I never seen it and I am not sure if it’s normal or not and if I should be concerned Again, I am not an expert and only been having my aquarium for over a year Thanks for the tips in advance
  16. CoralsComeInMoreColors

    EMERGENCY My CSB mouth is open

    I got a csb about 8 months ago, and it was doing really fine until I took another anemone out of the tank as it was splitting and growing too rapidly, I noticed my csb getting ticked off and ran carbon+ water changes. It seemed to be doing fine and then I started dosing amino acids (new to sps...
  17. CoralsComeInMoreColors

    EMERGENCY My CSB mouth is open

    I got a csb about 8 months ago, and it was doing really fine until I took another anemone out of the tank as it was splitting and growing too rapidly, I noticed my csb getting ticked off and ran carbon+ water changes. It seemed to be doing fine and then I started dosing amino acids (new to sps...
  18. sarinaruu

    Strange anemone behavior

    so my red BTA split around the same time i added a rainbow BTA.. he healed for a week then decided to walk to the other side of my 60g to live next to the rainbow?! could he be jealous that the clowns left him or maybe safety in numbers? it’s so strange how he even found it but i guess they have...
  19. F

    Need help! Anemone.

    My pink hatian was doing fine untill earlier today. Went from 2 inches tall to hiding in a pinhole in the reef and being completely deflated like that besides his foot. Is this normal? I'm new to having an anemone.
  20. AimeeWolf1998

    EMERGENCY Help is my anemone dying!?

    We had a massive butt nitrate explosion, so I had to do a major tank change and I’m not sure my name is dying. Please help or if it’s just stressed.
  21. Mattc123

    EMERGENCY BTA Anemone health declining help

    Hey everyone. I bought a new BTA about a week and a half ago and he didn't seem too good right off the bat. I've been hoping to see some improvement but I left for two days and came back today to this. My temp crashed to 67 while I was gone apparently and I don't doubt that contributed to this...
  22. Wamland

    Carpet anemone decides to take a ride on turbo

    Love when they decide to tour the tank on bareback
  23. W

    Rescue anemone from LFS - what do we think?

    Alright, so we took home a (what I think may be) mini maxi anemone. It was relatively open while the lights were on, and its foot was below the sand bed. When the lights turned off, it curled up a little bit (The first time it had moved since we've had it home), and is now sitting on top of the...
  24. R

    EMERGENCY Long tentacle anemone acting weird

    Idk if my lta is okay but it seems like it’s acting weird just got him a day ago any help would be appreciated if you can look at the picture and tell me what you think
  25. F

    EMERGENCY What’s wrong with my anemone!!!

    I found my shrimp walking over it and it has been like this for about a day but still seems to be in a different part of my tank when I look. Any ideas if it is still alive?
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