anemone behavior

Hey all. I received a BTA thru overnight shipping on 04/21 and promptly acclimated it and put it in my 90 gallon tank. He went under a rock pretty quickly and was there all day yesterday. I moved the rock to check on it and possibly feed it shrimp a few hours ago and this is what I saw. Is it...

Hello, recently purchased a pair of clown fish. ( They were paired at the time of purchase) along with a sebae Anemone. I have had these guys for about 5 days and just 2 days ago I got them to host the anemone. everything was good up until yesterday and am worried / wondering if I should...

Got this guy about 2 weeks ago, this section on him is bunched up and the rest is looking normal. Is this normal and it’s just settling or should I be concerned? Parameters are as followed Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 8 Phosphate: 0.01 Calcium: 440 Alk: 8 Ph: 8 Salinity: 1.025 Temp:79

I have a one year old tank and just added an anemone. I can’t tell if it’s acclimating or if it is dead :( any ideas?

Hey all!! I have a BTA that has been in my tank for about 2 weeks now. It does this shrinking thing 3-5 times a day, and each time I feed it. New to Anemones and the hobby in general, just wanted to verify that this is OK/normal or see if I am disturbing it in some way. Thanks!! Tyler

I have had this bubble tip anemone for over 1.5 years, and it has done excellent, showing lots of growth in that time. The last few days, though, it has been struggling, going through inflation and deflation cycles 2-3 times a day. The times that it is inflated, it isn't fully extended, though...

So I have a bubble tip anemone that split today. My parameters are all good, salinity has been consistent and stable, tank is mature and lots of coralline algae growing, no issues in the tank ever since I got it (a little over a month ago) it’s been very colorful, full of air, very big and...

I recently set up a 15-gallon bare bottom tank using media and rocks with coral from my established tank. I have a single lightning clownfish and I decided to bring over the anemone from the old tank to the new tank. The coral is doing great, and so was the anemone at first. For the past few...

I had green bubble tip anemone it was fine when feeding and bubbles came bigger when clown host in it bubble shrink it size and look alike long tentacle some times no bubbles when I separate a Clownfish anemone is fine and bubble normal

I've had this anemone about 2 weeks I would like advise dose it look happy to you I feed it bit of fish weekly

My anemone was bought three days ago and he was seeming very happy albeit secluded. I figured I would move him to somewhere with similar conditions once he was happy and over the change in salinity and other levels. In the middle of the day I went to check on him and he was much smaller and his...

I'm curious how many people have lost fish to their carpet anemones, specifically Haddoni. I'm weighing whether or not I should risk one (I understand there is a risk no matter what). Please feel free to include tank size, how long you've owned the anemone(s), and the type(s) of fish that were...

Two weeks ago I bought a purple bubble tip anemone. It looked great when I put it in, but it has rapidly gone downhill. At the moment it is dying, if not already dead. I have a lightly stocked 29gallon tank that has been up and running for 8 months. I have a juvenile coral beauty angel and two...

The other day I’d have to say it started about a week or so ago, I noticed my BTA stretching between two parts on the live rock. I began to think about a poss. split, but payed no mind. About two days ago (8/5) I see the ‘nems mouth all the way to one side. I then really began to ponder, “I...

Hi all!! Hubby and I are fairly new to the salt world. We have 2 nems living in our 29 biocube. We have one (I think) white long nem and rainbow nem that is hosted by a maroon clown. I am stressing about my rainbow nem because I feel like it’s starving. I have tried feeding it like I do my...

Hi, so I purchased a bubble tip anemone about 1 and a half weeks ago. I got it when I was in Houston, and brought it home to LA. I have a Fluval 32.5 that is just recently a year old, and I put an additional light on it (the Fluval reef/marine). And I’m still slowly increasing the light...

hi y’all! looked in our tank about 2 hours after a reef roids dosing & feeding and noticed 3 of the 6 rock flower anemone’s are swollen up & oozing an almost spit looking substance from their mouths.. usually the mouth area swells after reef roids or AB+ dosing but we’ve never seen this spit...

Hi guys, I bought a large carpet anemone from petco yesterday, drop acclimated it and transferred to my DT. At first it looked fine, same as in the shop, but after a few hours it appeared deflated with gaping mouth and white smoke like fluid coming from mouth. Water parameters are all ok - my...

So I want to discuss some experiences with other reefers who have anemones because I had a very scary/crazy experience today. Long story short, I had been moving some rocks around in order to get a fish out and I accidentally tore my BTA IN HALF. I might have gotten extremely lucky because the...

I'm new to this hobby and just started about 6 months ago. Lots to learn lol I have a bubble tip anemone who is super stretched out. I think my fish are afraid to go near this side of the tank. My clowns don't host it and don't want to go near it. See the picture. Is this normal? I've had him...

My BTA decides to be a diva and shrivel up every time my LED’s go from daylight to sunset.. Perfectly happy and healthy during the day and once the LED’s switch, it shrivels up and poops for about an hour. Any fix to this?

Hi everyone, I need quick help. 2 days back I bought new RBTA. He was happy when I placed him with the rock it came. Yesterday I removed him from the rock since I had no place for one in my tank. Also made sure his foot isn't damaged. He quickly went to the new rock, attached to it completely...

My BTA has shrunken a lot since I’ve gotten it. I’ve had it for about 3 months and it has only gotten smaller since. It also just started hiring a clownfish. I am a beginner and my tank is 5-6 months old. 36 gallon.

Hi all, I have an RBTA that I purchased in the hopes my clowns would host it (and they recently have started to - yay!) However, I think its health has been steadily declining since I got it in November. It deflates and turns grayish about once a day, but I don’t directly feed it super often...

I’m slightly upset that my BT nem decided to setup in the back of my tank and I don’t really know why it chose that spot. There’s very little flow and very little light for it but it will do what it wants to do. It’s been there for about 3-4 days now & I was wondering how I could get it to move...