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Do y'all see this? I have 7 small E. quadricolor (bubble tip) anemones (BTA) in my tank, and they exhibit an egestion behavior about half a day after eating (deflate and turn themselves inside out to expel waste). I've observed this before in my tanks and I think it is normal based on reading decades of postings and literature from the science side. But... I asked the LFS that sourced 5 of the clones, and they innocuously say they've never seen this. Now I'm doubting myself. I'm not sure if it's disingenuous behavior on their part, or if there's something wrong in my tanks that causes the egestion. The cinnamon clowns (A. melanopus) that make this colony their home happily move from 'nem to 'nem when they deflate, but I also see the fish working to clear the waste and get the 'nem to reinflate. I'm not a diver so I don't know if this happens in the wild, either, but I'd love to see more discussion of this.