anemome behavior question

[philhawk]

i still havent gotten an anwser to my question about their behavior. does your anemome seem to inflate and deflate at different times of day. like mine is out streched in the morning and then seems to retract a bit durring the day and strech out in the evening. and retract at night.

 

[philhawk]

p.s. my false clown is staying in the pink tip most of the day now! hurray.

 

[Zoodiver]

They will change sometimes. They should be open when the lights are on, and they'll close up when the lights go out.

 

[Max]

It's just filter feeding. I would spread my feedings out to about every three or four days and feed it phyto/zoo every couple of days. They do need a varied diet but they are also pretty easy to over feed. I'd say with the way you are feeding it that it's also having pretty frequent bowl movements and when and anem has one it just sort of shrivels up and voids the waste.
hth
Max
P.S.
what are your water params and how old is your tank?

 

[philhawk]

ill cut down the feeding for sure, i just installed a powersweep 214 to increase the moving water in tank. im not at the same location as the tank so i cant check right now but last time i checked the parameters they were all in the "safe" range (0 nitrites, 10ppm nitrates aproximatly)

the tank is about a month+ old now (for me) i did buy it used and it was set up and running when i got it. when i got the tank there was only one false clown and over the month i have added

2 blue legged hermit crabs
1 coral beauty
pink tipped anemome
2 false clowns (thats two total not two added)

 

[BlackAROWANA]

Hey just another peice of friendly advice. I would try feeding your anemone Some smaller food like mysid shrimp or something like that. I have had experience that when I feed my anemones silversids the usually end up throwing them back up later that night. So i made the switch. Plus I have read that in a couple other places.

 

[philhawk]

well he hasnt refused food exept some uncooked shrimp (i dont know why he didnt like it, ill just give that to my clown knife ) i am spreading out the feeding and working on some more lighting

ill have to post a video of my clowns with the anemome becuase i know its not usually a host. but you would have to tell that to them becuase they are getting along quite well.