sick anemone?

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tomcat.415

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I have a question about my anemone. In the morning it looks like its dead with its mouth wide open and all the tentacles are a deflated since its a green BTA ands is also shrinks too. After about a hour its huge and and eating and all the tentacles are bubbly. Then, half way through the day it is the same as it was in the morning. Than after an hour it goes back to normal until I turn off the lights. PLease help.
 
Well generally when fed, anemones skrink down... so I don't really know what to say... usually a "sick" nem looks sick... they lose colour, get limp, basically just look sick. How long have you had it, what is your equiptment set up?
 
its eating, didn't lose any color, It was just really small and all the tentacles were deflated. the mouth was open and this brown stuff was coming out
 
That is your Anemone "ejecting" Zooxanthellae, basically hes adjusting to your tank/lights. Keep an eye on him, if he starts to lose colour it means he is dieing.
 
Some BTA's with no hosting fish will stop forming bubble tenticales and have long straight ones like LTA's - they also may do this just from time to time - one day bubble tips next long tenticles and so on.
 
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