Anemone behavior

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That is what I would consider the bare minimum for this species. Don't go lower. Give him some time to let him adapt to your tank and lighting. Right now he is stressing and doesn't have any zooxanthellae. You will need to supplementally feed him SMALL bits of food (no larger than pencil eraser size) while he recovers. Once he has his zooxanthellae back you won't need to feed him per se - unless you want him to get LARGE.

BTW - these are sexual creatures and do not reproduce asexually. Regardless of how large he gets, or what you read elsewhere, do NOT try to cut him in two - you will just end up with a dead anemone. If you are interested I have some scientific papers that detail sexual reproduction in this species, but they are kinda dry - not too many photos, LOL.

Here's another video that captures water movement for a healthy H. crispa. This again is pretty moderate for what I have seen them experience in the wild; they seem to like strong flow but not getting whipped around:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyjcPvOVcpY

And here's a cool shot of a light purple one with an A. tricinctus pair. That's a big anemone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7frCwrVlsI
 
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we have a RBTA that keeps splitting (likes the number 6.....everytime we sell one it splits again.) Ours goes thru cycles of so called showing its guts, (shitting) and shriveling up to open up fully again. I feed it silverside twice per week and the lighting they are under are now 250W MH and T5's with dusk and dawn mode. I'm no expert on these guys but if most anemones are similar I wouldn't stress so much when you see them do funky stuff. Just make sure that they return to normal within 24 hours or ya probably have a problem
 
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kiwigirl said:
we have a RBTA that keeps splitting (likes the number 6.....everytime we sell one it splits again.) Ours goes thru cycles of so called showing its guts, (shitting) and shriveling up to open up fully again. I feed it silverside twice per week and the lighting they are under are now 250W MH and T5's with dusk and dawn mode. I'm no expert on these guys but if most anemones are similar I wouldn't stress so much when you see them do funky stuff. Just make sure that they return to normal within 24 hours or ya probably have a problem
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i like how she can say shitting but i cant say d@mn...like seriously? lol


but my nem does the same...i farm my RBTA so i feed it every other day and it craps every 2 or 3 days...it goes quickly because my clowns pull the waste out of the mouth...
 
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Oh fawk me :scared:.....



Apperently my wife said the nem was being blown face first into the adjacent rock all day (only tells me when I get home and freak out lol). Guess its going down the drain. :eek:hwell:

On a lighter side:



Found Mr. McNuggets chilling out under the rocks so I rescapped it again. Funny the least fav of the two look slike he is doing well lol! :cheer2:
 
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Well against my better judgement I left it in the tank to see how it does over night. It's a little flatter than before and when I shine a light its tentacles wiggle around. Still have this feeling its taking a dumpster dive.
 
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UPDATE: It reinverted itself and just looks like a normal ne but just flat and seems to be spawning lol! Looks like water chnages and carbon is coming up. Ill give it by today to see if it livens up. Freaked me out cause last time I say a nem invert itself like that it died in a few hours and melted. It hasnt melted yet so Ill keep a close eye on it and keep you guys updated.
 
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I don't know how to describe it other than to call it deflating anemone syndrome. Sadly, once an anemone starts this kind of dramatic inversion, I have yet to see one survive. Typically its last action is to spawn - at least as much as it can - as it dies. Some people think it is due to internal bacterial infection but I have no idea. There is a chance that your shrimp didn't kill it, but rather only became interested in it after it died and start to rot. But I don't really know.

Good luck with your next one :)
 
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