Acclimating Anemone to Light

beehive124 · Jan 13, 2022

I’ve made a few posts on my new anemone, but hopefully this is the last one lol. I have an AI Prime that I set to a 3 day acclimation period starting at 0% intensity (not off). I do the 3-day period for when I get new corals and what not, so I figured this would be fine for a nem too. What do you guys think?

Uriken · Jan 13, 2022

I would trust to start that way. I think the key here is to keep an eye on the anemone and let it dictate the process. How quick it attaches to a spot and then open up fully and so forth. Then adjust the lights per its response.

OrionN · Jan 13, 2022

I don’t acclimate my coral and anemones to light. I just put them into the light level I think is appropriate for the species at 100% right away.
the population of Zooxanthellae in a coral or anemone is diverse. The make up of this population changes with light level. IMO, it is best to select for the “optimal” population right off the bat, rather than select and give advantages to low light Zooxanthellae then select for higher light level days to weeks later.
The light level, within reason, affect the Zooxanthellae population, not the coral or anemone itself

beehive124 · Jan 13, 2022

OrionN said:
I don’t acclimate my coral and anemones to light. I just put them into the light level I think is appropriate for the species at 100% right away.
the population of Zooxanthellae in a coral or anemone is diverse. The make up of this population changes with light level. IMO, it is best to select for the “optimal” population right off the bat, rather than select and give advantages to low light Zooxanthellae then select for higher light level days to weeks later.
The light level, within reason, affect the Zooxanthellae population, not the coral or anemone itself

So should I cancel the acclimation mode right now? The lights booted up like 2 hours ago

OrionN · Jan 13, 2022

I would. IME, changing light level in my tank often results in anemones moving. I have a lot of them.
A few days of low light isn't going to kill any healthy coral or anemone, however, it can and likely induce mobile animals to move, which is a problem in a jam pack tank.