Anemone looking 'droopy' after being introduced into tank.

[William Spak]

Hello all,

I just bought a black widow anemone from my LFS today, I just acclimated it by adding water to the store bag.

A while after being in the bag, it began to be droopy, so I decided to let it in the tank a bit early.
It's foot latched on to the rock instantly, and it still looks droopy in the tank. I shut all the flow off to make the acclimating process easier- should I turn it back on?

It's been in my tank for about 10 mins.

I keep seeing the anemone move, it's almost like it tries to sit itself up, but then it stops and begins to droop again...

Update; turned the flow on; he's looking a bit better.

Thanks everyone,
Will

 

[Coralreefer1]

Anemones need good water flow to survive, not to mention intense light and food 1-2 times a week!
Black Widows are awesome and beautiful! Nice pick up...
good luck and be safe!

 

[rlman41299]

He looks fine to me. What yo need to look out for is if he starts shrinking and hav a gapping mouth. That's when you start watching it. Anemones also deflates at the end of the day which my anemones does.

 

[Cstar_BC]

Just wanted to hop on here and say -
My bta sits right at the top of my tank , when I do a water change it is out of the water completely for like 5min . When I add the water back it looks like this for about 20-30min and then plumps up and is happy .

Bad health signs for anemones are:
-gaping mouth
-expelling it’s guts

 

[William Spak]

To anyone who's interested, he started to look much better when I put the flow on, I think he's just chillin now.

Thanks for the help everyone, I hope this anemone does well!

 

[Cstar_BC]

Look forward to seeing more pics !

To anyone who's interested, he started to look much better when I put the flow on, I think he's just chillin now.

Thanks for the help everyone, I hope this anemone does well!

 

[Coralreefer1]

Looks nice and happy