Anemone shrunk after water change

icejam · Oct 9, 2018

Few days ago I picked up a half dead anemone from LFS that owner wanted to throw away. It looked like a blob of jello. I have no idea which type it is. Base(?) is purple-pink-ish with green tentacles and green tips. I got it in a bag with water but I heard those should be transported without water?
I placed it in shaded area in main tank and it slowly started to look better but moved to a spot with even less light about 1~2in away.

Here is a couple of pictures after 48h in the tank.

However I did partial water change today and the anemone retracted all the tentacles an fully closed up - looking like a plum.
The lights in the aquarium were already off when I noticed anemone being closed.

This is what is looking like now.

It's behind a rock and with lights off so that's the best picture I have.

Will it be OK?

Thanks

Auto-pilot · Oct 9, 2018

Check your water parameters, if you changed something too fast and it's mad at you ride it out and try not to shock it anymore. If your lighting is too strong it will hide in a shaded area possibility. With my experience if they are mad sometimes they hide because that don't feel good. If you can tun the lights down maybe he will expand again. If not just wait and see what happens

icejam · Oct 9, 2018

My lights are definitely stronger than what LFS had. I only do 2% water change daily so no parameters should have changed too much.

Auto-pilot · Oct 9, 2018

yeah might be getting used to your lights, also maybe your flow. Try turning the pumps off and feeding it to see if he will respond

icejam · Oct 9, 2018

Auto-pilot said:
yeah might be getting used to your lights, also maybe your flow. Try turning the pumps off and feeding it to see if he will respond

Isn't altering flow and feeding within first week or so a bad thing to do with new anemones?

Auto-pilot · Oct 9, 2018

icejam said:
Isn't altering flow and feeding within first week or so a bad thing to do with new anemones?

I've fed all of mine within the first week and none of mine have died from it. Do you have any other sugesuggest

icejam · Oct 9, 2018

Auto-pilot said:
I've fed all of mine within the first week and none of mine have died from it. Do you have any other sugesuggest

I'm by no means an expert, just asking questions.
And how do I feed it when it's closed?

Auto-pilot · Oct 10, 2018

Just put food on top of it sometimes it stimuates them into getting a response. I had a rock anemone that was brown and ugly from a tank that had bad lights and high nutrients. My tank is the opposite and he was shrunk up for a while but I kept putting food on him untill one day he sorta opened up a little and ate some reef roids. Kept doing it untill he opened and stayed open. Now he's a happy little sea creature

kinetic · Oct 11, 2018

Looks kind of like a bubble tip that isn't entirely happy yet.

Just leave it, I think it'll probably recover and adjust to your lights. Just make sure it doesn't get worse and detach/deflate or leave its mouth wide open.

icejam · Oct 11, 2018

So I left it be and it came out of the cave somewhat and now looking like this.

I can't see the mouth from where it is now.
I'll check during feeding time after I turn pumps off.

Don't think it's a bubble tip??

Auto-pilot · Oct 11, 2018

It kinda looks like a condylactis to me. Super cool I love anemones. I'm allways fighting with mine to keep them where I want lol.

rhdoug · Oct 12, 2018

It seems like you are doing a good job and it is responding well. It looks like it is trying and in not terrible shape. Feed it some mysis or a frozen mix if you can and leave it alone other than feeding it. At least that is what I would do. I have kept a sebae for 17 years, but am certainly no expert.