Anomeones folding up?

[Hellic]

Hey yall

I've been acclimating my corals to my new G6 XR15 and today I noticed my anemones reaching upward. Is this a sign they are getting too much light? Thanks. I haven't seen them do this before with less light and I'm almost to my goal of 50% intensity on AB+. Thanks!

 

[reeferguy3303]

Reaching up is a sign of weak lighting. The reaching to get more

 

[Hellic]

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Reaching up is a sign of weak lighting. The reaching to get more

Thats generally my thought, but with less lighting they weren't reaching this much?

 

[Jekyl]

I don't see reaching. Unhappy possibly

 

[Hellic]

Ill pause on the acclimation and see if they level out.

 

[srobertb]

Lots of anemone’s oral disc will fold. It is normal. I’ll try and go take a picture. Note the bottom ruffled/folded.

stretching into a trumpet shape is often a sign of need of more light. Changing intensity *and* spectrum or just the intensity with you new light?

I’d give it time. I love anemones. I have a lot of anemones. So long as they’re reasonably healthy they will move if the want more or less light. I’ve seen bad things happen with not enough light (go to a pet store) but I’ve never seen one die from too much. They just go hid in a crevice.

Disclaimer: I am not an anemone scientist.

 

[Hellic]

Lots of anemone’s oral disc will fold. It is normal. I’ll try and go take a picture. Note the bottom ruffled/folded.

stretching into a trumpet shape is often a sign of need of more light. Changing intensity *and* spectrum or just the intensity with you new light?

I’d give it time. I love anemones. I have a lot of anemones. So long as they’re reasonably healthy they will move if the want more or less light. I’ve seen bad things happen with not enough light (go to a pet store) but I’ve never seen one die from too much. They just go hid in a crevice.

Disclaimer: I am not an anemone scientist.

Technically both spectrum and intensity. My last light wasn't as plug and play as the radion in terms of spectrum and I didn't have a par meter this time around so trying to just read the corals. I know they could use more light but I think bringing them up maybe 1% per day until they seem good has been my approach so far, but I may have started a bit on the low end thinking the radion would be more powerful.

 

[srobertb]

Technically both spectrum and intensity. My last light wasn't as plug and play as the radion in terms of spectrum and I didn't have a par meter this time around so trying to just read the corals. I know they could use more light but I think bringing them up maybe 1% per day until they seem good has been my approach so far, but I may have started a bit on the low end thinking the radion would be more powerful.

Makes sense. Honestly IMHO Anemones do and go where they want. I would probably call it a foregone conclusion that if I changed my lights or flow even a little, one or two will walk no matter how much I try.

Honestly, unless you had more sensitive corals, I’d just crank my lights and leave them. They’ll find where they are happiest and it will happen today or after you get your lights ramped up in a week or 3. That’s my 2 cents. I know a lot of people would disagree.




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