How to keep an anemone happy while lights are acclimating?

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I got a BTA and had it for 3 weeks. The longest it has stayed put is about 2 days.

My lights are not strong right now. I had 2 AI primes that I thought were doing well. Then I rented a par meter and the highest par my tank had was 200 (top of rocks right under the light) and the avg par was like 90. So I upped the intensity on the 2 AIs and added a 3rd from a tank I was taking down. Because the tank is full of coral, all my lights are on an acclimate period of 40 days to raise about 40%. I don’t want to stress the corals.

I feel like my nem is trying to find some place brighter to hang out in, hence why it keeps moving. Any ideas? Will it be ticked for another 40 days until the lights actually get to a point that makes it happy?
 
You might try just upping one light and see if the men moves under it.
 
Just leave him alone, he’s will move to where he wants and you have absolutely no control.

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You'd be surprised how many people (and vendors) run completely successful tank at 200par or much less.
 

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