Inside out anemone

Campy10 · Sep 22, 2020

Does anyone know why my anemone goes inside out? Otherwise the anemone seems healthy and hosts a clownfish.

Dolphins18 · Sep 22, 2020

I have some do it in some tanks and others not ever do it. I only have this issue in my young tanks that are not fully established. In my experience that means they aren’t super happy. The others looks fairly closed up as well. How are your nitrates? Have they been in there a long time?

j.falk · Sep 22, 2020

It's not inside out...it's balled up. BTAs do this all the time...don't worry about it...it's fine.

Dolphins18 · Sep 22, 2020

All of those bubble tips are receding... unless you just turned the lights on they shouldn’t look like that.

CCauthers · Sep 22, 2020

They do that when they get irritated, or when they are feeding. not an immediate cause for action

Campy10 · Sep 22, 2020

Lights had just turned on. Now its normal. The tank had been setup for two years and i moved 2 months ago. The nems were not very happy after the move but seem better but they are balling up a lot more frequently than they used to. Nitrates are around 8 which is what i was aiming for. They used to be near zero at the previous location but i replaced my 5 ft sump with huge fuge with a much smaller one.

Dolphins18 · Sep 22, 2020

Yea I like to give them a little nitrates 8 is spot on. Idk man, they are sensitive to elements far beyond the standard things we test for. I am having icp testing done on all my tanks to try and figure out what causes these differences.

Campy10 · Sep 22, 2020

Latest picture after light have been on for 2 hours.

j.falk · Sep 22, 2020

See...worried for nothing. They look good.

Dolphins18 · Sep 22, 2020

Added these guys about 12 hours and apart from one detaching all has gone pretty good so far. I threw the one into another tank after he detached lol.

j.falk · Sep 22, 2020

Where are you guys getting all of your RBTAs from? I never see them for sale anywhere local or online.

Dolphins18 · Sep 22, 2020

Mine breed in one tank, and split in the other two. One thing I have found very true with BTA’s is they certainly do not like alkalinity being dosed at once. If you need to dose alk it’s best to do it extremely slowly.