Is my anemone ok?

[sprungson]

It looks like half the polyps are not extending. I got him a week ago and he hid in a cave. I removed the rock to get him light and this is what he looks like.

This is how he looked when I bought him.

Is he splitting?

0 ammonia, dkh 8.4, temp 78F, salinity 35.3ppm, nitrite 0, nitrate 5-10

 

[Jon Fishman]

Give it time. Don’t feed it, and don’t move it...... it can move if it wants

Can’t tell splitting from picture, but doubt it


It is a sexy one though. Rainbow?

 

[sprungson]

Give it time. Don’t feed it, and don’t move it...... it can move if it wants

Can’t tell splitting from picture, but doubt it


It is a sexy one though. Rainbow?

The LFS labelled it CB Rose BTA.

 

[sprungson]

The LFS labelled it CB Rose BTA.

Give it time. Don’t feed it, and don’t move it...... it can move if it wants

Can’t tell splitting from picture, but doubt it


It is a sexy one though. Rainbow?

Btw its not dying is it? No smell

 

[Dom]

Nems aren't coral, you can't put them where you think they look best and expect them to stay where you put them. Their environment dictates where they move. For example, if they are in an area with too much flow, they may move out of the flow a bit. If there is too much light, they may move into the rocks a bit. It is hard to say, but understand that they should be left alone to move about the tank and find their happy place. You only have him a week, so he's still acclimating.

 

[Jon Fishman]

The LFS labelled it CB Rose BTA.

I have yet to see one that nice in a local shop

 

[Dom]

How old is your tank?

 

[Jon Fishman]

Btw its not dying is it? No smell

doubt it’s dying, or it would open the mouth completely, or shrivel and close completely, but probably the prior

 

[sprungson]

Cool thanks everyone. I'll give him time and keep monitoring

 

[sprungson]

Nems aren't coral, you can't put them where you think they look best and expect them to stay where you put them. Their environment dictates where they move. For example, if they are in an area with too much flow, they may move out of the flow a bit. If there is too much light, they may move into the rocks a bit. It is hard to say, but understand that they should be left alone to move about the tank and find their happy place. You only have him a week, so he's still acclimating.

Thanks I'm aware they are not coral. Also I did not move him, I simply removed a rock above him that was blocking lights