Is my tank suitable for my nem?

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So I have made many many threads about my anemone moving around and bothering other corals. While she moves around though, she tends to stick on the rocks 2-3 inches away from the top of the water, which I assume is because my biocube lights aren’t enough for her. She lost a little color and has settled multiple times for days on end before moving. I can add pictures upon request, but I think she is happy moving around, but I know she must settle eventually. I think there are 3 factors that extremly bug her...
1) my stock biocube lights aren’t enough to satisfy her
2) my tank is so small, and how the wave maker is set up, it hits her at awkward angles(only angle that actually works in my tank, and I could take it out of my tank and things would be perfectly fine, but that’s a major change as my euphyllia garden would get little to no flow).
3) I feed heavy as I’m trying to be able to frag by Christmas, I feed every other day with reef roids. I have a ARMY of brittle starfish I must deal with, but I have no idea how to combat it without pretty much stopping my feedings(which I prefer not to cause my skunk shrimp is an a**)
I have a 20 gallon water box in the midst of cycling, adding sand and water tomorrow to it, so my question is, would it be best to leave her in my biocube to freely walk around? Or should I move her to my frag tank when it’s ready ALONG with my 2 clowns? OR, should I ruin the sleek look of my rocks and put sone rubble down in hopes of her settling? I’ll just put pics up for reference..
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Micro brittle stars only eat detritus left over food. They shouldn't bother anything. The nem is moving around because it's not happy and will continue to do so until it finds a spot it likes. If it doesn't find a spot it will continuously be stressed out and will eventually parish. They like pretty good flow and bright light.
 
Micro brittle stars only eat detritus left over food. They shouldn't bother anything. The nem is moving around because it's not happy and will continue to do so until it finds a spot it likes. If it doesn't find a spot it will continuously be stressed out and will eventually parish. They like pretty good flow and bright light.
Yeah, I know that, I probably have 100 of them in every crevice of my rock work. Anyways, I think it’s a lighting problem, as she was settled for a week in a crevice and has good flow, (kinda to much flow but she eventually stretched out and then moved. Do you think if I got a led hood it would make a difference? Or should I just move her over to my 20 gallon water box with a AI prime 16hd when it’s up and ready.
 
Not sure I could answer that. They normally like established tanks. But it still might be the right move. I just got my first one about 2 months ago and think I got lucky as its moved about 2-3 inches then stayed put.
 
Not sure I could answer that. They normally like established tanks. But it still might be the right move. I just got my first one about 2 months ago and think I got lucky as its moved about 2-3 inches then stayed put.
Tank is about a year old, with plenty of lps, and softies growing off their butt
 

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