Seabae Anemone not looking right. Help

[Gordon15]

No more help can be provided without parameters. However your lighting is also really low. I ran black boxes before at 20/60. Don't change anything until parameters are listed though.

I ran my lights as low as I posted because it was new corals. Everything was growing and reacting great with that setting so I kept it. Should I gradually increase? lights are 6 inches from the water surface and the tank is 21 inches in depth.

 

[Danroo]

Your first picture suggests it’s reaching for lights ramp them up slightly and see if it found a spot.

 

[Danroo]

“Sea Anemone Care: The Sebae Anemone can be difficult to care for because they do have high lighting needs and must be in a large enough aquarium to satisfy their ultimate size. Putting an anemone in a new tank will result in failure. The tank should be at least 1 year old and stable before adding your new H. crispa.” Google.

 

[Gordon15]

Your first picture suggests it’s reaching for lights ramp them up slightly and see if it found a spot.

I increased them. And it appears it’s reacting better with the strong intensity lighting. I’m at 5 whites 30 blues. Not sure how fast I can increase at a time. I don’t want to harm it or my other corals cranking it up too fast.

 

[GoVols]

I increased them. And it appears it’s reacting better with the strong intensity lighting. I’m at 5 whites 30 blues. Not sure how fast I can increase at a time. I don’t want to harm it or my other corals cranking it up too fast.

Will it eat, if you try to feed it?

 

[Gordon15]

Will it eat, if you try to feed it?

Ate the third day just some food it caught. Saw it move it towards its mouth.

 

[Gordon15]

Well lights ramped up a little I’m seeing little response. Hope a sign of good. Looking better. Last night it fully closed up but once the lights came on this morning, it started to open up.

 

[Andreas' Reef]

Parms are staying solid each test. I’m guessing lighting and being a newer tank is my issue. It’s my guess. I have 1 Duncan- two heads and now growing another head, Zoas that are taking off like crazy, 1 leather growing great, GSP, a Favia- looks the same only three weeks old.

an anemone is more difficult that the corals you listed. The tank looks kinda new as well

 

[Gordon15]

Got my phosphate kit. I’m at zero per the test. The past two mornings the anemone has been fully extended prior to the lights coming on. Once the lights are on it looks like the pictures attached to this thread.

thoughts? Thinking my tank is too new for this.