anemone closed

[Blizzard 123]

So I purchased a big long tentacle anemone 2 days ago and to night when my moon light light came on it went into a ball? It is much smaller and never seen it do this before. What is going on?

 

[heathlindner25]

Anemones are weird.

 

[Kadee]

Mine does it sometimes right before lights out

 

[davocean]

LTA and others will close at night, common

 

[Blizzard 123]

ok thanks was worried because was very small and did not do it before thanks.

 

[davocean]

I've kept many LTA's (M. Doreensis)over the years, they all have kind of closed up, some very tight like a baseball, I even had one pull into the sand for almost a week just because a snail fell on it, thought it was a gonner and then it just popped back out.
LTA's are kinda sensitive to light, shadows, vibrations or touching them, and since light is their main source of energy they may pull in when lights go down, especially in heavier flow areas it seems.

Too bad photobucket is being a bummer, I have some good shots of this saved there.

 

[CleanReef]

I would agree with the other posters, and add this: If you are doing everything else right, just leave the anemone be. Mine do weird things every day or so, but if I just leave it alone, it returns to it's perky self the next day.

 

[Blizzard 123]

Ok, so today it is back to its normal size guess it was just the light thanks.