Anemone straight up not having a good time

[Uncle99]

Just leave it alone.

Yes! Above! +1

Just run your tank as normal and he will find a spot.
They like to find their own spot. Mine sits in a corner, on a flow, been there years now. Once in a while he moves a few inches, then returns to the same spot.

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He will start to "come apart" then OK to discard.

Make sure your SW numbers are on point and remain stable.
Make lots of light available.
Don't change flow pattern or direction.

 

[Scolyosis]

I think it's looking better, it has moved to a lower part of the tank, I have my light intensity turned way way down. (0350/4095). The anenome opens up to a decent size (about half of what it was in the store) but only during the sunset, sunrise and nighttime modes, during the day it curls completely up into a ball or looks like it's melting.

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[Scolyosis]

Not out of the woods yet but I am seeing some good progress.

Since I last posted the nem detached from the wall and fell to the bottom under all of my live rock, no way it was getting out. I ended up ripping my tank apart and moving him by blowing it w a turkey baster. Finally got it to a good spot out of flow and lower from the light. I surrounded it with some smaller rocks I had in the tank and it looked beyond dead, I would spray it with a turkey baster and the mouth would flop open like a plastic bag. The next morning it was 4 times the size but still looked awful.
I turned down my lights even further and its looking better everyday. Today the nem opened up around mid-day and spread way out but the tentacle still look really short. I tried feeding a very small piece of shrimp and it wasn't the least bit interested, it stayed open and out in front.

I think the light intensity really harmed the nem at first and acclimating with very low light would have helped a lot in the beginning. I am also finding that the small puffs of the turkey baster once and awhile helps the nem clear its mouth and it responds very well when its looking sluggish

 

[Uncle99]

The good thing about Nems is that you can not give them too much light or flow as they will just move to the spot which they like. If you have any other photosynthetic livestock, what's happens to them?

Moving, touching is not recommended . If the foot gets damaged, this can be fatal.

He must attach securely on his own, and then, never touched again. Once he has found his spot, if you don't change anything, he will likely stay put. Mine moved once in the first six months, and has not moved in 4 years.

I would stop the feeding. Once a month, a squirt of Mysis is more than enough, we want it to get its nutrition from light.