brought home a GBTA, not looking hot.

Clifford04

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I brought home a GBTA last night and during the the night time it sprawled out and looked nice but when I woke up this morning it was under a rock till the night, where I decided to check on it. Once the lights went on to 2 actinics I saw it start moving, I flipped over the rock once I really couldn't see it anymore and found this:

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I flipped the rock back over and let the anemone be exposed a little to the light. Is this normal for this in the first 24hours? I never saw it come out today so how am I going to feed it? I plan on feeding it some krill for the first time tomorrow.
Nitrates are at 0..
Calcium is fine
Alk is fine

What seems to be going on here?
 
Temp is sitting at around 79F. During the day I have 3 bright whites and 3 actinics runnings 54watts each.
I heard they like a lot of flow, but I have a powerhead indirectly on it, it's creating a small current for it.

It started opening it up slightly since I played with it(flipping the rock and taking the pictures, exposing it slightly to the actinics). It is still griping onto the rock, doesn't seem to be moving much, and I can clearly see its mouth. IDK if this is normal for a newly acquired anemone, but I heard they can take a while to get acclimated fully. I plan on feeding it a small amount tomorrow but how am I supposed to if i can barely see it under all the rock?!
 
Just an update if anyone is caring to help, I fed it a 1/2 piece of krill today which it latched onto and pulled in. I will feed it in another five days or so. How long do these things take to be acclimated? I don't want to put in my clowns if it's not ready and will just stress it out.
 
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