How is this anemone & clownfish rough scales.

Ztrain

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My two clowns are starting to get bigger and maybe this is just the way they're growing but I'm a little concerned about the rough texture of the white scales behind their eyes. They both have it a little bit but more so the larger female. Is this a parasite or disease or is this just how they are? Also the large female is occasionally doing something I think is flashing. In the below video you can see it just after 1:05 after the female swims infront of the rock with the cyano. Yes I know I cleaned it from most of the rest of the tank haven't done that rock. Can only get so much per WC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZeAxEVn8ow

I got two weeks ago today an anemone mail order. When it showed up it was all shriveled up and it's mouth inverted. After a day in my tank it was still little but the mouth closed up and it found a place and hasn't moved from it. It peeks out from an underhang and stretches far out each day. Kinda like the one that I had that died which makes me a little nervous. Should they not stretch that far? I had it under a Kessil a150w Ocean Blue for the first week and it stay'd a dark blue black color. I upgraded over the weekend to a Radion xr15 and it is a lot brighter. I'm using Reef radiance setting at 50% and then every few days I plan to move it up to 80%. It has changed color a bit hopefully because I'm using a more full spectrum light then the almost all blue Kessil. I'm concerned about it possibly bleaching. The whole nem looks lighter but also I see these blotches on the sides of it that you can see in the pictures I've taken.

Also while it's had the short tentacles ever since I got it since it is a rose and I've seen the ones that it has been split off from how can I encourage it to grow the tentacles longer and red'er. I don't mind if it has bubbles or not but I'd like the tentacles to be more long and flowing rather then short and stubby like that are. Take a look at the pictures and let me know what you think pls.

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Thank you,
Z
 
Also just noticed at 0:13 the Flame Hawk has 3 little pimple looking things on his nose I wonder if those are supposed to be that way?
 
The shaking, as you call it, is part of a dominance dance that two clowns do as they are courting, and during their life together. It is normal.

Everything else looks good. Can you put some GFO in a bag or something to help get knock out nutrients in the tank?
 
The shaking, as you call it, is part of a dominance dance that two clowns do as they are courting, and during their life together. It is normal.

Everything else looks good. Can you put some GFO in a bag or something to help get knock out nutrients in the tank?

Awesome just making sure that wasn't the flashing shaking. The male was doing some really bad shaking tonight. Not twitching but all out jerking so I did a 20% water change just to make sure. The nem didn't like it. All the tentacles went really skinny and it is shrunk down now. Will see what's up tomorrow.

I've been using Nopox to get the nutrients down. Their at 8ppm nitrate and .05 phosphate right now. The hair algae has been slowly dying back. Almost all the rocks were completely covered about a month ago.
 
I woke up early this morning and went to check on my tank to find my RBTA tried to commit suicide in my MP10. It moved from the center of the tank and parked right below it letting it's oral disk and tentacles directly in to the flow in front of the pump and so far it's just staying there letting itself get blasted. Fortunately the sponge guard that it comes with kept the anemone from getting sucked in and shredded.

However the clowns were still asleep where the anemone was when I went to bed. Not twitching at all and both mouths closed. So I think it is the trying to acclimate to the anemone that is causing their issues.
 
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