I need help with my Carpet Anemone, S. Hadonni

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Just purchased a new Carpet Anemone and I think it's not doing too well. I just purchased some cipro and may take another week before it gets delivered. The anemone folds flat and shrivels up at night. It's tentacles are short and has gaps when open. It's also not sticky. I had it for a week and just recently tried to feed it with krill but it will not take it. I also tried close to the mouth and fanning other fishes away to give it a chance to fold up but failed to do so. I did a 30% water change prior to placing the anemone. My parameters is as follows:

Ammonia:0
Nitrate:0
Nitrite:0
Ph:8.2
Salinity:1.025
Phosphate: 0.02
Mg:1590
Ca:460
dKh: 11.5

Dosing kalkwasser with my ATO. Reef fusion 1 and 2- 5ml everyday. Fluval sea Mg-5 ml everyday. Kent iodide-2.5 everyday. Flow- eheim 1260 and 1262, koralia 4 with wave maker full blast on high and 15% on low. Lights maxspect razor 160w at both 80% at high. 140 gallon, 40g sump. Carbon and gfo reactor. Skimming 24/7.

Pictures to follow.
 
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The first image was when I first got it. The last couple ones are with the lights off after 30 min.
 
@OrionN, for some strange reason, the anemone looks a lot better when I messed with it. I placed krill twice close to it's mouth and helped to fold, just to cover the food from other fishes. The shrimp took it and had a little bit of tag or war towards the tip but the shrimp eventually won. It's been 1 hour since I turned the light off and it's still like the last 2 pictures with the mouth a little bit more closed up. I did not know that cipro was tablets. How will I dose that in a 10 gallon tank?
 
I had a problem with a few fish dying once. I had bought the fish and did a water change while acclimating them. Rookie mistake. the fish acclimated to the old water and the new water that they got put into to met them swiftly with an untimely doom. any chance you did this.
 
@pc2918-Nope. I did the water change the day before it shipped. I wanted my water parameter to be on line. I tested my water and found phosphate of .06. I changed my gfo and did a 30% water change. The hadonni came in a day after. What's worrying me is that the hadonni was shipped with water. I heard they shipped better dry as they don't expel toxic ammonia while acclimating. It's strange though, it went from almost looking like I lost it to looking healthy. The only thing I did was turned my lights back on 100% then to 80% after I noticed it fluffing up. It has not deflated since and even closed its mouth. The lights have been 0/1% for about 2 hours now.
 
Peel and smashed the krill before you feed him. This is needed only when the anemone is not healthy. Once they are healthy, you don't have to do this. Wait a few days before you feed him. Stand guard over him with a stick to keep the shrimp and fish from stealing his food. Once they are healthy Haddoni can fend for themselves (even kill fish or shrimp that try to steal food) but not now.
Read the first post carefully on the Cipro sticky above and you have all the information you need regarding Cipro treatment
 
Thanks OrionN. Sorry I did find the sticky for Cipro, search tool is a wonderful thing. Lol! Is it normal for it to look like this after looking like crap?
 
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