LTA Question

[Woogiekids]

We purchased a LTA approximately two weeks ago. It seems perfectly healthy, mouth is closed, sticky, eating well. However it does something very odd.

It's foot is buried completely in the sand during the day, and is hosting two maroon clowns. When the lights go out at night, it falls over on it's side, and completely unearths itself. It doesn't try and move, so I don't think that it's unhappy in it's spot. It just lies on it side all night long. The second the lights come back on, it straightens up, and replants itself. It never deflates, and mouth is tightly closed.

Is this normal? Pics below of the LTA during the day.

 

[Toddrtrex]

That isn't normal.

The anemone is a bit on the bleached side.

What lights do you have? What lights was it under at the LFS ? Are you acclimating it to your lights?

What are your water parameters -- with numbers.

 

[MammothReefer]

Stick it in a piece of pvc tubing, and bury the tube.