sebae h. crispa acclimation period?

[Swayze27]

Try to keep this short but recently acquired two sebae anemone. I assume both are h. Crispa because they appear to be attaching to the base of the rock work. One is purple with darker purple or blue tips. The other is white with blue tips, it obviously a bleached tan I would assume because it has a yellowish tint. Purple one is doing great, been in about 2-3 weeks has contoured to the rock work and is eating great. The bleached one is the one in question. It hasn't moved other than me intervening and moving it to a spot with slightly better flow pattern. It has been in the tank for 4-5 days. It stays inflated but it does scrunch in a section of its tentacles periodically and slightly exposes its mouth in order to poop or expell debris/ waste. Stays fully inflated for most of the day other than to do this. He's getting great lighting and an occasional wisp of flow. Does this sound typical to any of you sebae keepers. Tried to feed it and it "flinched" but wouldn't grab the food. I'm gonna give it more time to settle before feeding again. Does this sound typical of a new h. Crispa. Does this sound like typical acclimation for this species?

 

[Swayze27]

 

[Swayze27]

 

[JonezNReef]

sebae h. crispa acclimation period?

IME with my Seabae when it was bleached I had to keep it in low light until its zooxanthellae was able to repopulate the nem. Right now with it being bleached its like being on a beach in July with no sunscreen. As long as its staying inflated I would lightly try to feed it mysis here and there until it colors back up (which took a couple of months for me). I went through this with my Seabae when I first got it(it was bleached completely white) and also the first time I upgraded tanks ( expelled all its zooxanthellae right after acclimating it to the new tank)

 

[Swayze27]

I put a screen over his area under the lights and he seems to be scrunching areas of his tentacles less. He's never deflated but is definitely bleached and is not interested in food yet. Did it take time for yours to get an appetite?

 

[JonezNReef]

Yea it took a month or so before it would really eat. I only feed mine small food when I target feed like mysis or brine. I don't ever feed it pieces of shrimp or fish but thats just me. As long as its staying inflated and isn't floating around you should be good.

Personally I would keep an eye on it, let it be and maybe once a week target it with some food until it accepts it. Keep us posted