Anemone dying?

[CloudStrife]

Here are some pictures, I think it's trying to get some excess food out. He was fine as of 5 minutes ago, then my pump went a little higher in speed and it started to do this:::

 

[AquaRick]

Do you target feed your anemone at all?

 

[CloudStrife]

Yeah, I only have two clowns so there isn't a lot of food to go his way to begin with.

 

[AquaRick]

The anemone is probably stressed out from the feeding. Anemones get 95% of their energy from light. They get the rest of their energy from food in the water column. There really isn't a need to target feed them.

 

[CloudStrife]

He got really small now, should I let him go for now and see what he does?

 

[AquaRick]

I say leave him alone. He'll recover from the feeding. Just be careful in the future. If you do want to feed him, give him nothing bigger than a small pea sized portion; even then I recommend no target feeding.

 

[CloudStrife]

Is their any way to see if he's hungry?

 

[AquaRick]

It seems feeding him is what caused the problem in the first place. No need to feed him again. Give him time and be patient. The anemone gets all his energy from his environment. You really don't need to do anything.

 

[bavass]

my bubble tip from time to time gets small and behind a rock but by morning he is usually back out

 

[JustinKBreen]

I have had a green bubble tip Anemone for several months. Its normal for them to close up after being fed or to expel waste. It it stays that way for a day or two then worry, otherwise let it be. I have also noticed my anemone will not close completely now that a clown is hosting but it still closes most of the way on occasion.

 

[bskerrichard27]

Yours looks realy whit which is not good ...it should have a brownish tint to it from the algae in it white means it exspelled it ....mine did that same thing I just babied it for a while and he came back know he's growing like a weed

 

[CloudStrife]

I actually noticed today that he was starting to have a brown tint, so that is good? Cause I stopped target feeding and added two hours of more 10k bulb hours and he seemed to like it more I thought

 

[bskerrichard27]

Brown tint is good ...only feed him once a week u can over feed them

 

[bskerrichard27]

This was mine 4 months ago see how bleached it was and it was constantly closed up and moving its mouth even stayed open for a week I thought it was a gonner