liquidreamer
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I have 2 Florida Condis and 1 small Pink Tip Haitian. Water params are a steady 5 day readout:
Amm 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrites .5 (been going down with the addition of macros in refuge)
Temp 78.5-80
Calc 400+
I ordered them all 6 days ago from saltwaterfish. I acclimated them properly and all was good. Thing is - they seem to look to voluntarily move to behind and/or under rocks where there is hardly any if at all light hitting them. I even moved one that wasnt anchored to anything (in the sand) to a rock in clear view of the lights... he seemed to love it at first and then two days later was back in a dark crack but extended. They expand fully off and on throught the day and night but they like to shrivel (not dead shrivel, just kinda close up) all the time - even with lights on. Is this common? My lights are on a 12 hour cycle and I have 4x54w T5s... ALL of my inverts are doing fine - Coral Banded Shrimp, Peppermint, and Camelback. All hermits and snails doing fine as well. 2xclowns are also fine.
Well, when I came home today - I had one of the Condi Anemones fully open and healthy looking except for a few tentacles look damaged and his foot looks semi damaged/torn. He also looks a little less in control of his motion or limpish looking and a little more clearer than normal. The other Condi is behind the rock and the Haitian is closed but looks okay as usual (again, the off and on with closing). I am going take some pics and try to get a good shot of the foot. Are these actions normal of them?
Amm 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrites .5 (been going down with the addition of macros in refuge)
Temp 78.5-80
Calc 400+
I ordered them all 6 days ago from saltwaterfish. I acclimated them properly and all was good. Thing is - they seem to look to voluntarily move to behind and/or under rocks where there is hardly any if at all light hitting them. I even moved one that wasnt anchored to anything (in the sand) to a rock in clear view of the lights... he seemed to love it at first and then two days later was back in a dark crack but extended. They expand fully off and on throught the day and night but they like to shrivel (not dead shrivel, just kinda close up) all the time - even with lights on. Is this common? My lights are on a 12 hour cycle and I have 4x54w T5s... ALL of my inverts are doing fine - Coral Banded Shrimp, Peppermint, and Camelback. All hermits and snails doing fine as well. 2xclowns are also fine.
Well, when I came home today - I had one of the Condi Anemones fully open and healthy looking except for a few tentacles look damaged and his foot looks semi damaged/torn. He also looks a little less in control of his motion or limpish looking and a little more clearer than normal. The other Condi is behind the rock and the Haitian is closed but looks okay as usual (again, the off and on with closing). I am going take some pics and try to get a good shot of the foot. Are these actions normal of them?
Any have any advice on his foot? If you'll notice the dark red/orange (the top of the pic) is his foot normal colored... now I know the very bottom IS a lighter colored orange, but this looks more on the side of his foot... it also has some white puffy areas I think you can see in the pics. Youll also notice that the tentacles near that area are deflated and seem to twist and overlap like that is damaged area or something. Thanks all 
