bavass
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Only time will tell. They are funny creatures. Just leave it be, let it do its thing and just watch and see thats really all you can do
mine has been under my t5HOS for a year now and look at my avatar its healthy and beautiful, the key to it is keep them under quality lamps like ATI or KZPersonally, I just don't believe a 4 bulb is enough to keep an anemone under. I tried it and failed on my 36 gallon tank, a lesson learned.
Is it possible to move the rock he is attached to? I had a stubborn BTA at one point, he would do similar things to what yours is doing. I would flip the rock over for him to start getting some light. In the end, I traded him for about 2000 pods for my mandarin since he just wouldn't do well.
This being said, with more diligence yours will do just fine. I have a red bta doing great, I had just got over the green one. Since anemone don't have a brain, it might just not realize what it is doing. Try to move the rock he is on and see what happens.
+1 I totally agree T5HOS is the way to go for reef specially with anemone. T5 is only for FOLRmine has been under my t5HOS for a year now and look at my avatar its healthy and beautiful, the key to it is keep them under quality lamps like ATI or KZ
I disagree with the lighting comments. A bleaching anemone does not look like that, and doesn't hide from light either.
I would look to parameters. Are you adding anything to the tank in the way of supplements?
I would do a few water changes and see what that does.
I would not toss it just yet. Yes, it can recover if you can figure out the problem.
If the issue is stemming from the ato, it wouldn't be from the topping off of fresh water it would be from the kalk that is being added. At 8 months I don't know why this is being used and I would have to go back on my lighting statement from awhile ago to point my finger in that direction.
Large water changes to get parameters normalized and see what happens.