Anemone Expelling Waste Frequently

I have an Anemone and since I turned back the % of lights and decreased the photo period my Anemone had deflated every night @ 6pm and expels its waste.

Is this normal or could there be something wrong?


Current Tank Params:

SG - 1.026
Mag - 1600
Ca - 430
Alk - 9.8
Phos - 0.0
Temp - 78.6 - 80.01
Medium Flow
Seachem Reef Salt
BRS Carbon (3 days old)
Feed - Rods Fish Food

 

Oh and my clowns like to eat the expelled waste....

Here's a pic:

 

How often are you feeding him the max is once or maybe twice a week and only little bit. I have one to and this behavior is normal but you could be feeding him to dealth Post back love to hear how it's going

 

I feed the entire tank Rods food "no spot feeding" every other day.

 

How many nights has this been occurring?

It could be possibly expelling zooxanthellea/dinoflagellats in response to the lighting change.

If you see a loss of coloration you may want to slowly ramp the lighting back up.

 

I pushed back the lights around 10% (not a whole lot), I did this about a week maybe a week and half ago. :-/ The expelling has been occurring for the past 3 days, it gets massive during the day and shrivels up/expels waste at night.

Also lately the clowns have really been bullying it, even when its expelling waste the female will ram into it.. Iv noticed at night the clowns will sleep deeper inside the nem, sometimes so deep inside. Not sure if that will help diagnose but more info the better.

 

Unfortunately clowns can be too passionate with their anemones stress the anemone and kill it eventually.

If the oral opening begins gapping that is a worryism sign.

 

It's only open when expelling, is that normal?

 

Yes.

If it's possible take a strawberry basket, place it over the anemone, and see if you can prevent the clowns from residing in the anemone for a day.

 

I'm off this Tuesday, ill go to the store and grab one.

Now that I think of it, when I upgraded my stock lights to the NanoTuners and then my LEDs, each time they changed it took about a week or two for the nem to agree.

It's a thought...