Bubble Tip Anemone

Bought one last friday not looking very healthy.
Do you place them on sand or up on live rock?

 

Depending on your lights. What kind do you have? Luna

 

how old is your tank? what kind of lights? by "not so healthy" exactly what do you mean? Pics?

 

130 watt power compacts
30 gallon bowfront
6 months old
laying out flat

 

specs are good, did it by chance eat and poop? nems poop, then get really deflated and almost dead looking. It usually gets back to norm with a day....

How did u acclimate it?

Sometimes they just need a little time to get used to and the tank and find someplace they are happy enough with that they expand to full size. Thats the scary part of owning a nem, they walk around and sting/kill everything in their path on the search for a spot they like. You may look one day and see it clear across the tank, and it may stay there for months/years. Mine never moved once they found a happy place.

 

I think that you dont have enough lighting. BTA's need intense lighting. How deep is your tank? Luna

 

bta's need the least amount of lighting out of all the nems, I have kept several(with complete success) under less light. If the lighting is poor the color will begin to fade out.

 

Adding to what Mazilla said, get it higher up in the tank. 130W PC lights aren't as intense as T5 and MH of the same wattage, so to get the same effects of the lighting, the animal needs to be closer to the source. 6 months is a bit new for an anemone. There isn't enough natural plankton built up in the water to sustain it well. It will deflate to expel old water and remove it's waste. If the anemone is happy and healthy, it will return to normal within an hour or 2. It will usually plant its foot on a rock or tank wall. I have rarely seen it plant on the sand bed, since its not a stable static surface.
How are your parameters in the tank? Anemones need very clean water and are very sensitive to any level of ammonia, nitrite and nitrates.

 

Not fully true, they need moderate to strong lighting. They symbiotic with zooxanthellae like many other coral. PC lights do not penetrate well in tanks. I had to learn the hard way when I was given bad information from my LFS, saying my 65W CF is more than enough for my rose anemone and derasa clam, and 130W CF would be complete overkill.
Here is some good info from reeftime about anemone care:
A Beginner's Guide to Keeping Anemones - Anemones

 

Anemones - Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board

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