Anemones and Lighting

[pchromis]

Hi all.
Back in September, 09, I upgraded from a 37g reef tank to a 95 g reef tank.
4 years ago I started with one bubble anemone and they split into 4 anemones. They thrived unbelievably in the 37g and I will attribute that to the 130w PC lighting. I eventually wound up with a mated pair of percula clowns.
But with the upgrade I went to 312w T5 lighting using a combo of blue plus, acintic and daylight lighting. Fish and corals are thriving in the tank, but the 4 anemones have stayed in a near dead state shriveled to the size of a half dollar. They do move around to less intense lighted areas of tank, but have yet to extend themselves. This, I will attribute to the more intense lighting.
Mu question is...is there anything I can do for them or do I just wait for them to die?
Also are there other anemones that will adapt to this lighting?

 

[halamaya]

Are you spot feeding your anenomes's? Maybe they're not getting as much food in the bigger tank. I had an anenome shrink down in size once and it was because I wasn't feeding him enough, he also lost most of his color. Fed him a shrimp or krill once or twice a week and he split with in a few monthes.

 

[pchromis]

Yea, one of the first things I tried. I think it is the lighting, because they move to where rocks black most oflight or theyre in an are where only the blue T5 lights hit

 

[nycbob]

i am surprise that ur bubbletips couldnt handle that new t5 lighting. r u sure it wasnt water paramaters related once u upgraded to a bigger tank?

 

[pchromis]

Water parameters pretty close to what they were in the smaller tank. I did lose a few fish in the upgrade process. But after 5 months the tank is thriving, corals, fish and all except anemones.

 

[btldreef]

When you upgraded to a bigger tank, did you upgrade your whole filtration system as well?
I do NOT think it is your lighting that is the issue hear, although I'm wondering if you did any sort of light acclimation at all when transferring to the new tank?
I really do believe that your main issue is water. Even if your water parameters are exactly the same (Nitrates, Phosphates, pH, etc), the water is new. The tank needs time to become established again. The flow for a larger tank is going to be different, etc.
Also, how much are your clowns beating on them? My clowns beat the snots out of my anemones, no matter how many I put in the tank so the nems are almost never fully extended. The clowns hop between the 3 bubble tips I have in my 155, the beat on two at a time and as two heal from the abuse, they start beating on the other two.