Dying Anemone???

[gwueagle]

Hey guys, my 29 gallon Oceanic BioCube is 2 months old paramters are :
Salinity 1.024
PH 8.4
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
Lighting is :
1 - 36 Watt True Actinic 03 Blue straight pin
1 - 36 Watt 10,000 K Daylight Straight Pin
3 - .75 watt Lunar Blue Moon Glow Led
GPH 243 gph
I currently have 1 conch snail, 5 hermit crabs, 1 coral banded shrimp, 1 clown fish and 1 condy anemone.
My anemone is shriviling up and turning grey at night....when i turn lighst on it gets bigger but has yet to return to its original bright white color.... it has moved around and is set between 2 pieces of live rock directly below the output nozzle. Can anyone tell me why my anemone is doing this. Lights stay on about 8 hours a day.

 

[fishkid2]

need better light
i don't think your lighting is good enough for anemone

 

[jessi p]

Without knowing a whole LOT about anemones, I do know that white in anemone's is a sign of a loss of zooxanthellae (sp), which is what keeps the anemone alive. You want them to be more yellower/tan than white. So it could be that your anemone's health is improving. It could be trying to move closer to the light source for more light - I don't know enough about lights to know if you have enough light for it or not.
Disclaimer - this is about the only thing I know about anemones, based on my experience with a sebae anemone. I do not know if there are any kinds of anem that are better when they are brighter white.

 

[tahoetanks]

Get the anemone out of there! It is way too soon for an anemone to be in that tank. They need near perfect params and IMO and 2 month old tank is not nearly established enough for an anemone. Where did you get it ? Can you return it? What are you feeding it?