Shrinking Anemone

blkhawk10

Member
Yesterday out of no where my anemone went from 5 inches to completely deflated it's looking better today but what can cause such a sudden change?
 

lexluethar

Active Member
Digesting food, sometimes something may scare it or frieghten it to where it will shrivel up to protect itself, or may hide in a cave or dark corner. Mine does this from time to time, mostly when the lights go off.
If it is doing this at night don't worry, but if it is doing this during the day look around to see if soemthing is nipping at it.
 

chano

Member
My anemone does this all the time. If they are expelling waste, water changes, water parameters change, or the lights go off. They shrink down to adjust their internal water chemistry. If its not happening for long peiods of time (a couple of days) Personaly i wouldnt worry about it if there is no other signs of problems its totally normal.
 
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