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    I dont understand my anemone

    Some of you may have seen my other post about help to identify my anemone. Recentley it has been acting what i believe is odd. It was identified as a sebae anemone. It has lost alot of its hot pink colour and its tips are white since i was told it was dyed, and it has relocated from original position. That was expected though, but over the past couple days it closes up in the morning. around 11am it shrivels up and shrinks and looks as if it wasnt doing to well. while its shriveled it expels off a extremley slimy and goowee laminant that is a dull dirty pink. then later when i turn my lights off around 6 it will begin to slowly reopen within the hour and open to full size. could somebody explain why it may be doing this? also, i have not been able to feed him over the past week and a half ive had him, his tentacles are not sticky and he will not grab anything i try to feed it.

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    Re: I dont understand my anemone

    Hello,
    The anemone is trying to get rid of the dye that's why the waste has a pink tint. Hopefully it will recover. Raw shrimp from the store peeled and cut to small size (about the size of a pencil eraser) or raw scallops cut to the same size work well for this species. This species can get very large if fed too often so I recommend feeding only once a week. If it grows quickly feed less if it shrinks too small feed more. It may be some weeks before it begins to eat. If the mouth gets very large and stays open or you see pieces of tissue start coming off remove it right away.

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    Kevin
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