clownfish123
Reefing newb
My anemone seems to be hiding from the new light fixture. He is closed up too. We have a 250 watt metal halide and a 4 t5 light bulbs. Any suggestions?
lighting and anemones
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clownfish123
Reefing newb
The light is on for six hours a day.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
He should get acclimated to the light over time. Is he staying in a cave or under some rocks or something? Your light is not super strong or anything; nothing that would bother an anemone. What kind of anemone is it?
clownfish123
Reefing newb
it is a pink bubble tip, it had moved to a darker spot in the tank and today it moved more into the light but has remained closed.
bjohanson1234
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What kind of lighting did you have over it before? If it was a lot weaker, then the anemone isn't used to the new light. Imaging after after winter going out for a full day in spring you would get burnt really bad. But by the end of the summer, you don't get burnt as badly by being out in the sun for the same amount of time. Our skin adapts to the new lighting just like the anemone needs to. I would suggest cutting the lights down to a few hours then gradually over a period of a few weeks slowly increasing the amount of time they are on.
