Bubble tip anemone closing when lights come on

[greengalaxy]

Hey guys I have a green bubble tip anemone that i've had for a couple weeks now. It split so now I have 2. One of them always closes when the lights come on(Kessil LEDs), then opens mid-way sometimes full at mid-day. And when lights are out he is fully open. I just want to know if this is normal that he does this? thanks

[gmerek2]

It's been through a lot in the past few weeks I'm sure with the split, tank and light acclimation. It's probably just minor stress. My nems are always open when lights are on. They only close up when eating or something irritates it but then they open back up. They do close up sometimes when lights are off. Just leave your nem be and it will be fine in a few weeks

[rtelles]

It's a stress split, so it'll take a bit of time before the new anemone gets comfortable. It's probably a good sign that it's coming out at all. My first nem had recently split when i got him, so I started out with two. The smaller one was incredibly droopy and sad looking, had almost no stickiness, hid under a rock, and wouldn't reach out for the light during the day. He did, however, start opening up at dusk every once in a while. Then started inching his way towards the light over the course of a few weeks, and now he's massive about a year later. I would monitor it to make sure that it's not disintegrating, in which case you'll want to remove it, but I wouldn't stress out too much about it, and I definitely wouldn't try moving it or touching it. It also may be that your light is on a high setting and the nem needs to adjust to the intensity.