"KurtG" wrote in message ...
My notes were almost prophetic. I got home yesterday, and looked at my
shriveled up bubble tip anemone, groaned, and fed it. :-)

I am not sure if you are supposed to feed it when it is deflated...
I feed mine when it is fully inflated.

Sorry, for getting carried away. Owning a tank is good character building.

Hey, these animals go cyclic through inflating/deflating stages - so
do not be alarmed if you see it completely deflated for a day or even two.
Larger anemones take considerable time to fully inflate from zero.

When it feeds it basically dissolves food inside its "belly" with digestive
enzymes and uses what it needs - than everything else: undigested
parts of the food items together with anemone own waste (poop)
gets out when the anemone deflates itself - this nasty water gets
out from the interior of the anemone and makes your skimmer crazy :-)
Then anemone inflates itself with "fresh" water, waits for new food
and process repeats...

My other ones look great. It's hard to tell if they are growing because
they change size/shape every day, but I'd say they are. The bubble tip
has grown considerably, so hopefully, I just need to work through this
period.

You can compare size when anemone is fully expanded...
You can notice how far does it reach now and how far will it
reach with its oral disk in two months. Mine was small, like 2-3in
in diameter when fully expanded two years ago - now it is more
than a foot diameter when fully expanded... Impressive how fast
can it grow if well fed.