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[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

An anemone that lets go & wanders about a tank is an unhappy anemone. Puking out "white stuff" is a major stress response. In the future, if the situation is iffy, you may want to consider giving it or placing it temporarily to somebody who has a well established tank with good lighting. If one dies in your tank, it will turn to mush & could very possibly nuke the whole tank, so I'm sorry to hear of your loss but I'm glad you removed it before it mushed out. I've seen it happen in a LFS & they lost a lot of nice corals out of their display tank.

For the lighting situation, maybe consider switching out an actinic for more useable 10000k lighting.

By the way, I've also gone too fast in the past & I must concur with the opinions stated above that slowing down will save lives (fishes & corals) & save your $$. If you add 1 (or at least only a few small fish) at a time, it'll allow your system to adjust to the increased bioload. If you add too many at a time, you'll shock the system & cause an ammonia spike because the existing nitrosomal bacteria are not able to handle the extra fish waste.

Also, check out www.wetwebmedia.com. Awesome site full of good info & run by experienced reefers & fish lovers like Bob Fenner who aren't trying to sell you a bunch of stuff. Doing your research first will help you be more successful in this $$$ hobby. When you're at the LFS, if you see something you really like but aren't sure you can keep it alive, put it on hold, & do your research before you purchase something with almost zero survival rates.

Good luck.

Anthony