I have heard also that anemones are fragile shippers, did you acclimate it very slowly (Slowly is over a 2+ hour period.) 

From my exp the faster I acclimate live goods, the quicker they die, and the more trouble they have.

Fish in general can handle faster acclimations then anemones and inverts.  But as stated numerous times by members on here, it is better to take things really slow in this hobby.  We all want to rush, but have learned hard lessons from going to fast.

Good luck with the new tank.

Here is a link to liveaqauria.com.  It will give some specifics for bubble tip anemones.  http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=2 3&pCatId=604 - http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=2 3&pCatId=604

http://www.fishsupply.com/cgi-bin/f2/common/store.cgi?dbname=f2&path=top/C/CA/CAM00 - http://www.fishsupply.com/cgi-bin/f2/common/store.cgi?dbname =f2&path=top/C/CA/CAM00   this one is to fishsupply. 

Who told you that anemone's didn't take as much light as corals?  Is your tank a 125?  what are the dimensions?  L x W x H ?  I noticed you've had problems with a few other things as well.  Make sure you are doing your research on each item or animal and making sure your tank can support it.

If you have 4 36'' vho bulbs, then you have 380 watts of light.  The actinics won't look as bright as the full spectrums.  Though it's not a very good comparison, you have about 3 watts per gallon on a 125g.  I've read it's recomended to have at least 5 if you want to keep corals, anemones etc. A lot depends on how much of the light is getting down into your tank too. 

Though the lights may not be the problem if you want a reef tank you will need to upgrade them to grow other things, so I would look into that, tank parameters and your acclimation procedures.

djangoboots

I still have 5 BTA I'm trying to sell before I move in January if you're interested in trying a tank raised anemone ($23 each).  Mine love the MH lighting I have and seem to split about every 6 to 8 months...

djangoboots,

I personally killed two anemones due to lack of knowledge, so I think that I can speak from some experience. However, I had a BT that actually did VERY well under 65w pc. I killed him/her/it by adding a LT under poor advise from a LFS. Also, I believe that the LTA had some issues when it was purchased. Recognize that their metabolism is very, very slow. So, what happens to them now may not be noticed for quite some time.

One thing regarding lighting is most anemones survive in a symbiotic relation with with a marine algae called zooxanthellae. The zooxanthellae are photosynthetic organisms whose waste products are used by the anemone for food. Since the zooxanthellae require light to carry on photosynthesis, anemones in turn require bright light to thrive in the aquarium.  The zooxanthellae are generally a light brown color, the same color as the light brown leather corals that also harbor zooxanthellae.  The loss of zooxanthellae, apparent by a whitening of the anemone, usually means the anemone will slowly grow smaller and smaller until it dies.

So is that to say that these animals need as much light as sps? Maybe not, but they require adequate lighting which means ensuring your bulbs produce the proper spectrum and intensity. Like you, I will not aquire another anemone until I feel comfortable doing so. It's been about a year since my anemones had a fight to the death and I am still not there. There are so many other beautiful corals, less prone to having issues that an anemonefish (or if Adam is reading... Dolphin) can have a "symbiotic" relationship with. Also, mushrooms will add a huge amount of color and variety to your tank, and are almost impossible to kill off.

My $2.        By the way, I miss the Carolinas! Do you go to Bikeweek in Myrtle? My wife and I got married on Myrtle Beach. Yes, ON the beach.

I had a 90 gallon tank that was 8 months old with 220 watt pc and bought a bt with a clown.  The bt did the same thing as you stated and even when it was all shrivled up the clown stayed by it.  I thought for sure it was going to die then I bought 2 250 watt mh lights and it opened up immediately and climed right up the live rock to the top of the tank.  This was a couple months ago and it has now split into two already.  And it is not at all fragile once it got the light, for I have smashed it, torn it, twisted it and about anything else and didn't even phase it. 

Just my experience,  Cody

You havent;t treated the tank with any chemicals have you, in that you have inverts in it, this may not be an issue.

I have a BTA in a 18g with two 36 watt pcs (72 watts), and it is doing great!  The math on that is 4 watts per gallon, it stays pretty close to the surface where it can get the most light possible.

I have heard others say that you want to be in the 7 to 9 watts per gallon range, it all depends on what you want to grow.

Good luck!

Oh yeah my tank raised Ocellarious just moved in to the BTA!

was the mouth flacid when you bought it?  it might have already had problems then, and the extra stress of putting it into a new tank just finished it off. 

My bta will ball up as the lights start to go off, then open back up after a few minutes.  I think it's just reacting to the change in light.  Just out of curiosity what salinity do you have in your tank? 

Also, I second the mushroom bit.  I have some and have inadvertently done about everything to them, and they are still doing good.

I love when my bday is.  I like being the awnriest or 'crabby' person in my family.

I would push for the lights, at least while you have his rock, the corals will diffenately do better under the proper lighting.  Push that point, ater all he doesn't want dead live rock back right?

mushrooms like lower light.  In fact in my tank I have to keep finding shadowed spots to put them in.  If you can get your live rock going good that should help immensly.  That might have had something to do with your anemone...  Everyone I can think of that has an anemone also has a lot of live rock in their tank--usually close to a lb/gal.  Just a thought there.  And like kull says, try and get the guy to let you use/have/store/purchase(?) his lights.  Then maybe by the time he wants it back you can put new lights on and have tons of stuff growing in your tank.

I must admit I loved it when I found this site, tons of help here.  I'm just sad that I can't make it to all the meetings to get to know everyone better.

And on a side note, I think it's cool that we get people not from utah who find this site extremley helpful.

I just bought my first BTA from FLAZ it had a hard time at first getting sucked up into a powerhead and not being able to find a good place to sit after about 2 weeks it finally attached itself under a rock and peaks out during the day and he is doing well with two of my true percs living in it now.