anemone ID please

[GlobaLPimP]

Lighting is 260w PC's - 2 10,000w daylight/2 True 03 atinics
First pic is with daylights and atinics and second pic is atinics only

 

[ClownReef®]

..its a VERY bleached BTA.

 

[GlobaLPimP]

My wife begged for it at the LFS because she loves the pink color. Do I have enough lighting for it to regain it's color? If so, will it eventually turn completely pink, and how long will it take? It is eating mysis shrimp now.

 

[Eric Boerner]

If you feed it enough, it might bounce back. I dunno the size of your tank with that amount of PC lights. May or may not be enough light, depending on how high up the BTA can reach to the lights.

Sadly, that one is in dire condition. Being that small and that bad off, I really dont think it'll have much success.

It wont stay pink either. I'll look like the one in my avatar if it does recover. Or like this:

Good luck, keep feeding it

 

[GlobaLPimP]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7998442#post7998442 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Eric Boerner
If you feed it enough, it might bounce back. I dunno the size of your tank with that amount of PC lights. May or may not be enough light, depending on how high up the BTA can reach to the lights.

Sadly, that one is in dire condition. Being that small and that bad off, I really dont think it'll have much success.

It wont stay pink either. I'll look like the one in my avatar if it does recover. Or like this:

Good luck, keep feeding it

My tank is a 75gl.. Wouldn't it move up closer to the light if it needed more? It stays pretty much about mid to mid bottom in the tank. Let's say it doesn't recover - how long do you think it has?

 

[raoul]

http://www.freewebs.com/karenssaltwater/

There's some helpful advice if you follow this link. It's put together by a woman here at RC.

I've been checking it out myself because I want to get one in the future.

 

[Flighty]

Be sure to feed it as much as it will take of meaty food. They can survive without their symbiotic zooanthellae (That is the stuff that gives the anemone the color and makes sugar from sunlight) but they need a lot of food to compensate. This anemone may have lost all of the zooanthellae in which case it can't ever turn a healthy color or get food from the light. Some BTAs have been known to survive for years without it just living on plenty of solid food.

 

[GlobaLPimP]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7998923#post7998923 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by raoul
http://www.freewebs.com/karenssaltwater/

There's some helpful advice if you follow this link. It's put together by a woman here at RC.

I've been checking it out myself because I want to get one in the future.

Thanks!

 

[GlobaLPimP]

Thanks to everyone

 

[raoul]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7999019#post7999019 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GlobaLPimP
Thanks!

:rollface:

 

[ClownReef®]

Yeah, Karen's site is probably the most educational website there is..Its great info.

 

[dantodd]

As Cindy said, there is little chance in your tank that the anemone will regain its color. However; if there is another, healthy, anemone in the tank there may be enough dinoflagellates in the water column to let the anemone repopulate its colony. Please do feed the anemone heavily as that will be its only source of nutrition.

 

[GlobaLPimP]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7998923#post7998923 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by raoul
http://www.freewebs.com/karenssaltwater/

There's some helpful advice if you follow this link. It's put together by a woman here at RC.

I've been checking it out myself because I want to get one in the future.

I read everything on her site. GREAT information - Thanks again!

 

[GlobaLPimP]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7999368#post7999368 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dantodd
As Cindy said, there is little chance in your tank that the anemone will regain its color. However; if there is another, healthy, anemone in the tank there may be enough dinoflagellates in the water column to let the anemone repopulate its colony. Please do feed the anemone heavily as that will be its only source of nutrition.

The only other anemone I have in the tank is a purple Condy - will that work?

 

[raoul]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8000148#post8000148 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GlobaLPimP
I read everything on her site. GREAT information - Thanks again!

You're definately welcome! Glad you read it. Being armed with good information is half the battle with these guys!
Good luck!

 

[dantodd]

Since the condy is an atlantic anemone I am not sure if the organisms are close enough but I would not be surprised if he did eventually color back up. It will probably take months to see an appreciable differnce. Keep us posted.