Anemone Losing Color

[casademurphy]

Anyone out there have any suggestions on how to get the color back in your anemone?

When I bought my anemone it was purple. Stayed purple when it was out in the light. Then it crawled under a rock, and turned white. I finally caught it and have it QT'd and it's out in the sunlight again.

Should I feed it every day to make up for when it wasn't eating? Are there any supplements I can give it so that it gets its color back?

 

[M0oN]

What type of anemone is it?

 

[casademurphy]

Sebae

 

[sarahkucera]

If you feed it daily you are overfeeding and it will just regurgitate the food later, stressing it even further. Feed it meaty food once a week or so.
IMO you should put it back in the main tank, provide it with decent lighting, spot-on tank water, and stop messing with it.
You will receive better help from the members of this forum if you post your lighting specs, tank specs, and your water test specs.

 

[casademurphy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14856232#post14856232 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sarahkucera
If you feed it daily you are overfeeding and it will just regurgitate the food later, stressing it even further. Feed it meaty food once a week or so.
IMO you should put it back in the main tank, provide it with decent lighting, spot-on tank water, and stop messing with it.
You will receive better help from the members of this forum if you post your lighting specs, tank specs, and your water test specs.

It is in the main tank, just in a QT tank within. Water specs :

Mg : 1300
Ca : 430
Alk : 10 dkh
pH : 8.2
Salinity : 1.026
No Nitites, Nitrates or Phosphates

2 - 250w MH's.

 

[M0oN]

Iodine helps them recover from bleaching - other than that good water quality - try moving it to the bottom area of the tank and hopefully it perches up somewhere that it feels comfy.

 

[casademurphy]

My iodine is good too. It's 0.06.