Could use and help on this one...
To cover the typical questions that get immediately asked: The only change to my system has been going from MH to LED.
My water parameters are as I expect them to be (I have not tested my water in a couple of days) - I have several thriving SPS colonies that are actually coloring up nicely under the new LED.
I have had a RBTA that was thriving under the 250 MH I had over the Solana tank. The lighting cycle was 10-7pm and the anemone would stay out and expanded the entire length of the cycle.
I also feed this anemone 1/2 a silver side every 3-4 days.
Moving forward - I switched to a Radion Pro about a 5-6 weeks ago. I started my lightning cycle at 10% (standard grow profile from Radion) and gradually increased this to 10, 15 and 20% over a couple of weeks.
During this period of time, the anemone has stopped bubbling all together, it does not ever fully expand and it will retreat back into its house (the RBTA literally lives in a pineapple under the sea). The anemone has also shrunk somewhat in size.
The anemone has not lost any color and if anything has darkened up during this period of time from what it used to be.
Several days ago, I did a search here and found somebody who has the same RBTA and keeping it successfully under the Radion Pro and has been kind enough to share their Radion profile with the community.
My lightning cycle has now changed from a 20% peak to a 55% peak and tank has thus far responded well to the change.
However, my anemone has shown some _small_ improvement but still is not bubbling or expanding and continues to retreat back into its home atleast once a day during the lightning period.
This anemone took a turn for the worse when I switched lighting and I'm unsure if this is something that will eventually rebound? In the past when I turn the lights off the feed the anemone will stay expanded with its stems pointing up towards the light.
Now, when I turn off the flow the tentacles all just drop and it looks like a shaggy wet dog, as if it is too weak to hold itself up...
Is this just a wait it out and hope things get better and it adapts to the light type of thing? For the sake of the anemone I would just as well hand it off to another hobbyist who is still keeping MH lightning than to see it die...
To cover the typical questions that get immediately asked: The only change to my system has been going from MH to LED.
My water parameters are as I expect them to be (I have not tested my water in a couple of days) - I have several thriving SPS colonies that are actually coloring up nicely under the new LED.
I have had a RBTA that was thriving under the 250 MH I had over the Solana tank. The lighting cycle was 10-7pm and the anemone would stay out and expanded the entire length of the cycle.
I also feed this anemone 1/2 a silver side every 3-4 days.
Moving forward - I switched to a Radion Pro about a 5-6 weeks ago. I started my lightning cycle at 10% (standard grow profile from Radion) and gradually increased this to 10, 15 and 20% over a couple of weeks.
During this period of time, the anemone has stopped bubbling all together, it does not ever fully expand and it will retreat back into its house (the RBTA literally lives in a pineapple under the sea). The anemone has also shrunk somewhat in size.
The anemone has not lost any color and if anything has darkened up during this period of time from what it used to be.
Several days ago, I did a search here and found somebody who has the same RBTA and keeping it successfully under the Radion Pro and has been kind enough to share their Radion profile with the community.
My lightning cycle has now changed from a 20% peak to a 55% peak and tank has thus far responded well to the change.
However, my anemone has shown some _small_ improvement but still is not bubbling or expanding and continues to retreat back into its home atleast once a day during the lightning period.
This anemone took a turn for the worse when I switched lighting and I'm unsure if this is something that will eventually rebound? In the past when I turn the lights off the feed the anemone will stay expanded with its stems pointing up towards the light.
Now, when I turn off the flow the tentacles all just drop and it looks like a shaggy wet dog, as if it is too weak to hold itself up...
Is this just a wait it out and hope things get better and it adapts to the light type of thing? For the sake of the anemone I would just as well hand it off to another hobbyist who is still keeping MH lightning than to see it die...
GOOD LUCK and let us know what happens.
