Anemones recovering.

[SNAKEMANVET]

My gbtas and rbtas were all bleached, now they are coloring back but the wrong color.They are all brown instead of green and red.Just wondering if someone else has experianced this before.

 

[garygb]

Hey, good to hear they are in recovery mode. I think I read on Karen's Rose Anemones website something about that happening to one of hers. Although zooxanthellae definitely provides part of the color of a rose anemone, a lot of it is also pigmentation. So are the rose bulbs a reddish brown now?

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Hey Gary There is hardly any red tint at all. The greens don't have any green tint. They look ugly compared to what they use to look like.

 

[garygb]

Do you know what caused them to bleach in the first place?

Hopefully with time their color will become nice again.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

I still have not figured that out yet,I did weekly water changes and feed them twice a week.They got big, some where around 8 to 10'' across.Even while they were bleached they were eating fine.They shrunk down in size, and the tentacles were barely visible.

 

[garygb]

Maybe something to do with the lighting? I would think the regular water changes would keep the chemistry of the water in good shape. Could you have had a malfunctioning heater? I know that high water temps. can cause bleaching too.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

The water temp was high for awhile.My digital thermometer was bad, the water temp hit 93 degrees while the thermometer was showning 76.I have 2 thermometers on my 120, and so far a steady 79 degrees.

 

[garygb]

That high of a temperature would definitely cause bleaching. I'm glad to hear you have your 120 gallon up and running. I recall you were building one.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

I have all of the btas on a island.I did the minimalist aquascape, I have around 60 to 70 lbs of live rock.I will post some pics tommorrow.

 

[garygb]

Look forward to seeing the pics. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the anemones will take on colors that you like. It's been my observation, that even anemones that don't have the best coloration become quite a spectacle when they grow large and are healthy.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

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This a before and after pic of the same bta.

 

[garygb]

Yeah, the color is definitely coming back. What kind of lights do you have on the anemones? It's nice to see the bubble tips.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

They are under t5s,I have the tek light 6x54.I have a red bta on hold to see how things go with these btas.One of our club members has it.it is approx 8'' across.

 

[garygb]

T5s are great for BTAs. I would say you have plenty of light.