BLEACHED BTA Help???

[Reefynewby]

I bought a BTA from a guy after his split, and it's as big as a dinner plate when fully inflated. However, i got it brown when inflated w/ a purple foot and green tentacles when deflated. However, in a week it bleached almost white, and i've been feeding it shrimp daily, and now it's green-yellow?

Is there a chance of saving it or it surviving and getting color?

 

[reefman13]

What lighting do you have?

If you don't run carbon like crazy when you add them to a new tank, they can go south VERY quickly.

Also make sure all your parameters are in check.

 

[Haddonisreef]

Pics would be nice as well as all your tanks specs!

 

[Reefynewby]

60 gal show w/ 6 watts/gal of coralife half white half actinic. Pics come soon =)

 

[Reefynewby]

Well here are my pics.

And what do you think of my sebae anemone?
It's not bleached is it?

I hope it's ok cos it's neat and i rly like it.

 

[Reefynewby]

You can just see the green-yello tint in the BTA

and heres another pic -

 

[JamesJR]

Man, the purple based anemone doesn't look like a BTA but a Heteractis Magnifica. If it is, and anyone please correct me if I am wrong, it will probably not thrive in this tank and should probably have another home (they need dirct MH light and are really better off in a tank specially suited for them). The GBTA is really cleached but if you feed it regularly it should come back.

 

[reefman13]

You need a MH to keep a BTA, they are very light demading anemones.

What kind of lighting is it that you have (i.e. PC, T5, MH)?

Are you feeding it regularly?

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10764837#post10764837 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefman13
You need a MH to keep a BTA, they are very light demading anemones.

What kind of lighting is it that you have (i.e. PC, T5, MH)?

Are you feeding it regularly?

Sorry, but you do not need to have MH for bta's, in fact they are one of the lease light demanding hosting anemones. I've get multiple BTAs under PCs for over 4 years, and I know that I am not the only one.

As to the OP, both of your anemones are bleached, with the BTA being in worst shape. The size of that clown that is in it isn't going to help things either -- it is going to stress it. And to be honest I am surprised you aren't having issues between the two species of clowns. You will soon enough.
Even though the BTA is in worse shape right now, long term I think you have a better change of keeping it with your current set up. I don't see the sebea lasting long term with your set up.

 

[tb27272]

Can't believe one of the Tang police hasn't said anything about a naso in a 60 gallon tank.

 

[Reefynewby]

hehe... tangs...

anyways, sorry to sink your boat, but that purple one, is NOT a magnifica. I'm positive it's a sebae. However, i have pc Coralife lights at 6w/gal and my tank is 18" high. I leave them on for 14 hours daily. Any more help you can give is appreciated.

 

[MIKE ALERS]

how old is your tank and what is your water levels? because if your lights are 360watts of pc...then lighting should be fine.

 

[Reefynewby]

ummm... my tank is a few months old, but my water is all stable. Nitrate at like 0-1 ppm and everything else 0. We have phosphate bags in there and a Red Sea Berlin venturi skimmer

 

[MIKE ALERS]

well your water and lights seem fine.im also new at this and a lot of people say to wait 6 months before adding any anenomes.but i added mine 2 months after and i have a pretty similar set up to yours and my bta it's been with me for 6 months and doing great.their's something weird going on with yours.maybe someone with more experience will hop in and give u some pointers.

 

[Reefynewby]

thanks everyone. Is it also possible my clown is hurting it?
Because it usually stays only a little bigger than he does. It only inflates fully after i feed it. Could my cinnamon be aggravating it too much?

 

[sarahkucera]

Judging by your pictures and what I'm reading here, you've got:

2 anemones
2 percs
1 cinnamon clown
1 naso Tang
1 small angel
1 hepatus tang

in a new 60 gallon saltwater setup and you're new to saltwater and you've been overfeeding your nem. A bubbletip being fed daily is likely regurgitating the food later. Two nems of different species being kept in close quarters in a smallish tank could have some chemical warfare going on between the two of them.

It could be any number of things.
You have a huge load of fish in a tank that doesn't look cycled. The back of your tank is way too clean to be anything other than a month or so old.
You should slow down, take the tangs and the cinnamon back to where you got them unless you're planning on upgrading to a 120 gallon or larger tank in the near future.
Take the bubbletip nem back to where you got it from or find it a new home in an established tank with someone who is experienced with the keeping of anemones. Pray that your other nem pulls through and if it does, count yourself lucky and enjoy the beautiful creature you have in your tank.
There is something going on with your tank and until you can figure out what it is, your tank is not appearing to be a suitable environment for the bubbletip.
While we'd like to help you, you have been asked for your specs and you have not provided them. In order to help you further we need to know what all of the specific readings in your tank are, we need to know your temperature, your ph, your sg, how many inches deep is your tank, what are the specifications on your lighting, what are the other inhabitants of the tank, etc, etc, etc.

 

[Reefynewby]

There is something going on with your tank and until you can figure out what it is, your tank is not appearing to be a suitable environment for the bubbletip.

For your info...
if you'd REALLY read the tank... then you'd know that i have 18" tall tank, specs are all good, sg at 1.024, (temp is 84F) and that my lighting is 360w of pc lighting, half actinic and half white. My anemone is actually twice as big as shown, half of it is hidden in that hollow rock.

and btw... the bta was bleaching b4 the sebae came... and has gotten better w/ its presence

 

[Toddrtrex]

It would be nice to read actual numbers. No offense but "good" really doesn't tell us a whole lot.

I still don't think that is enough lighting for a sebae, should be fine for the BTA once it gets healthy. And to be honest, with the fish you have you are going to run into water quality issues down the road.

IMO, the cinnamon clown is going to hamper your efforts of getting your BTA back to a healthy state. The size difference b/t the two isn't great enough and it is going to add to the stress that the BTA is currently under.

 

[sarahkucera]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10770267#post10770267 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefynewby
For your info...
if you'd REALLY read the tank... then you'd know that i have 18" tall tank, specs are all good, sg at 1.024, (temp is 84F) and that my lighting is 360w of pc lighting, half actinic and half white. My anemone is actually twice as big as shown, half of it is hidden in that hollow rock.

and btw... the bta was bleaching b4 the sebae came... and has gotten better w/ its presence

The first problem here is your temperature. 84F is way too warm. Keep your tank at 78 preferably and no more than 80.

Saying "specs are all good" doesn't help.
The first spec that you finally just gave us, your temperature, is not good.
How long since you completed your cycle?
What are you nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, ph, and calcium, what methods of testing are you using, and when were these tests performed? If possible, could you do another round of tests and post the results so we can get some real-time testing results? Have you ever tested prior to a water change and then just after?
How often do you do water changes?
How many gallons of water are you changing?
What are your methods of water changing?
What kind of sump do you have?
What kind of skimmer are you running?
And once again, what are all of the other inhabitants of your tank? Please list verts and inverts.

 

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10770336#post10770336 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sarahkucera
The first problem here is your temperature. 84F is way too warm. Keep your tank at 78 preferably and no more than 80.

My tank is at around 81.5 F and my corals and GBTA all thrive.