Bleached GBTA

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Saltydrip

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I have recently acquired a bleached GBTA. I was mislead by the LFS and wish to bring it back around. I tried several times to get a pic of it but it's a florecent green and it just looks like a glowing green blob in the pics. I know it's going to be a long hard road to recovery but I need to try.

It's in a 55g tank. Lighting is a ZooMed 2 48" T5 fixture W/ 1 6500k and 1 460 actinic. I know it's not enough so I added (don't laugh) a 48" snap-on under hood led light. It works pretty good. It's really bright. I ordered a 36 led kit on Friday so in the meantime this will have to do. I'm trying to feed it small bits of dried krill. I'm hydrating it in a cup of tank water. The day I brought it home I fed it and it took it but I don't know if it kept it. I tried feeding it last night but it did not keep it. It hung on to it for about 20 min befor letting it go. The 2 LFS around me dont have any frozen krill so I'm a little stuck with freeze dried for now. Should I go get fresh uncooked shrimp? When I got my one Condy it was pretty stressed and light colored and it loved shrimp but I have read good and bad things about shrimp. I have a bottle of Kent microvert that claims to be good for nems. Should I swift some of that ne'er the nem? It is moving around the tank a little so it does have some energy to spend.

Any advise would be great.
 
I am no expert by any means but from my limited experience this is what I would do.

1) Stable Stable water conditions
2) No stress on the BTA, fish hosting etc...
3) Feed it what it will take
4) Good lighting
5) Look with your eyes not hands try to keep from messing with it

That is what I would do, some else might have some more idea's. (Pictures might be helpful too)
 
I got it a phew fresh shrimp from the Japanese place down the rd. It a high end sushi place and there stuff is amazing. I figured it's the freshest stuff around. I cut off a small 1/8x1/8" piece. Soaked it in Brightwell Aquatics vitamarin-C supplement. It took about 20min but I think it took it!! The I made shire the piece I used floated so it it comes out I should see it. I'll try again in another 3 days!

Thanks again for all your help.
 
I got it a phew fresh shrimp from the Japanese place down the rd. It a high end sushi place and there stuff is amazing. I figured it's the freshest stuff around. I cut off a small 1/8x1/8" piece. Soaked it in Brightwell Aquatics vitamarin-C supplement. It took about 20min but I think it took it!! The I made shire the piece I used floated so it it comes out I should see it. I'll try again in another 3 days!

Thanks again for all your help.
 
Should my BTA be in my QT tank or my DT??

My qt isn't really established and is housing a flame angle and a 6 line. It's only a 10g. I'm afraid to add any more bioload. I do water changes every other day but I'm afraid the water isn't stable enough for a sick BTA.
 
In the DT it risk's killing over and fouling the water. The QT might kill it if the water conditions are not stable enough. I would say if it is eating, and staying put in one place and showing signs of improvement leave it be. Thats my thoughts.
 
agruetz said:
In the DT it risk's killing over and fouling the water. The QT might kill it if the water conditions are not stable enough. I would say if it is eating, and staying put in one place and showing signs of improvement leave it be. Thats my thoughts.
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Cool just looking to conferm what I'm doing. It actually moved to the back side of the rock it is on so now I'll have a hard time feeding it. I think I'll try to get some stainless steel rod/wire to use as a skewer that I can bend to get food back there.
 
You'll know when its dying if it won't attach to rock and its mouth is open. Don't ever buy anemones that look stressed, just not worth it. Try to give it the best climate you can and see how it works out, best of luck.
 
GBTA is doing good. It's still floressent but I can't see threw the tentacles anymore. It has eaten twice since I started "rehab" and i think it is recovering. It moves around a good bit. It finds a new spot every other day or so. It has me woried now as it is up against my Condy. It seams to be harming the Condy and I figured it would have been the other way around.
 
Another update.... So far all is going good. Slow but steady. I keep feeding it by hand and enjoying the challenge of keeping my skunk cleaner away. It's slowly turning greener and now has a bit of stick to the tentacles. It can almost feed its self. Still Floresent but no longer looks white. I wish it would stay this color but I'm interested in a healthy specimen so I'll keep up the feeding and play the game with the shrimp!
 
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