BTA morphing?

[drtrash]

Say a few posts at another forum claiming a certain led brand causes bta to turn yellow. I have had a lemon/rainbow under t5 and AI led and color did not,change. Getting ready to change to another brand and was wondering if anyon has experienced this with kessil

 

[drtrash]

No one with color shifting?

 

[Joey_bananas420]

I have two kessil a160 and a two bulb t5 fixture with actinic bulbs. I have had my gbta for about a year and a few months he split once and I have two now. I noticed shortly after they split they turned kinda brownish. They still open up their tips bubble they eat 3 times a week and they are growing but they never got that bright green color back the original had when I bought it.

 

[syrinx]

If the color they are turning is a lighter shade, it is likely bleaching from too much or little light. A real morph would hold its new color under different lights-although it might appear different due to spectrum.

 

[madweazl]

I've read that a specific yellow (lemon drop perhaps) variant will only remain yellow under Kessil but there is another yellow BTA that supposedly stays yellow regardless.

 

[phender]

IME BTAs change color all the time depending on conditions.

Here is pic of a BTA when I first got it:

This is under actinics when I first got it. Same anemone, same day:

Here it is after several months of acclimation:

Here it is after the first few days after I moved it to another tank.

And here it is now. These pics were taken over the course of about 10 years. No I don't have any clones, it has never split and I will never cut it.

 

[drtrash]

Almost looked like a mag, what light do you currently have it under? Nice color

 

[phender]

I use 4- 48" T5HOs. 1 ATI AquaBlue, 2 ATI Blue Plus and 1 UVL Actinic White (when I can find them), right now I have a Wave Point "Sun Wave" instead.