Bubble Tip, losing color?

[ljsreptiles]

I have a green bubble tip in a nano reef. It has split 4 times and doing great. All of a sudden, it has turned white with the pink tip. Looks like a fancy condy almost. The only change i made to the tank was adding 2 mexican turbo snails.

Any idea what would cause this change in color?

 

[reefnetworth]

Age has alot to do with anemone changing color. i've never heard of one that splits into a dif. color.
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[ljsreptiles]

this one split, and all 4 splits were green. Now in the past 2 weeks, they have all gone white.

 

[GSMguy]

doesnt sound like its doing great sounds like its bleaching what lights is it under how old is the tank what are your water parameters

 

[ljsreptiles]

the tank is a couple years old. Its under PC's, jbj nano cube. Its been doing great for a long time. Just after the last water change it bleached. the parameters are all fine.

 

[GSMguy]

are the bulbs a couple years old?

 

[Kmiec123]

What type of additives do you add to the tank? Stratium Cloride, Potasium Iodide, Etc.?

 

[55semireef]

your anemone is under some stress. How old are your bulbs and when is the last time you fed your anemones and performed a water change on your tank?

 

[mc-cro]

mine has done the same thing. I have had this anemone for about 4yrs. It had always been huge, deep green with brown tips. split many many times. Last summer I had some serious tank problems(crash) as a result of lack of maintenance.
The anemone shrank down to like a 10th of its original size. it is a very light green, almost white with pink tips. Its actually kinda nice looking if you didnt know what it once was.

long story short, its been over 9 months with good husbandry, regular water changes, bulb changes, regular feeding, and it still has not recovered.

I come home every day and look at it like I expect today is the day I will see progress.........none yet.

 

[phender]

It is not unusual for a bta to bleach after a split. Keep them fed and they will color up again in a month or so.

 

[ljsreptiles]

I do water changes every two weeks on the tank. I don;t add anything, everything has been doing incredibly well in the tank. This happened after the last water change.

 

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9213389#post9213389 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender
It is not unusual for a bta to bleach after a split. Keep them fed and they will color up again in a month or so.

Not necissarily. I keep my RBT fed frequently and it is underTek T5s and still has not colored up yet. It has been 2-3 months.

 

[mc-cro]

I agree, my BTA never changed colors after a split. Im sure its possible, but IME not common.