Clowns and my anemone...hahaha

[cbowman]

I have had my rbta in up to 40 ppm for nitrates, and no problems, and i also got mine at two months, and it has always been fine, just split matter of fact. just feed it krill dipped in selcon and make sure all of your other params are good. it should be better in 1 to 2 months. oh yeah, btw the skimmer wont take your nitrates out of the water, only water changes will do that, the skimmer does help to keep them down though once they are down.

 

[joker577]

Well I thought skimmers removed the nitrate sources from the water?

 

[joker577]

As you can see it very much has its tentacles.

 

[cbowman]

Skimmers do remove some of the sources of nitrates (poop and stuff). But once your nitrates are high, only water changes will take them out, or a refugium. So once you get them low by doing water changes, the skimmer will help the water be cleaner and help the nitrates not build up so quick, so that you dont have to do water changes so often.

 

[hansonfam]

How can you not see that it is bleached? Yes the tips are green but the rest of the tentacles you can see through. And the tantacles are not as long as you think they are. They should be much longer than that.That is not healthy.And nitrates will not cause your nem to bleach. I went away for a week and someone overfeed my tank and when i came back my nitrates were 80 but my nem was still dark purple. You can get it to the right colour and healthy if you just accept the fact that it is bleached and feed it DAILY with small amounts of food.About the size of a pencil eraser. Make sure your lights are enough and your water is good. Just feed him he's hungry...lol

 

[joker577]

Hanson do you not read. I already said i'm not denying it's bleached...and..LIKE I SAID, the entire tentacles are green the only part that's white is the actual base of the anemone and LIKE I SAID the camera doesn't do a good job if displaying the color. The base is a dark brown. Nitrates are stressful to an anemone...sometimes causing it to shed its zooxanthellae algae AKA why it has color..I do weekly water changes and the nitrates got down to twenty so i'm hoping the skimmer will do the rest. I can't feed it daily it only accepts food 2-3x a week

 

[E.J. Coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10426444#post10426444 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by joker577
Hanson do you not read. I already said i'm not denying it's bleached...and..LIKE I SAID, the entire tentacles are green the only part that's white is the actual base of the anemone and LIKE I SAID the camera doesn't do a good job if displaying the color. The base is a dark brown. Nitrates are stressful to an anemone...sometimes causing it to shed its zooxanthellae algae AKA why it has color..I do weekly water changes and the nitrates got down to twenty so i'm hoping the skimmer will do the rest. I can't feed it daily it only accepts food 2-3x a week

I am sorry, but this is just plain nonsense. Nitrates don't make anemones bleach! In fact, if your tank was 100% free of nitrates, your anemone would bleach. Once again, your anemone is starving and needs to eat.

What I would do is this:
1. Feed meaty food as often as accepted (you say 2-3x a week). Pieces should be smaller than a pencil eraser. Try other foods like siversides and Krill as BTAs can be picky ... it may take those daily!

2.Fees daily mysis soaked in selcon.

 

[hansonfam]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10426444#post10426444 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by joker577
Hanson do you not read. I already said i'm not denying it's bleached...and..LIKE I SAID, the entire tentacles are green the only part that's white is the actual base of the anemone and LIKE I SAID the camera doesn't do a good job if displaying the color. The base is a dark brown. Nitrates are stressful to an anemone...sometimes causing it to shed its zooxanthellae algae AKA why it has color..I do weekly water changes and the nitrates got down to twenty so i'm hoping the skimmer will do the rest. I can't feed it daily it only accepts food 2-3x a week

Okay whatever....You are the one who can obviously not read as there have been how many people on here say the same as i do. When i can see through the tentacles on a pic then that nem is not as green as what you are saying. You can't see through my nems tentacles? But you know, do what you want.

Good Luck

 

[cpage3]

In my understanding the colors are not from zooxanthelle, some of it is because the algae itself is a dark brown, the green and other colors you are seeing are from the coral host itself (pigments from the coral)

Just my 2 cents,
Chris

 

[joker577]

Well when I'm telling you that the camera is brightening the tentacles then yes I'm NOT going to believe you. I have my own eyes I can see it's lime green. It used to be alot darker.

 

[joker577]

Well when I'm telling you that the camera is brightening the tentacles then yes I'm NOT going to believe you. I have my own eyes I can see it's lime green. It used to be alot darker.

 

[Rewd]

This thread proves you should have to obtain a license before being allowed to own these types of animals.

 

[joker577]

Just don't talk if your going to say BS like that, it's not needed.