Could my anemone be adjusting to the light or is it just bleached?

[Ann Marie]

I've had my anemones for years. In January I changed from a Marineland 150w HQI with 4 T5 to an ecoxotic panorama retrofit with extra stunners, one blue, one uv.

I've got photos of the anemones attached they are 1 year apart. Could my anemone be adjusting to the different light or is it bleaching because it's not getting enought light from the new lighting?

I have a feeling that I'm going to be replacing my LED lighting back to my HQI this weekend.

 

[Conrad25]

looks like bleaching possibly from the new lighting. What type of LEDS?

 

[Ann Marie]

Ecoxotic Panorama LED
LED Color spectrum: 24x10,000K White & 12x453nm Blue

Added one of each of these Stunners:

Stunner 6 watt 453nm Blue LED Strip 12.5"

Stunner 6 watt 403nm Ultraviolet LED Strip 12.5"

 

[Toddrtrex]

Are the dates correct? It bleached that much in 24 hours?

 

[this is me]

I think the OP meant march 2010 and march 2011.
The clowns in the year later pics is much more matured.

Are the dates correct? It bleached that much in 24 hours?

 

[Ann Marie]

Yep. 2010 and 2011. When I was putting those together I wasn't thinking about the date also being the next day.

 

[Ann Marie]

Nick,

Your signature about talking dirty make me crack up laughing!!

 

[Toddrtrex]

Okay good -- was worried that something was really wrong with your tank to make it bleach that quickly.


Anyways, did you acclimate your tank to the new lights? I like to use 3 layers of window screening (( supported by egg crate )), and remove a layer every 5-7 days.

 

[Ann Marie]

I did acclimate but the lights have now been up since January 3rd

 

[Toddrtrex]

Did the bleaching recently occur or is it something that has been going on since the light change? (( or did it happen right away and you are now only posting about it -- that isn't a bad thing, just trying to get a better understanding of the timeline )).

 

[Ann Marie]

I guess it's been a gradual thing, it hasn't happened in just one week or anything.

 

[mc-cro]

I have a RBTA that turned bright pink like that about 2 yrs ago I guess. To this day it is still white/pink tips. I did it during a time the tank was severy neglected for months. The bulbs were never changed, so I ruled out bleaching on mine, although I would lean towards bleaching on yours.

 

[aday2remmbr]

that is getting bleached i would switch lights before it gets too bad. in my experience the panorama is not a good fixture, i replaced my halides with two of them and i lost loads of stony coral.