does my anemone look ok? (PICS)

[nikon70]

does the anemone look ok to you???

its moved further up since then....

 

[integlikewhoa]

Looks bleached and falling over. Doesnt look so hot. Does it eat?

 

[Amphiprion]

Definitely looks to be an ailing specimen of Condylactis gigantea. How often to you feed the animal? I have seen this species reverse this limpid appearance after a good meal. What lighting do you have it under? Water parameters?

 

[smp]

Re: does my anemone look ok? (PICS)

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6593688#post6593688 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nikon70
does the anemone look ok to you???

its moved further up since then....

.... since when?

Are you the guy that was running NO fluorescents? If so, your lighting is insufficient.

 

[nikon70]

i have 4 t5's atm

what am i suppose to be feeding it?

 

[DizziDezi2]

shrimp or silversides-

 

[nikon70]

just fed it two shrimps it ate them with no problems

 

[integlikewhoa]

keep an eye on it it dont look good. Has to be lighting or water quality.

 

[orlenz]

it might just be the pic, but it looks pretty dark in there, what lighting do you have?

 

[rhenie]

It looks fine to me, but I'm not an expert. I have a Bubble Tip that looks all kinds of shrivled up some nights, but it always perks back up during the day. I think if it's eating ok you're fine.

 

[wrott]

Looks ok. As long as you feed 1 or 2x/week--it should live forever.

 

[andynyc]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6598523#post6598523 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wrott
Looks ok. As long as you feed 1 or 2x/week--it should live forever.

And he's serious, too. I've heard that, in theory, anenomes actually do live forever. I once read that a group of researchers were once studying this one aneneome that was over 150 years old (since it was just a few years old too). The group would pass down the research to the next scientists studying it.

Pretty amazing. And what's moreso dissapointing is the fact that they don't usually live well in our homes. How we can turn an ever-lasting animal into death just disturbs me and re-evaluates if we're really capable of taking care of these magnificent creatures.