For everyone with anemones in poor health

[Ciarán]

Sorry, no fix all magic voodoo im afraid but i do have something that hopefully will encourage and hearten you that your anemone will recover! I purchased a BTA in order to save it as it had a torn foot and it was beginning to bleach, i felt i could do something. Bad news you say? Perhaps, but then, just as it began to recover it got sucked into a 2500GPH skimmer feed. No anemone could take that? Wrong! I nursed it back to health with the simplest of remedies, feeding once a week for several months; chopped brine and mysis shrimp, excellent water parameters and no other sessile inverts in its "recovery" tank. Weekly water changes and high salinities, more than adequate lighting and very light stocking.

They truly are amazing creatures of astonishing resillience and my compassionate risk taking has paid off. So, here it is today:

I hope anyone who is in trouble with their anemone can take heart in this and hopefully ensure the recovery of their amzing animal too.

Ciaran.

 

[Ron Popeil]

wonderfully amazing story, especially for the species of anemone you have. your BTA is actually...a heteractis magnifica, a typically difficult anemone to maintain. although i have had similar experiences with my heteractis magnificas and powerheads, they also have responded and recovered surprisingly well for their reputation.

 

[Ciarán]

Wow! I didnt think it fitted the characteristics of a typical Entacmaea quadricolor but i was assured by my LFS that it was exactly that. I had my doubts about how slender and "unbulbous" the tentacles were and its amazing craving for more and more light. Well it gave me a very hard time for several months but its settled down nicely now. Cheers for the taxonomic clarification there!

 

[BONDQ]

A good story with a great outcome. Bravo.

 

[jiggly75]

your anemone looks great and your clown looks pretty happy too. great job on taking the time to bring it back from the brink. too bad everyone doesn't have that kind of compassion for things.

 

[Flighty]

Can you get a clear pic of the underside of the anemone for us to see if it really is a magnifica? I'm with Ron Popeil, It really does look like one.

 

[Ciarán]

I couldnt get a decent pic of the base, however i found this photo and its trunk and general structure are identical, I think it pretty much confirms what yourself and Ron Popeil suggested.

 

[Amphiprion]

If it looks like that, then it is indeed H. magnifica. Unlike E. quadricolor, these anemones will have some lightly defined verrucae underneath. Very cool and a nice find.

 

[mario_07963]

I bought a GBTA from a fish store and never seen any green on it, instead it's getting much pale and white now. I have good water parameters, feed her with Mysis, still don't see any improvements!

 

[mario_07963]

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