GBTA coloring

[bugbdon]

hello everyone,
last march i bought a very badly bleached BTA. when i bought it, it was white with some green highlights in it. now it's brown with some green, which is good because it recovered....but is there a way to get it green?

soon i'll be starting the zeovit method in the tank and i wonder if that will help bring out the green color.

or maybe it just needs more time?

thanks
-b

 

[magellan007]

I would guess that the color it is now is its true color.. to make it greener would probably mean to deprive it or give it more of a certain wavelength, which is pretty difficult without affecting the rest of the tank.

 

[bugbdon]

dang.....ok

 

[ds4x4]

it should regain its color.. mine was completely white then brown now it is more green than anything else with a hint of brown.. it takes time

 

[livingcorals]

expelled it's zooxanthellae. What do you feed it?
Check out this site. Might help a bunch.

http://www.karensroseanemones.com/zooxanthellaeloss.htm

Good luck.

 

[bugbdon]

when i first got it i fed it sliversides....but it had problems taking the whole silverside so....now i feed it krill ocasionally. it keeps growing so i guess that's a good thing. i'll check karensroses out.

thanks for the help everyone

 

[livingcorals]

Toss up some pics when ya can.

 

[bugbdon]

will do....lights off right now

 

[bugbdon]

here are some pics as promised, finally....

here is just after i bought it, at the time it was under stock Biocube PC:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/512/158342new_bta.JPG

and now, under 150W 14K metal halide

i know the aglae is bad right now, i like to feed my fish! i'm getting a sapphire skimmer soon, and i'll be starting the zeovit method in the tank soon too...so i hope that will go away.

let me know what you think
-brandon

 

[bugbdon]

so i guess the before picture didn't work here it is again

 

[livingcorals]

Yes its is bleached. It will get its color back as long as you have good lights and the right food.

 

[bugbdon]

sounds good to me