How do my anemones look?

[Greg31]

I just got these in the tank on Monday. I think they are a rock flower anemone and a condy.

 

[holmstar]

They look bleached to me, but otherwise healthy.

 

[Greg31]

bleached?

 

[t4zalews]

+1, bleached

 

[Greg31]

Just look it up and I would have to agree. The rock anemone has a neon green color sometimes. I have been doing my best to feed them frozen mysis shrimp.

Would silversides daily help with the bleached problem?

Anyone know what kind of starfish I have as well?

 

[mr.iacuessa]

i would say give them as much light as possible and feed every other day... im not sure about the rock flowers, but the condys are troopers, the one i have came back from looking somewhat like that in about 2 weeks! good luck

 

[Greg31]

I have been leaving the lights on for about 8 hours a day. Will pick up some silversides tonight!

 

[mr.iacuessa]

you should stick to a more realistic cycle, i suggest getting timers! get the actinics on an hour before the main lights, then the main lights for 10 hours, then just the actinics for an hour then the moonlights for the rest of the night.... what kind of light do you have?

 

[kduen]

Also do some research about using silversides there are many posts on here about people losing there nems shortly after feeding them. Better choices are fresh uncooked shrimp, baby scallops and mysis. Also if I remember correctly rock flowers are one of the very few nems that can actually have a white pigment and not be bleached. Here is a link with some examples. It's hard to tell in Greg31's pictures but the lines that extend out toward the edge of the disk will turn a darker color.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1905963&highlight=white+crucifer+anemone

 

[Greg31]

I would use a timer but my lights didnt come with one. I have these lights:

http://store.seacorals.net/deblsoho2do2.html

Not much info on them but they seem pretty bright and were only $100. I was advised to get different bulbs eventually as well.

 

[mr.iacuessa]

well, at least theyre t5s, lol... i recommend aquatraders.com, theyre cheap and they have really nice fixtures...another thing, i feed my anemones thawed krill, thats what was recommended by my local fish store, plus, some of my lps corals like it too (fungia, open brain, duncan)

 

[Banff]

Your rock flower looks a lot like mine (but without colour).

Parts of mine are opaque white.

 

[shifty51008]

I would use a timer but my lights didnt come with one. I have these lights:

http://store.seacorals.net/deblsoho2do2.html

Not much info on them but they seem pretty bright and were only $100. I was advised to get different bulbs eventually as well.

alot of lights don't come with timers, just go to wal mart and pick up an intermatic timer and plug your lights into it

 

[Greg31]

beautiful! Hope mine gets some color. When I turn lights on, he has a very faint neon green on the center portion of the body, not where arms are.

 

[elegance coral]

The crucifer in the first pic does not look bleached to me. I'd like to see more color in the Condy though.