Is this wierd look my anemone gets normal? (pic)
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55semireef
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Your anemone is starving. How long have you had it? How often and what do you feed it. What kind of lighting is it under and what kind of water parameters do you have?
wheelspin
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I have had it about a month...
It's in a 29gal that I have designated soley for it and my gsm....
Water quality is pristine, the only thing in the tank besides the gsm & anemone is a clean-up crew and maybe a few zoas...
I keep chaeto in the main display of this tank and also run a ac500 on the back with LR & carbon...
I have a 130w aqualight up top...
I have been feeding it organic shrimp that I cut up for it. I just fed it yesterday, maybe the GSM has been stealing it's food?!
It's in a 29gal that I have designated soley for it and my gsm....
Water quality is pristine, the only thing in the tank besides the gsm & anemone is a clean-up crew and maybe a few zoas...
I keep chaeto in the main display of this tank and also run a ac500 on the back with LR & carbon...
I have a 130w aqualight up top...
I have been feeding it organic shrimp that I cut up for it. I just fed it yesterday, maybe the GSM has been stealing it's food?!
55semireef
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How often do you feed it?
wheelspin
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at least twice a week I give it a little piece of raw shrimp, maybe I should feed it more often or bigger pieces?!
I went ahead and fed it today after your reply and made sure to keep the gsm away until it ate it.
I think I am also going to pick up some silversides this week...
I went ahead and fed it today after your reply and made sure to keep the gsm away until it ate it.
I think I am also going to pick up some silversides this week...
55semireef
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Feed it every other day to help it recover.
boyooso
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Why is the anemone starving?
Iwould recommend getting some more intense light!, but...
Your Anemone looks heathy to me. Those white spots aren't anything to worry about. If the anomone becomes white I would worry.
Feeding 2 times a week or less works for many people. I generally feed every other day. Infact every other day is 3 or 4 times a week depending upon the week.
In My Experience it take some time (2-8 weeks or more) for a bta to adjust to his new surroundings depending upon his route to you.
Good Luck.
colby
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I am by no means an anemone expert, however I have been in your situation before...
I would suggest trying a variety of foods...eg...silversides, just to get some more nutritional value.
I would also agree with semireef, throw in an extra feeding or two to get it back on top of its game...(I personally feed my anemones all they can eat as well as my fish and it seems to work for me...not to say that the twice a week method is not just as effective.)
Good luck
I would suggest trying a variety of foods...eg...silversides, just to get some more nutritional value.
I would also agree with semireef, throw in an extra feeding or two to get it back on top of its game...(I personally feed my anemones all they can eat as well as my fish and it seems to work for me...not to say that the twice a week method is not just as effective.)
Good luck
55semireef
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Well look at the picture and thats your answer.
Just feed it every other day until it becomes fat and happy again. Good thing you caught your anemone before it got in a worse condition. At least it can still grab its food. There are cases where the anemones tentacles were only bumps and the only way to feed it was to put the silverside on the mouth hoping that it would take it in.
Basically your anemone was consuming the tissue in its tentacles. So you noticed that they were shrinking and dissappearing thats because the body of the anemone is doing all it can to feed itself hoping to get another meal before essentially consuming itself. I would also up your lighting up a notch too. At least get PC for that size of tank if not T5.
TOURKID
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My bta was stressed out for awhile. its disk started to bleach. not the tenicles.
I started feeding silverslides every other day
AND
I soak the silverslide in selcon for a bit
Im not sure how long its been now (maybe a month) and its recovered its zoathlee (sp) and it got about twice as big to!!
I worried about it splitting, so I cut down on feedings now
I started feeding silverslides every other day
AND
I soak the silverslide in selcon for a bit
Im not sure how long its been now (maybe a month) and its recovered its zoathlee (sp) and it got about twice as big to!!
I worried about it splitting, so I cut down on feedings now
BonsaiNut
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Re: Is this wierd look my anemone gets normal? (pic)
In answer to your first question about a "wierd look" your anemone gets... I don't see anything wrong. Your anemone looks completely healthy. Generally speaking, when it spreads like that it is happy and under bright lighting.
In answer to your first question about a "wierd look" your anemone gets... I don't see anything wrong. Your anemone looks completely healthy. Generally speaking, when it spreads like that it is happy and under bright lighting.
MJI
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Echos Scott's comments - the tents could be longer, but that will come after a while of being settled and fed. It's unfortunate, but usual that some distress comes from shipping.
No inidication as yet that it is unhealthy - keep up the light and the feeding and you'll see in time...
No inidication as yet that it is unhealthy - keep up the light and the feeding and you'll see in time...
55semireef
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I thought it was starving, still does to me.
MJI
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I said scott, but I meant Bonsai (Bonsai your latz must look too much like a gaster to me, like scotts avatar!!!! it should look more like mine 
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No but seriously, I could take this anemone, and keep it healthy without direct feeding!!
In a 29g, with 130w of light (generally) it has sufficient lighting (hense why you can probably see through it), and feeding once a week will be more than sufficient.
White streaks as shown are completely normal and nothing to worry about.
As i said, shipping causes a bit of stress to nems, but after a month or two it should settle and watch it outgrow your 29g (seriously, it may need moved soon!)
HTH
)No but seriously, I could take this anemone, and keep it healthy without direct feeding!!
In a 29g, with 130w of light (generally) it has sufficient lighting (hense why you can probably see through it), and feeding once a week will be more than sufficient.
White streaks as shown are completely normal and nothing to worry about.
As i said, shipping causes a bit of stress to nems, but after a month or two it should settle and watch it outgrow your 29g (seriously, it may need moved soon!)
HTH
55semireef
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I guess that could be it.
It looks like a starving LTA but I guess its fine for BTA.
