Neon Pink RBTAs

[180+55reef]

so in people opinion what makes them bleach and do they come back??

just curious what others have experienced

 

[garygb]

RBTAs bleach for several reasons: too little light, too much light, the wrong spectrum of light, poor water conditions. They definitely come back given proper lighting and water conditions. Small feedings facilitate the recolonization of the tissue with zooxanthellae, as it's a source of food for the internal algae. Also, when bleached, the anemone needs the additional nutrition as the zooxanthellae (the primary source of food for the anemone) is absent from the anemone's tissue.

 

[phender]

In addition to the things mentioned, increases in temperature (above 82 degrees) used to do it every summer to my friends RBTAs. Most of them came back after the temps got back to normal range.