RBTA is bleached out

[Haddonisreef]

I gave a RBTA to one of my cousins 5 mths ago and now its completly white! What can we do to help??????!!!!!! ILL post pic when i get them!!

 

[bluerug]

Well the best thing is to put it back into your tank and give it small feedings every day, if it does not accept the food wait a few days and after it has been in better light, it should then be sticky enough to take the small pieces of shrimp. Slowly but surely it should come back.

 

[Haddonisreef]

Are there any foods that are better than others? shrimp vs kriss vs scallops vs silversides etc.

 

[snusa]

Once it's bleach, it won't come back to original color.

 

[Haddonisreef]

So then waht will happen? Are they worth keeping?

 

[hogben]

There are documented threads on these boards with pictures of bleached anemones coloring back up with good conditions and feeding.

Over the span of three to six months. Original color? I don't know, but they don't stay bleached forever.

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10396812#post10396812 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snusa
Once it's bleach, it won't come back to original color.

That is not true at all. Not sure who told you that, but they were wrong.

Here is my LTA 3 months ago.

Here it is as of 2 weeks ago.

 

[Haddonisreef]

Cool That will make him fill better. Thanks

 

[aaron7405]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10397862#post10397862 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
That is not true at all. Not sure who told you that, but they were wrong.

Here is my LTA 3 months ago.

Here it is as of 2 weeks ago.

My bta is exactly as your in the pic "3 month ago" could you tell me please how do you feed your bta, how often wahts food do you give him??

Tahanx a lot it will be relly help me. I have been trying some small pices of shrimp but it eat it and after a while it spell it. I have try some fish and squirt too. same results. I have 2 bta in same condition.

Thank you

 

[Toddrtrex]

Mine is an LTA ( Long Tentacle Anemone ) (Macrodactyla doreensis), but the same thing should apply to a bleached BTA.

All I did was make sure that my water was in good shape, and tried to feed it a couple times a week. I used both silversides and krill, but I always give very small pieces -- about the size of a pencil erasure.

 

[BristlewormKing]

I got one from a friend that had bleached and then shriveled until it was nothing but a small foot and a rim with some nubs. I remembered it being an awesome RBTA so I begged him to left me have it because he was going to throw it away and my rule of thumb is "if it isn't disintegrating, anything is possible". It took six months to coax it back to health (excellent water, plenty of available light and shading to give the RBTA choices, moderate flow, and small plankton (Kyorin ocean plankton) at first, then I built up to larger foods). Now it is one of the deepest reds I have ever seen and has split into two beautiful RBTAs.

Good luck!

 

[ccorpse27]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10396812#post10396812 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snusa
Once it's bleach, it won't come back to original color.

Wrong.

 

[Haddonisreef]

Post some Pics BristlewormKing of how it looks now!!!