rbta question

[Jim_Leyland]

i got a rbta a few weeks ago and the "green/blue" color on its inside is starting to fade.. im sure its not normal is it? i feed it a silverside every 3 days since i got it.. im gonna try to do a half of one every day to see if that would "brighten" it back up? its open all the way and everything just losing a bit of color.. i have 265watts ( pc ) .. i have heard of them doing fine under this light and the guy i got it from even had it under the light a few yrs ago.. any suggestions?

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

well i dont know whats up about the fading but for feeding u dont have to feed that much!
think about it ,in the wild witha all the currents what are the chanses of a full or even a half of a dead fish just landing into the tenticles of the anemone and even though it can happen for sure its not going to happen often like uve been feeding so when u feed the silversides u will see ur anemone throw up a ball of nastyness! this happens hours after u feed so u might not see it but they dont keep all of this!

 

[Racing1]

I would slow down on the feeding as youa re going to stress the anenome. As for hom losing color, I would say lack of light. How far up in the tank is he? Am I right to assume this is a 75 gallon with 260 watts of PC lighting? If so try to get him to stay up higher in the tank. I have mine about 6 inches below th surface in my 75 with 440 watts of VHO and he is doing good. You may want to thing about upgrading your lighting.

 

[reefpaddler]

why is it stressful to feed every 3 days? Thanx nicole

 

[Jim_Leyland]

he is almost on the very top rock in my tank can't really be up much higher.. i would also like to know why feeding every 3 days is bad?