Recovering BTA

[Jeremy.XIII]

Well I've had this BTA for a little over a week now and it got just a *TINY* hit of green hue back in its tentacles and I haven't see the mouth open, nor has it moved. It seems to bubble on occasion as well. I know it's going to take time for it to recover from being bleached but does anyone have any idea on a timeframe for that? And is there anything I can do to help it along? Sorry about the picture quality, just an iPhone and the glass distorts the view where the nem is at anyways.

Okay, well apparently I can't upload photos right now, not sure as to why but I'll keep trying.

 

[Jeremy.XIII]

Finally got them to upload.

 

[m0nkie]

it looks bleached but healthy. I would maintain perfect water parameter and start feeding after a week.

 

[Jeremy.XIII]

What should I start with? I tried some mysis yesterday and most of it just floated into the water.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

You need to turn off the water flow when you feed, mysis is fine.

 

[Mania25]

I had a bleached out anemone see pics before and after. I've had him for three weeks now. I was feeding him mysis every other day just a few squirts directly into him. My clown didn't want to know but as he's now colored up a little he has now hosted my clown. I would just keep up with the spot feeding every other day with mysis and he should get back to health and regain some colour. They are photosynthetic but if they're bleached I found they need to be feed. If it's mouth is always tightly closed then you have a good chance of saving him. I've stopped feeding mine now that he is hosting the clown fish. See my before and after pic. To get the colour back took about three weeks.

 

[Jeremy.XIII]

That looks great! I'll definitely try turning off the flow and spot feeding again tomorrow.

 

[rt67ghy]

They have a very healthy appetite and you can even feed him small pieces of shrimp which he'll love. I used to feed mine a whole shrimp every other day but then he was around 10".

 

[150Ron]

Mine loves small pieces of silversides. It was bleached for weeks until I started feeding every few days.

 

[Jeremy.XIII]

Don't know how well y'all can see the color I'm talking about but as of today it has some lime green hue to it.. Never seen one that color. Has anyone else?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Yes it's a very bleached GBTA