sick annomonie?

[midwestsalt]

I got this annomonie at the lfs 4 of 5 months ago, they said it was a bubble, and at the lfs it had bubbles in the tenticles, when I got it home all was good its been healthy split about 1 months ago, but A) is it a bta or a long tenticle, it Will still bubble when I feed it every once in a while, but most of the time its fully extended. And second lately it has started to get brown blotches on them, and will just stop and look lifeless in the tank for a few hours than go back to normal. Im wondering if all is ok and this is natural or somthing is up.

 

[D-Nak]

It looks like it's a BTA but it's severely bleached. It needs more light. The brown blotches indicate that some of the zooxanthellae is coming back, but you'll definitely need to think about upping your lighting -- I don't think the single T5 and stunner are providing the nem with enough.

 

[midwestsalt]

Sorry it would onlyonly let me post 1 pic here is it looking "sick", and just a tank shot from a few weeks back

 

[midwestsalt]

Thanks d-nak, that's been my biggest struggle with this tank because it os so deep, I was thinking of going to a 250w MH, but I just added the stunner strip about 3 weeks ago and that's when I say the brown spots start. I was hoping it was just the annomonie becoming healthy again, I have read they are normally brown, but indent sure. So maby the stunner is helping...

 

[D-Nak]

Are you feeding the nem? I usually don't recommend feeding a lot, but since yours is bleached, I would feed it -- pencil sized pieces of raw fish or shrimp (from the human-grade from the seafood counter). Many people don't recommended feeding frozen foods found at the LFS (such as silversides) because they aren't subject to regulations like human food is. Sometimes people blame bad silversides on the death of their nem.

 

[midwestsalt]

I feed krill occasional, maby once a week if that. But not to much I have clowns hosted in them as well.