Thank you, finding nemo!

[catdoc]

Just a shout-out to Karen for her support the past couple of days. I've got a couple of sick rose bta's and she's helped me immensely! She helped me sort out something that was so obvious that I can't believe I couldn't see it myself. I had switched what I was feeding my roses and eventually, they just refused to eat the new stuff (shrimp). In our discussions, she reminded me to try silversides (which I know mine love, I had just had a brain fart and forgot to try them). They are eating again and I feel like we have a fighting chance. I feel like a big dummy that it got this far before I tried the obvious.

Thanks again Karen!

 

[finding nemo]

What a pleasant surprise to find this thread.
Your sure welcome Christy.
Best of luck on your little fellow, I know you can pull him thru and he will be back to his glorious self in no time.
karen

 

[ClownReef®]

Yeah Karen is a jewel on the RC crown (cheesy but hey!! its true!!!)..shes always willing to help and knows anemones inside out..(literally)

 

[finding nemo]

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Thank you

 

[catdoc]

I guess Karen's not here to appreciate this, but wanted to show what my rose looks like as of yesterday.

Here's July 19:

Here's yesterday's pic:

Just posting this to give hope to someone with a starved/bleached bta that they can recover with a lot of TLC.

 

[catdoc]

Just continuing my update (with a better pic today). I took this picture today, Dec 31, 2006. It's been 5 months since the anemone started eating again. (This is the male maroon in the pic) The anemone hasn't budged an inch since the first picture, fwiw.

 

[MrMexReefer]

Someone told me that its better not to feed them if they are recovering? I got a big one from a fellow reefer, but it was damaged and let a "baby" go, so i put that in my nano tank. The baby isnt doing very well, its sort of puffed up, but some parts stringy, however the "mother" anemone is doing great, and hosting a clown already. Any tips for me???

 

[catdoc]

When they split, it takes a few days to a week for the mouth to recover so they can't eat in that time (I think I have that right). The baby having strings isn't a good sign, but watch it close. Dead anemones fall apart and rot very quickly, so if that happens you'll want to pull it out of the tank.

 

[catdoc]

Not so much related to the 'nem's recovery, but something I spotted yesterday. My maroons are so thrilled with their recovered rbta that they've spawned again. This is the largest spawn I've seen from them. It's to the left of the anemone on the finger-shaped projection. The male is seen guarding the nest. I had to feed the rbta to get it to pull in its tentacles but I still didn't get a shot of the whole nest b/c it is wrapping around the back of the rock too. I tried to take the pic from another angle but the distortion wouldn't let me get it focused. This pair started spawning just a few months after they were paired but then stopped spawning when I had a big sps-meltdown this spring and they got shuffled around while the tank cycled again. I think they started spawning again about 6 weeks ago (judging by the female's mouth getting torn up when she'd groom the nest site, her territorial stalking, and the cyclical changes in her abdomen). I only found their spawning site last week when I did some minor rearranging and found it on the back of the rock that the other rbta was on. That nest hatched 2 days later and I was afraid that my disruption would cause them to stop spawning again. I'm thrilled that it didn't! This spawn is about 4 times the size of the last nest. I wish I could get a pic of the whole batch, I'm curious as to how many eggs she has this time. I don't want to bother her though, so will just leave her alone.