white bubble tip???

[nemoboy1]

Bought this guy yesterday...To all anemone expert
White tip or just bleach?
if bleach than why isn't the whole body also bleach? just want to know so i can take proper procedure to bring it back from bleach tip. thanks in advance

 

[Toddrtrex]

I would say that it is more starving then bleached -- mainly because the tentacles are so short and sparse to tell of they are bleached.

What lights?
What size tank?
How long have you had the anemone?
How long has your tank been set up?
What are your water parameters -- with numbers.

 

[nemoboy1]

Photo was shot at the store two days ago... Not sure on what their WP is but light looks to t5.
My tank system has three other anemones and are doing well. not worried about my system...

Bought the white bta because I personally never seen one... I thought it was pretty cool looking...if its bleach why the tentacles has normal coloration.


So a starve anemone can lose it's coloration too???

 

[BonsaiNut]

So a starve anemone can lose it's coloration too???

Anemones have two types of coloration. They have their natural pigmentation (which can be many different colors, and even two or more colors on the same anemone) and they have the coloration they get from their zooxanthellae, which is ALWAYS a milk chocolate brown color.

Normally when people say an anemone "bleaches" they mean it expels its zooxanthellae, or the zooxanthellae dies off.

Bleaching can also be caused by starvation in a low nutrient environment (like in a store tank that doesn't get food). Zooxanthellae need nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorous, etc) that can be obtained from waste products from the anemone, or from the water around the anemone. If there are no nutrients in the water, and the anemone is starving and not producing waste, the zooxanthellae begin to starve EVEN IF there is plenty of light.

This anemone is starving and partially (not totally) bleached. Get it into your tank and start supplementally feeding it tiny bits of food.

 

[bradleym]

Anemones have two types of coloration. They have their natural pigmentation (which can be many different colors, and even two or more colors on the same anemone) and they have the coloration they get from their zooxanthellae, which is ALWAYS a milk chocolate brown color.

Normally when people say an anemone "bleaches" they mean it expels its zooxanthellae, or the zooxanthellae dies off.

Bleaching can also be caused by starvation in a low nutrient environment (like in a store tank that doesn't get food). Zooxanthellae need nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorous, etc) that can be obtained from waste products from the anemone, or from the water around the anemone. If there are no nutrients in the water, and the anemone is starving and not producing waste, the zooxanthellae begin to starve EVEN IF there is plenty of light.

This anemone is starving and partially (not totally) bleached. Get it into your tank and start supplementally feeding it tiny bits of food.

I agree with everything but the last statement. If the LFS bought it this way from a wholesaler I would not suggest supporting that decision, and would return it if possible. If it was acquired from another reefer as a trade-in, then I completely agree.

 

[nemoboy1]

Thanks bonsai...