Why hasn't my RBTA...
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mwood
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It would have to regrow zooanthellae the same way your sebae did after you bought it. I think it took mine several weeks to regrow, but it may not at all if it is too stressed. Under what conditions did it bleach in the first place? Have you corrected that issue? Is any fish bothering it? You know nems, as long as they are healthy all is good, but if it starts to go down hill there may be little you can do.
Angel*Fish
cats and large squashes
55semireef,
This will sound insane to some people...but I would feed it some high quality flake food everyday for a while. Omega 1 or even Spectrum.
This will sound insane to some people...but I would feed it some high quality flake food everyday for a while. Omega 1 or even Spectrum.
55semireef
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My friend bluecarpet had it under PCs and this is what caused the anemone to bleach. Bluecarpet had no idea this would do this to the RBTA this quickly and decided to give the RBTA to me. The RBTA has improved only slightly but I have yet to see any major signs of zooxanthellae. All I see is a darker pigment which means nothing. I will try and get some pictures tomorrow. I am very busy tonight.
55semireef
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It doesn't sound insane at all but I would like to know why you would give me this suggestion.
Thanks
55semireef
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I honestly don't think it has anything to do with my T5s. If my H. Crispa came back from a bleached state, I am pretty sure a RBTA can too. I don't know too much about UV bulbs. Can you explain what they are? All I know is that I am keeping lps, clams, and some sps without any issues of light. I would think a RBTA would have plenty.
Angel*Fish
cats and large squashes
I was just thinking that some extra vitamins & other nutrients might be helpful.
I just read your first post again and you say the BTA is "cream colored brown"? It sounds like it does have zooxanthellae. Is it the red/pink color it's missing? That's a different matter I thought.
If that's the case, I'd feed it some frozen cyclopeeze, it's full of astaxanthins, a red pigment in algae. Might make no difference, but it couldn't hurt. Are you absolutely positive this was really a rose? (Since it was already bleached when you got it)
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Angel*Fish
cats and large squashes
Clearly I can't read at all - I reread again and saw you feed "usually switching off between shrimp and prime reef flakes".
What kind of shrimp? Do you mean frozen mysis?
BTA's also need whole chopped up silversides, IMHO.
What kind of shrimp? Do you mean frozen mysis?
BTA's also need whole chopped up silversides, IMHO.
55semireef
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I feed them chopped up fresh shrimp and sometimes I feed them prime reef flakes. I have never used silversides before. The shirmp I use always does me well.
Angel*Fish
cats and large squashes
I'm not trying to suggest that you're not feeding him right. I can see it might have sounded that way.
55semireef
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No I understood you clearly. I will get some pictures up in a few. They are going to be look down pictures since my RBTA is now positioned in the back of the tank.
Amphiprion
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Hmm, lighting is fine, though the sudden change in intensity may prolong the amount of time for the anemone to recover. Color spectrum doesn't seem to be very important (except for a few species), so long as the source of light emits adequate amounts of PAR. Chemical warfare could be a potential issue, possibly moreso as the anemones grow. Do try silversides. The E. quadricolor should enjoy it and IME, fish meat is the best food you can feed to H. crispa. It doesn't even have to be enriched. How often do you feed? Try increasing the frequency to around every other day. The UV bulbs are nice, but they are significantly brighter than the Tek lights, so I don't think that that would be entirely advantageous at this point. Maybe after the anemone recovers.
55semireef
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I ususally feed on average about every 3-4 days.
Here is a picture:
Angel*Fish
cats and large squashes
Well it would be a pita, but what about borrowing a healthy one for a while? Maybe there are none of the right kind of zooxanthellae in your tank?
55semireef
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Are you suggesting that a healthy one would transfer zooxanthellae to my bleached one if they were next to each other touching? Is that possible? However, I wouldn't mine "borrowing" one though.
Angel*Fish
cats and large squashes
If there are none in your tank, I can't think of any other way to get them in there. I would think that some be would released into the water by the healthy one and picked up by your bleached one. They expel their water & take in new regularly.
I should mention that although I'm aware that there are indeed different species of zooxanthellae, I don't know how species specific they are to their hosts. Or if they are at all. (IOW why can't your BTA use take up the ones from your other anemone? And that leads us back to the biological warfare and nutrition issues to make the BTA as strong as possible)
Nevertheless, it seems like the logical thing to try.
I should mention that although I'm aware that there are indeed different species of zooxanthellae, I don't know how species specific they are to their hosts. Or if they are at all. (IOW why can't your BTA use take up the ones from your other anemone? And that leads us back to the biological warfare and nutrition issues to make the BTA as strong as possible)
Nevertheless, it seems like the logical thing to try.
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55semireef
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I know zooxanthellae lives within the tissue of corals and anemones. The only way I think zooxanthellae would be expelled is if the healthy RBTA expelled it itself and the bleached one somehow took it in if it landed in the right spot.
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