Anenome tips turning brown
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rykna
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Well.........IMHO as long as it is not "melting" into a gooy puddle it is a good sign. A lot of stores "bleach" the anemones so they look whiter and brighter, unfortunately this process kills the host algae that the anemone needs to survive. If your anemone is turning more of a creamy brown; and appears happy and open/extended; that's awesome cause it has managed to start it's host algae growing again. Just a thought....I give it a 90% possiblity.
rykna
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When a anemone start to die, it will slowly deflat, like a ballon as it ages. When a anemone extends it's tentacles it is filling its' body with water. This is one of their defensive ablities; when startled the anemones expels the water enabling them to shrink into the protection of the rock they have attached to. Since the anemone body is a thin jelly like substance, when they die their body slowly "melts away" like ice cream on a hot day. All that is left is a puddle of gooy dead anemone.
The host algae is a microscopic animal called zooxanthellae. The anemone provides a home and protection for the zoos, and they manufacture food for the anemone. However, most if not all anemones need to be fed meaty foods such as krill and other yummy mixes of brine shrimp.
Anemones in the wild are more creamy brown instead of the stark white that you see in alot of fish stores. When salt tanks first became availalbe to the general public fish stores bleached anemones( this bleaching kills the host algae) because they thought it would look more appealing to their customers, some even tinted them with dyes to enhance their coloring. Unfortunately, for the anemones, these practices lead to certain death.
So if you ever see an anemone that look to bright to be real....don't buy it.
Do you have a better pic of your anemone???
The host algae is a microscopic animal called zooxanthellae. The anemone provides a home and protection for the zoos, and they manufacture food for the anemone. However, most if not all anemones need to be fed meaty foods such as krill and other yummy mixes of brine shrimp.
Anemones in the wild are more creamy brown instead of the stark white that you see in alot of fish stores. When salt tanks first became availalbe to the general public fish stores bleached anemones( this bleaching kills the host algae) because they thought it would look more appealing to their customers, some even tinted them with dyes to enhance their coloring. Unfortunately, for the anemones, these practices lead to certain death.
So if you ever see an anemone that look to bright to be real....don't buy it.
Do you have a better pic of your anemone???
old_salt
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Originally Posted by Rykna
LOL! I hear you. Good to hear that your anemone is eating and extending. By the way, what type of anemone is it???
I would also very the food and make sure that it has vitamin supplements. I fed my anemones krill, and brine shrimp that had be loaded with vitamin supplements.
While on this subject, how often and much do you feed your anemones? I've been told once a week, but how much should I feed them? Thanks.
LOL! I hear you. Good to hear that your anemone is eating and extending. By the way, what type of anemone is it???
I would also very the food and make sure that it has vitamin supplements. I fed my anemones krill, and brine shrimp that had be loaded with vitamin supplements.
While on this subject, how often and much do you feed your anemones? I've been told once a week, but how much should I feed them? Thanks.
rykna
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Depends on the age of your tank and what kind of clean up crew you have. Most recomend feeding anemones once a week, to er on the side a caution reguarding water quality, imho. When I had anemones my sand bed wa 4 inches deep crawling with pods and other critters for clean up duty. I feed them at least every other day. This was in a 90 gallon.
rykna
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The frozen food I buy has been pre-loaded with the vitamens and suplements. There are products out there you can soak stuff in, but I haven't used any of them.
Anemones need meaty foods. Foods for filter feeders like phytoplex will not benefit the anemone in any way I am aware of.
I look forward to seeing more pics!
Anemones need meaty foods. Foods for filter feeders like phytoplex will not benefit the anemone in any way I am aware of.
I look forward to seeing more pics!
jmick
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Originally Posted by Rykna
The frozen food I buy has been pre-loaded with the vitamens and suplements. There are products out there you can soak stuff in, but I haven't used any of them.
Anemones need meaty foods. Foods for filter feeders like phytoplex will not benefit the anemone in any way I am aware of.
I look forward to seeing more pics!
No they don't, they need plenty a light. I have had my rock anenome for 3+ years and I've never fed it.
The frozen food I buy has been pre-loaded with the vitamens and suplements. There are products out there you can soak stuff in, but I haven't used any of them.
Anemones need meaty foods. Foods for filter feeders like phytoplex will not benefit the anemone in any way I am aware of.
I look forward to seeing more pics!
No they don't, they need plenty a light. I have had my rock anenome for 3+ years and I've never fed it.
