Another anemone & lighting ?

mikelly02

mikelly02

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Hi,
I've Had My Anemone For About 3-4 Days Or So, I'm Not Really Sure What Kind It Is, It's All White Though, Anyway Every Morning When I Wake Up I Think It Is Dead, It Sure Looks It All Hunched Over & Curled Up Looking Awful, Then After My Mh Have Been On A Little Bit It Perks Right Back Up. Should I Leave One Pc On At Night? Right Now It Has The Little Blue Moon Night Lights Going. It's A New Tank About 1 Month Or So, Maybe I Should Have Waited? I Don't Know Though B/c It Looks Awesome During The Day...
Any Ideas?
Thanks
 
perfectdark

perfectdark

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Not knowing what type it is makes it hard to determine how healthy it was when you purchased it. I know that most anenomies that are white are bleached and with the proper lighting can make a full recovery. Your water perameters have to be right on and very little fluctuation in your levels, anenomies dont like it very much. I have a rose BTA in my tank and it is green at the bottom and pink at the tips. But all my anenomies that I have had all deflate in the evening when the lights go out. Then blow back up when they come back on. To my knowledge its normal, well so far it is, and my anenomie is doing well. Keep a close eye on it though I did have the misfortune of buying a sick BTA and it ended up dying in my tank 3 days after I purchased it. It almost crashed my whole tank, they release some extremly bad toxins when they die. First signs were a cottage cheese looking material forming on its base. I didnt know at the time but it was the beginning of the end when that happend. Took 2 weeks of water 50% water changes every 3rd day before my Nitrates were down below 10. Good Luck
 
perfectdark

perfectdark

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Bleaching is a sign of an unhealthy aneomone, poor water quality, not eating the right things or enough of the right thing and or stress. All can lead to a bleached out looking pale and or deflated aneomone. It is common for them to deflate and then poof up again when the lighting is on. However an active one is a sign that it is not happy. Once an established spot is found it shouldnt want to move from that spot. If it does IMO I would investigate as to why. Iodine, alkalinity, biomineral content... are as important to Anemones as they are to stony and soft corals.
If your animal is or becomes bleached to a degree, hand feeding will become even more important. Meaty foods, no bigger than the anemones mouth 2 – 3 times a week, less if the food items are large. The best are fish based foods various kinds of shrimps, frozen cube-foods, plankton, that can be fed with a baster. Hope this helps
 
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