Bubble Tip Problem

xtreme_1.8

xtreme_1.8

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This morning my bubble tip was doing great, fully expanded. I went out for a few hours I came home and my anenome is now sucked inside itself like a ball, with web like discharge coming out of the opening. Does anyone have suggestions or do you think it's dead?
PH is 8.3
Salinity is 1.025
 
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thomas712

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One of two things, its either expelling waste as in its been overfed, or its expelling its zooxanthellae, which is a bad thing. pH and salinity fine, how about calcium and alk, temp?
Thomas
 
xtreme_1.8

xtreme_1.8

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Calcium is 470
Alk is 2.3
Temp. is 80
Nitrate is 2.5
Ammonia is 0
Nitrite is .05
With marine lab red sea test kit.
Lighting is Odyssea Power compact 260watt.
This is before:

This is after:
 
xtreme_1.8

xtreme_1.8

Member
Originally Posted by chunks
looks bleached.
What does that mean I'm still new to the whole saltwater thing :notsure:
 
chunks

chunks

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It means that its already expelled its zooxanthellae, and it will be hard to keep alive until they reapear/regrow. As long as you feed it a bit more frequently and have strong lighting you should be ok, but I cant promise anything
 
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thomas712

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Actually you have some real worries here from bleaching, it can take months to recover from this with good lighting and proper feeding, longer if lighting is substandard, and not at all if you can't meet its requirements. I'd do a search on this forum for bleaching, there should be an article by me in the archives.
Thomas
 
cjml

cjml

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What do you feed him? They do well with mysis and silversides start a little at a time. There is a another site that explains lots about annenones - can I post it here? Here's a picture of mine-they are much more colorful then the picture shows -they are greenish tan bubble tips. Sometimes they are very bright green and sometimes more tan color comes out.They all came from one that was smaller and paler then yours until I started feeding him regularly.
 
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thomas712

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There is a another site that explains lots about annenones - can I post it here?
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