Does my BTA look healthy?

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lbaskball

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I have had a tough time keeping any BTA anemones. Even with good lighting in my 24gal.
I have a 14gal biocube. 4X water turn over rate. And it is under 150watts of 10,000K metal halides. There was a BTA at the LFS that looked bleached. I decided to see if I can save one rather then getting a healthy one (which I have done before and it dying).
It has found a spot in the middle of the tank where it gets good lighting/indirect lighting when it wants to.
Ammonia 0
nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Ph 8.2
Water tempertures stay fluctuate between 78.0 and 79.6 during the day. Is this too much of a water fluctuation?
The picture of my BTA looks a lot morebleached then it is. It is actually green in color and has orange tips. The stinging cells seems very strong when I feed it, it grabs on to the food very quickly.
I feed it every other day with mysis shrimp.
 
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lbaskball

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Can anyone tell me if they think it will survive? If you look closely, you can lightly see the orange tips.
 
jimmy 4

jimmy 4

Member
It is bleached. I have the same exact anemone. Feed it often and it may regain its um.. zooathelle. lol i think thats what its called. I have been feeding it brine shrimp daily and it is slowly turning a brownish color. I dont have a recent pic but here it is bleached. It almost looks like we have the same anemone

It looks to me like it could survive, you definatly have enough light. Only time will tell.
 
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lbaskball

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what color its is base/foot? mine is pink color. Also does ur anemone have pink tips? it looks like it from the picture. Mine seems to have orange tips. Yours should look really nice once it colors up. Keep me updated.
 
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tizzo

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Bump your heater up to 79.5, so there will be no fluctuation.
It is bleached but it appears you already knew that... Your params are good, so if it's got a chance then your tank would be it...
 
adroitmind

adroitmind

Member
It looks very bleached to me. take a look at how dark mine is. I have him under 250w mh, and 80w of standard fluorescent lighting.
 
choco

choco

Member
AdroitMind provided a very good example of a healthy BTA. To bring back a bleached BTA, feed it frequently(every day) of fish and shrimp.
 
cjml

cjml

Member
They like meaty foods-mysis for smaller ones-silversides for bigger ones-here's a few of mine...they all came from one very tiny bubble tip-I feed them at lease 3x a week with silversides-I now have a total of 7 from the first little one. And I don't have MH... :happyfish :happyfish


 
doglvr

doglvr

Member
I believe my starved, near death anemone survived because of 3 things:
1. Lots of food, 2x daily I flooded the tank with mysis, brine, (with garlic extreme), plus DT's, scallops & shrimp every other day
2. Frequent testing and water changes due to the over feeding

3. Buying it a clown that would "love" it. I tried 2 percs and neither would go near it. Decided to go with a Juvi Tomato which hosted the instant it was released. She nursed it back to health, fed it herself (she threw out anything I direct fed), and loved it. Honestly, I would give the Tomato 85% credit for the recovery.
It took a couple of months for color to start coming back, and a few more months before it was white tipped & all tan. Now, it's tripled in size & beautiful. (I am hoping to wake up to a split one day!)
 
fish addict

fish addict

Member
You have to be careful though, doglvr's clown helped the anemone but some clowns are too aggresive and can hurt the anemone. Sometimes they might even steal food from the anemone so you need to be cautious.
 
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