Green BTA problem

[atticus052]

I have a green bubble tip anemone and am having problems with it. I got it about a month ago and it looked completely healthy at first, my water quality is very good, consistant, it's a 120g system, my other two anemone's seem to be doing fine, all my other corals/fish/inverts are thriving. SO back to the issue. The anemone about a week after I bought it began shrivling up at different times midday/night etc emitting brown mucus, then it would reinflate later on, about a week later the anemone had lost most of the flourescent green that was in the end of each of the bubbles. Since then, the body will remain inflated but each of the individual tenticles remain uninflated, the darker green color has left the anemone and the I can no longer feed the anemone since it wont grab on to food. When i bought it, fully inflated the anemone was bout 8" across and sitting in my aquarium it's about 20 inches from the lighting. Has anyone experienced this sort of a problem or can someone guide me as to what might be wrong and what I can do?

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by Atticus052
http:///forum/post/3154017
I have a green bubble tip anemone and am having problems with it. I got it about a month ago and it looked completely healthy at first, my water quality is very good, consistant, it's a 120g system, my other two anemone's seem to be doing fine, all my other corals/fish/inverts are thriving. SO back to the issue. The anemone about a week after I bought it began shrivling up at different times midday/night etc emitting brown mucus, then it would reinflate later on, about a week later the anemone had lost most of the flourescent green that was in the end of each of the bubbles. Since then, the body will remain inflated but each of the individual tenticles remain uninflated, the darker green color has left the anemone and the I can no longer feed the anemone since it wont grab on to food. When i bought it, fully inflated the anemone was bout 8" across and sitting in my aquarium it's about 20 inches from the lighting. Has anyone experienced this sort of a problem or can someone guide me as to what might be wrong and what I can do?

I was always told to keep just 1 anemone per tank....
Anemones use chemical warfare to kill other anemones, in the wild this prevents them from having a nearby challenge for food.. 3 anemones in a tank, even one as large as yours, is asking for war...It may already be too late for this one, but run activated carbon and change it out each month. That should detoxify any chemical darts.

 

[atticus052]

ok thanks for the insight, the other two are literally 1" and 2" anemone's, must be sort of a david and goliath

 

[lmecher]

It is common when anemones of differing species are kept in the same tank you can sometimes have problems. If this is the case I'd remove it asap. If however the other 2 are also bta's, you may want to recheck your parameters.

 

[btldreef]

I have three BTA's and a mini carpet anemone in one tank (155G) all three BTA's were in a 40G together until my upgrade and their all fine. I do run carbon (ChemiPure Elite) in my tank and always have though.
Are you sure this one acclimated correctly? It sounds like you've basically been having problems since day one. If you have a QT I'd put the nem in there and see if it gets better.
It's not your water parameters if the other anemones are doing fine.

 

[atticus052]

Well.... I ordered 2 BTA's from SWF dot com and these are the two I ended up with... if they're actual bubble tips than maybe it isn't an issue with species....? , But wasn't exactley what I was looking for to host my clown fish. So ended up getting the Green BTA from a local store. As for acclimation, I did the normal routine for anything I buy.
I'm going to try the medicine tank.

 

[dive girl]

What type of lighting do you have? White isn't a color that we should see on BTA. If your anemones are pale or even white, that isn't healthy.
Anemones need strong lighting, like in MH.
The shriveling up and brown stuff is it getting rid of waste products. It turning white is what concerns me. I bet your light isn't strong enough and your anemone has lost its zooxanthelle. If that's the case you have three options: return it, upgrade lighting, or let it die. Now if you do have MH, then there is something else going on.