Pink Tip Anemome?

[drsteve2001]

I have a pink tip that for one has no pink tips since i left the LFS, but my question is that its tentacles are turning brown, anyone know why?

 

[hunt]

Did you just buy it today. If you did its probably just stressed and contracted. and that makes the tantacles a darker color. Give it some time and it should be fine.

 

[fretfreak13]

Yeah, I think your good. Just let it settle, it could take a whole week. Most importantly though, once its in te tank DON'T MOVE IT. I learned the hard way and killed my beautiful pink tipped BTA. Also, how old is your tank?

 

[drsteve2001]

I set up the tank coming up on a year....i have had the anemone for about to weeks now...noticed the darkening about middle of last week

 

[hunt]

post pics

 

[drsteve2001]

here is the picture of it,it looks lighter in the pic

 

[hunt]

That looks like a Green tip anenome and it looks very light colored. Im not an expert at all, but it looks kind of like its losing its Zooanthellae(AKA bleaching).

 

[drsteve2001]

LFS called it a condyolactus? and the very ends were pink..what would cause it to bleach or lose its zooanthelle

 

[drsteve2001]

ok googled the bleaching and they said change in light which is possible..i have a 250w halide and the LFS did not have that type of lighting on it

 

[hunt]

OOOOOOOO, i thought it was a Pink bubble tip anenome you were talking about. When people refer to an anenome as a pink tip anenome, they normally are talking about a Bubble Tip Aneome.(im terrible at identifying anenomes). Anyways than that is a completly differant story.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...26tbs%3Disch:1
Is this what you have?
does it have an orange foot?
There still may be something wrong, i just know alot more about BTAs rather than condylactis, and i would wait until someone more exprienced than me about this particular anenome.
Sorry i couldnt help, hope someone else can.

 

[drsteve2001]

it does have a orange foot, that is it in the link you sent...just lost its pink tips before i even put it in my tank

 

[hunt]

http://www.fishlore.com/profile-condyanemone.htm Heres a link that may help you
After searching google, i dont think anything is wrong looking at the majority of all of the pics. Ask any questions you have on this thread after you do some reading and i hope people with more experience with answer. Sorry again that i cant help much

but this is all i know.

 

[drsteve2001]

Originally Posted by Hunt
http:///forum/post/3234549
http://www.fishlore.com/profile-condyanemone.htm Heres a link that may help you
After searching google, i dont think anything is wrong looking at the majority of all of the pics. Ask any questions you have on this thread after you do some reading and i hope people with more experience with answer. Sorry again that i cant help much

but this is all i know.

hope i want starving it..i have been feeding once every two weeks per LFS, it says there every other day

it also says dont have red leg hermits..I have 5 in my tank

 

[hunt]

well do you ever see the hermits climbing on or touching irritating(ect.) on the anenome, if they arnt it should be fine. It also says twice a week is fine. Im not sure how big of a differance there is between BTA and condys but i feed mine once a week and there fine.

 

[drsteve2001]

haven't noticed hermits near it

 

[clownfishlove1]

wait how you feed a coral ?

 

[drsteve2001]

Anyone elso have any opinions on this? The description on SWF.com say "flowing white tenticles" Not even close to white....the are still brown after 1 month