Andreww Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Does this GBTA look ok to you guys as far as color goes? It's my first BTA, and put it in a place I thought it's perfect for it, and sure enough it moved about 1" and planted it's foot into a crevice . It seems like it's slowly adjusting to my tank, hiding then coming out at random times throughout the day. I'm slowly raising the salinity in my tank because it was way low without me knowing it but anyway, everything is looking better lately, even the nem is fuller than ever. But I'm a bit concerned about the color...under actinics it kinda glows for lack of a better word...the foot is brown but tissue at the base of the tentacles is white. I'm running a Kessil A160we and it's about 15" from the anemone itself, no higher than 45% intensity and 45% color. The clown started hosting it from day 2...but he is never feeding it, but rather stealing food away when he has a chance. I already fed the anemone two times in 5 days and it ate just fine. Im also feeding the clowns pretty good. So is the color ok? Maybe in reality it has just a bit more green than the picture shows.... Link to comment
Andreww Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 And here a picture after lights out, picture taken in complete darkness w flash. Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Looks terribly bleached to me. Give it low lighting at first and feed it at least twice a week or every other day. It'll start to bounce back. Link to comment
Andreww Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 That's what I thought..dang it! ....so should I reduce the light to 20% or so until I see improvements? EDIT: my lights stay on for about 10 hours, should I reduce to 8 hours for a while as well? Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I agree with gulfsurfer101, def bleached. What kind of lighting was it under at your lfs? I don't think you have to go as far as 20% but if you don't have any other corals in the tank that need this lighting you can try that. If it looks like its reaching for more light bump it up from 20% a couple degrees at a time. Otherwise it looks okay, it will heal slowly. I have read a lot about people getting bta's in bleached. Its like people just blast them with lights since they are an anemone and need "the most light you can give it"- Literally a quote I read from someone when I was researching these years ago. This makes people think they need the sun sitting on their front porch. Link to comment
Andreww Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 That's the way I bought it from the LFS. It hid from the light under a rock, it was under Radions , but they just got it in hours before I bought it...well, lesson learned...hopefully it'll recover. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 They just got it in hours before I bought it Wouldn't recommend that in the future. Better to have the LFS hold it for a while; the anemone was much is double acclimated within 36 hours (once to LFS aquarium, once to yours) after being stressed by the dark and often temperature-erratic shipping. It looks happy though with inflated tips, should color up with a bit less light and regular feeding. Link to comment
Andreww Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 It came from a local's tank to the LFS... still stressed nonetheless. Will give it less light and feed it good. What else should I try besides mysis shrimp? I don't wan to try silversides.. I've got a brain coral, favia , frogspawn and monti cap...with the monti on a ledge closer to the surface so I think I'm fine with 20% until the anemone acclimates...thanks for the help! I'll report back in a few days. Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Try feeding stuff high in lipids and amino acids. I get wicked color out my bta using golden pearls 5-50 microns powder mixed with saltwater rotifers and mysis. Link to comment
Andreww Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 I've got Dr G's Caviar Max,capelin eggs, but it's not recommended for target feeding because of the high protein percentage- 50% protein. They recommend just pouring in the water in a high flow area...I can see how that can be a problem with no skimmer running... Should I mix that with mysis and rotifers ? I've got spirulina brine shrimp, baby brine shrimp , and bloodworms leftover from my freshwater setup, but I avoided those foods so far and didn't feed except for the bloodworms once a week and fish seem to love them... Link to comment
Andreww Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Also, do you blast the nem with food or just let the food fall on its tentacles? Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Get a turkey baster or 20ml syringe and mix your stuff up in a cup or bowl and spot feed it to your nem and corals. Kill all pumps for 20-30 minutes. That way they have time to ingest everything. Link to comment
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