Bleaching GBTA

[Zerc]

So I got my purple/green anemone in the mail and it was very bright for a few days (when it wasn't hiding under a rock). I finally just moved the another rock and it opened up the largest i have ever seen it the next day. Unfortunately it has only a slight green color left! My RBTA is brighter than it has ever been, so I know my tank parameters are anemone friendly... How can I save this thing? I have fed it frozen mysis twice since I got it roughly 3 weeks ago.

:frusty:

Update: Just now it appears that my maroon clown as adopted the 2nd anemone now that it has finally seen it... So the little bloodthirsty fish is swimming from one end of the tank (RBTA) to the other (GBTA) as fast as it can, and burying itself in each anemone in turn. I hope he gets tired... On the other hand, maybe this is good for the sick one?

 

[user 26995]

If your water parameters and lighting are good, it should bounce back. Feed it some mysis every few days.
If its really sick, it will be irritated by the clown and may move, but I dont think its that sick.

 

[user 26995]

Of course a picture would help

 

[Zerc]

it is lights out right now, but I will put up a pic in the morning.

(I think the clown irritates everyone... haha)

 

[Zerc]

As promised, here are some pictures.
This is from the side, you can see my purple tank saying hi. The anemone is starting to work its way under the piece of lace rock you see there. I cannot tell if its foot is still attached to the whiter branch rock on the side.

Here it is from the top.

 

[Zerc]

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Maybe a better picture there, and a contrast with my rbta.

 

[user 26995]

Hey, it doesnt look bad at all.
I would not worry. It will come out when it finally settles in and it will color up again.

 

[Zerc]

Well, I had not seen it in several days, so I lifted up one end of the 20 lb rock it was under. It was sitting on the bottom face down with the foot in the air not attached to anything. I pulled it out and propped it against the same rock but out in the open. The mouth is/was all open though it has closed a little and all the tentacles are deflated. I will post a pic.

 

[Zerc]

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A couple of tentacles have partially inflated.

 

[user 26995]

Hmm, It is looking really stressed. I would get it out and into a QT/hospital tank. It needs a quiet place to get better. Low flow and no fish. Do you have a QT? Just a small 5-10 gal QT for it?
Set it up with a standard HOB filter, T5 lighting would be enough, and a rock to help with biofiltration. Do a small water change every couple days. I wouldnt try feeding it yet. Dont think it would take anything right now.

 

[user 26995]

I hope it is looking better in the morning. My RBTA looked like that after it spawned, but I dont think thats what yours did.

 

[extremecoral]

Yes your anemone had experienced stress during the shipping periods and again in your tank. I assumed the owner's tank and your tank are different in water chemistry. Take it to the QT tank with LOTS of lights. Do not let it slips through the cave again. Anemone need intense lights and clean water.

 

[Zerc]

I had a birthday party this weekend for my youngest so there has been no room to set up a tank, but the anemone migrated back under the rock, then out the other side and down the back side of the tank. It is now next to the Rbta. On Sunday it was right side up, then Monday it was face down again and there was white stuff, like foam, coming out from the middle of the bottom. I found a picture on the internet of what it looked like. Is my anemone splitting? - 3reef Reef Aquarium Forum Unfortunately, the thread never answered the question. The white foamy stuff on my anemone never got bigger than a dime however.

Today the foamy stuff is gone, and it has some indents around the outside. Picture below of today... You can see some tentacles poking out of the far side

 

[user 26995]

You know, not really sure what can be hapening. The nem still has good color. The other tread, I am wondering if thats what they look like when they turn them selves inside out. If thats is what it is doing, its not good.
I would still try to get it into a hospital tank, cause that is just not good behavior for an anemone.

 

[Zerc]

Well, the anemone finally died a few weeks ago. I got a new one last week from Denny's in Kirkland. It was attached to a rock within half an hour and was established in what appears to be the "spot" by the next day!

HOWEVER! If it isn't one anemone it is another one... my RBTA looks like this, and has been strange for a 2 weeks or so. It started by just being a recluse for a few days, then deflated. Then it spit out what was left of a hermit crab... and then it has looked like this for a week or so:

The color on it is still good! but all the tentacles(except for like 2) are little nubs... Any ideas?

 

[Zerc]

Oh, and my mini maxi is the same as it has always been... no movement, spread out beautifully (red and green) facing the top back corner of the tank where I cannot see it... But it is healthy!

 

[blk822822]

Have you tested your water????? How about water changes? And how much lighting do you have and what kind?

 

[Zerc]

I have not tested it recently no. I have to get my water tested at BRA. Last time I had it tested(februaryish) all parameters were good. I do 10-20% WC every week. My lighting is 6x54w t5 lights on a standard 75g tank. I have had the RBTA for nearly a year, and it has never done anything like this. My new GBTA appears to be happy, and my mini maxi is happy. Would eating a hermit crab have possibly injured the RBTA?

 

[blk822822]

The crab may have been alive in there.....and maybe did some damage internaly. I've never seen my RBTA or mini maxis ever eat a hermit, and I've watched the hermits take food out of the nems.

 

[Zerc]

Well, it spit out a digested crab... :-\