Mickeymic Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Hi there, out of curiosity, i would like to know sick anemone, other than sign of bleached, what else can be seen? And how to save them from it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member unicornfart Posted October 27, 2018 SRC Member Share Posted October 27, 2018 Strong light and feed it meaty food. Silver fish works for me. Here is a pic of my sick/bleached carpet when my tank was having a Dino attack. (Pic 1) Killed almost all of my acros tho.. After a 3 day black out and rising my light up.. I kept feeding meaty seafood daily for 2 weeks... And... It recovered!! Here is a picture after (pic 2) you can still see the centre part near its mouth is still recovering. (Pic 3) taken today Hope this helps!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeymic Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Strong light and feed it meaty food. Silver fish works for me. Here is a pic of my sick/bleached carpet when my tank was having a Dino attack. (Pic 1) Killed almost all of my acros tho.. After a 3 day black out and rising my light up.. I kept feeding meaty seafood daily for 2 weeks... And... It recovered!! Here is a picture after (pic 2) you can still see the centre part near its mouth is still recovering. (Pic 3) taken today Hope this helps!! WOW!! It recovered so nicely! What meaty food did u feed it? My healthy BTA seems to reject any frozen seafood that i gave them Other than bleaching, anemone gets any kind of sickness? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member unicornfart Posted October 27, 2018 SRC Member Share Posted October 27, 2018 Krill and sliverside, I feed twice a week. Did you off your wakemaker while feeding? If your BTA tentacles are sticky to the touch, she's in good health. Not to worry m8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeymic Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Krill and sliverside, I feed twice a week. Did you off your wakemaker while feeding? If your BTA tentacles are sticky to the touch, she's in good health. Not to worry m8. I brought frozen seafood mix from grocery shop. It kinda dislike it. I didn't turn off wave maker. Somehow one of my BTA is so sensitive to touch. It will just shrink quickly whenever the tentacles touches something. Give me a headache hahahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisfjh Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 wat anemone？ bta？ i suggest dont give strong light，light too strong will bleachSent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeymic Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 wat anemone？ bta？ i suggest dont give strong light，light too strong will bleachSent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Yes BTA. Hmmm.... so which is the correct one? Strong light or not strong lighting? Actually my problem is, My healthy BTA ain't eating at all and I have no idea why. Tried feeding oyster, shrimp and clams, ain't accepting anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted October 28, 2018 SRC Supporter Share Posted October 28, 2018 In general anemone need relatively high light. In the 300 - 400+ PAR range is good (this is equivalent to SPS lighting levels). Total lighting hours also need to be factored in, else too long hours even at lower light levels can cause bleaching. Anemone can survive in 150+ PAR range (eg sand bed) but the bubble tips won't be so nice. They will look amazing in higher light. Other signs of a stressed anemone - wont eat, won't attach to rock or keeps moving to a dark place to hide in the dark. 2 Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keecur89 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 When my anemone didn’t eat I had to turn off my pumps and just lay something on top of himSent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeymic Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 In general anemone need relatively high light. In the 300 - 400+ PAR range is good (this is equivalent to SPS lighting levels). Total lighting hours also need to be factored in, else too long hours even at lower light levels can cause bleaching. Anemone can survive in 150+ PAR range (eg sand bed) but the bubble tips won't be so nice. They will look amazing in higher light. Other signs of a stressed anemone - wont eat, won't attach to rock or keeps moving to a dark place to hide in the dark. Wow! Thanks man, that's very specific! Hahahaha So usually how long must the lighting go on for a day for the BTA? MY anemone is attaching to rock, stationary, but just won't eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeymic Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 When my anemone didn’t eat I had to turn off my pumps and just lay something on top of himSent from Singapore Reef Club mobile appMy fishes will literally go and take a bite thinking is it's food. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites
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