Brand New BTA, poss. bleached?

[Jmdumbeck]

Today I purchased a gorgeous pink/tan BTA from my LFS. It's about 5" across and very healthy looking, with big full bubbly tentacles. It acclimated well to my tank, and is currently trying to find a cozy spot to nestle into. I thought I researched plenty before purchasing one, but I just found out that lighter colored anemones don't normally exist? I read about bleached anemones and now I'm panicked that my anemone is dying, despite it looking absolutely fabulous. . Any suggestions or tips? I'm worried! Here's a picture. The pink stringy stuff is plankton that I fed it earlier. HELP!

 

[Jmdumbeck]

Updated with picture. Help!

 

[MikeB]

THe Anem looks healthy and happy IMO. I don't think you have anything to worry about

 

[Shells]

Have not seen a BTA the color of your but your does look very healthy. People will go back and forth on if you should feed them or not. All I can say is with my experience. I inherited this RBTA from a tank buy and really loved the color - however after reading up on it realized it was not suppose to look this way. It was under a 250w MH and I had it for a while looking like this:

Mine was much more bleached then your

After reading and talking with people I then decided that it does need to be feed and stated with small silversides and worked up to eating 1/2 silverside 2x per week. This is what it looks like now:

They can live pretty long being bleached. I would recommended keep feeding it and see what it turns out to be.

 

[cherokee_dude]

Bad news... It's bleached.
Good news... The pics show the tentacles are sticky and capturing food.

Recommendation: Feed it Silversides at least once (Twice is better) a day and give it time.


Difference over a one month period.

This is a great link for more research.

http://www.karensroseanemones.com/index.htm

 

[Jmdumbeck]

Recommendation: Feed it Silversides at least once (Twice is better) a day and give it time.

http://www.karensroseanemones.com/index.htm

Twice daily? Or do you mean twice weekly? Can it really handle being fed that much twice daily? I only have plankton and cyclops now that I feed with a needle-less syringe. I fed him once daily, two days in a row. But they eat and excrete through the same hole, don't they? Anyway, thank you everyone for the advice, keep it coming!

 

[Shells]

Jennymkemp,

I feed mine about twice a week - I would recommend you get some silversides, cut them up and start with a small size (about the size of the tip of your pinky) then work up to about a 1/2 of a silverside.

Yes they do eat and excrete from same hole.

 

[kass03]

They need larger meatier food than cyclops and plankton.
I feed mine Rods food on occasion but you can also buy the cubed meatier foods for a variety.

kass

 

[dbarker]

Hey Guy! check out karensroseanemone.com. I bought one like yours and it crawled away and died. I hope you have better luck. Karen says to feed with silversides and be patient. I did get mine to eat 1/2 a silverside but it was just too far gone and I didn't realize it. Best of luck! Debbie