carpet anemone bleached

Liquid360 · Jun 12, 2013

Add carbon in a mesh bag to the filter sock of your sump and do some water changes. Figure out the source of the ammonia. Anything dead hidden under rocks...
Here's my lil baby s.haddoni... LOVE carpets!

croix67 said:
tank is 16 months running and only 4 fish and 1 carpet nem and soft corals

croix67 · Jun 12, 2013

no theres nothing dead from what i see all other parameters are fine could the ammonia effect the carpet

Liquid360 · Jun 12, 2013

Absolutely it would.

shred5 · Jun 12, 2013

croix67 said:
hi was just wondering if you could tell how long it takes for a carpet to get its color back as it bleached in transit and could you also tell my 1 of hte saddle back clowns goes in to its mouth and comes back out i dont seem to be able to find any info thanks

Giganteas are hard to bring back from bleaching where Haddonis are not as hard but it depends on allot.. How bleached they are is the main thing.. If partially bleached they will recover fast. If they are pure white they my never recover. The key is if they are eating. If they eat and are sticky they can recover if they are not eating they will most likely die. Right now I am doing a gigantea that was as white as snow. A month in and he has some yellow/blue and some brown. The brown means his Zooxanthellae are coming back... I feed him finely chopped mysis and shrimp twice a day to keep up his strength.

Your is pretty bleached but its mouth is closed.. Is it sticky and does it eat? Again that's the key..

Liquid360 · Jun 12, 2013

+1 agreed

shred5 · Jun 12, 2013

croix67 said:
no theres nothing dead from what i see all other parameters are fine could the ammonia effect the carpet

It will kill it along with most else in your tank. You sure you have ammonia?

glb · Jun 12, 2013

I agree. You've got to get that ammonia out of the tank and find the source. Good luck!

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cryptics · Jun 12, 2013

My guess the source may be the carpet itself. If he only had 4 fish that isn't much of a bioload hence less bacteria to deal with the ammonia. Run carbon and maybe get live bacteria and reseed your tank. Just my guess

Liquid360 · Jun 12, 2013

Not a bad guess and most importantly it could hurt. However I've had carpets and lost them and I've never had an ammonia spike but like I said it couldn't hurt.

cryptics said:
My guess the source may be the carpet itself. If he only had 4 fish that isn't much of a bioload hence less bacteria to deal with the ammonia. Run carbon and maybe get live bacteria and reseed your tank. Just my guess

DSP · Jun 12, 2013

Ya just make sure all water peramerters are right on,Make sure its has good light and is acclimated to it,And i also would feed atleast 2-3 times a week.

Liquid360 · Jun 12, 2013

just FYI I feed mine once a week at most. You'll find VAST variations in opinion on this issue. Many don't feed at all or VERY rarely.

DSP · Jun 12, 2013

Ya once a week at most is good for a healthy anemone,One that has bleached needs lots of foods and lots of light to recover well.

croix67 · Jun 13, 2013

it taking muscle 2 times a week and its very sticky stuck to my hand when i was cleaning the glass going to get some vitamin suppeilment

croix67 · Jun 14, 2013

hows this looking to you guys is looks better than it did

shred5 · Jun 14, 2013

DSP said:
Ya once a week at most is good for a healthy anemone,One that has bleached needs lots of foods and lots of light to recover well.

I agree I feed mine twice aday till they start to get some brown to them and then I scale back too once a day and then to several times a week once it really starts to color up..

Problem is it takeS energy just to eat and produce nematocysts to catch the food. If it does not have enough energy too produce nematocysts it is doomed at that point because it cant eat.

Also I would take the water in to be tested.. If you had ammonia in your water that anemone would be reacting bad and it looks fine other than being bleached. You could have a old or bad test kit.

bjledbetter · Jun 14, 2013

croix67 said:
hows this looking to you guys is looks better than it did

It looks good and appears to be getting its color back good.

croix67 · Jun 15, 2013

its eating well 3 times a week

DSP · Jun 15, 2013

Awesome good news that its sticky and eating.I bet it makes a good recovery!

croix67 · Jun 15, 2013

its coloring up but think clowns are stressing as it closes up a bit when lights come have mannged to get one but other proving to be a pain to get out