Gbta color loss

[James M]

Much better, still bleached but just adjusting to the powerhead being turned back on

Looks much better I’m glad it pulled through

 

[Jenny_rs]

Me too, now here's to hoping I can get her nice green color back...

 

[James M]

Me too, now here's to hoping I can get her nice green color back...

I’m also in the process of doing this

 

[Jenny_rs]

Have any luck yet? I'm not even sure where to start

 

[James M]

Have any luck yet? I'm not even sure where to start

Actually yes , I waited a week for it to settle into the new environment then started feeding it small pieces of shrimp . It’s right side is already gaining it’s green back . The fish store I bought from had it under a cheap t5 bulb .I would wait a little longer to feed yours to minimize the stress.

 

[Jenny_rs]

it looks like its recovering well, I will definitely have to try that in a weeks times once its had time to recover

 

[Amoo]

i know there was the question posed at one time as to whether or not feeding meaty foods during a fallow cycle could disrupt the "no food" cycle in the tank. I honestly do not remember the outcome.

@Humblefish would know though.

 

[James M]

i know there was the question posed at one time as to whether or not feeding meaty foods during a fallow cycle could disrupt the "no food" cycle in the tank. I honestly do not remember the outcome.

@Humblefish would know though.

Wrong thread ?

 

[Amoo]

Wrong thread ?

DEFINITELY NOT. Jenny's tank is currently fallow. Hence Adding a meaty food host to a fallow tank could provide a food source in a fallow system. I don't remember what Bobby said about yes or no on that one.

 

[James M]

DEFINITELY NOT. Jenny's tank is currently fallow. Hence Adding a meaty food host to a fallow tank could provide a food source in a fallow system. I don't remember what Bobby said about yes or no on that one.

My bad I forgot , maybe hold off on the feeding the nem

 

[Jenny_rs]

Fair enough, hopefully I can get the lights to where the nem needs them to be and maybe if I'm lucky she will get her color back on her own, who knows

 

[davocean]

Fair enough, hopefully I can get the lights to where the nem needs them to be and maybe if I'm lucky she will get her color back on her own, who knows

Perhaps this is an ideal situation for the zoxanthellae transplant that Orion/Minh has been doing

 

[davocean]

Something is not adding up and I'm personally at a loss, I'm very sorry Let me see if anybody else I trust has any ideas.

@davocean @AcroNem @James M

Sorry late response, finishing a remodel project and gearing up for cataracts surgery next week, have not been able to really read through some threads thoroughly lately

 

[Jenny_rs]

Perhaps this is an ideal situation for the zoxanthellae transplant that Orion/Minh has been doing

I'm intrigued as to how this is even possible

 

[davocean]

I'm intrigued as to how this is even possible

I believe it's just simply taking a piece of tentacle from a healthy nem and feeding it to yours, giving it the zoo it lacks.
Orion has a thread posted somewhere on this.

 

[Jenny_rs]

I will have to look this up, I do have a second nem (flame bta) but shes very small due to surviving a crash and losing all her tentacles

 

[davocean]

I normally don't like to post links drawing to other sites, but it's the only place I know it got stickied, so hopefully cool and link works here(I know it does not do opposite if I did this there...)

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2526030

 

[Jenny_rs]

Hmm I see, so if my fbta's tentacles grow then theoretically I can make this work for me as well after my fallow

 

[davocean]

I would think any piece of tentacle from a nem w/ color/zoo should do the trick

 

[Jenny_rs]

Unfortunately these are just too small