Green BTA not attached after a week... Help?

davocean · Jan 30, 2019

Fisker said:
I don't believe I ever said that unhealthy BTAs are hard to find - if I came across that way, it was a mistake.

As far as the stress color, I read that anemones without a large colony of zooxanthellae can appear to be a very light green (like mine was), and as they regain zoo and become healthier, they tend to shift to a much darker, vibrant green, or even a brownish green. Not sure how much truth there is behind that, but it SOUNDS reasonable - although that doesn't always make it true.

As far as it being healthy, the short tentacles and light color don't concern you? I've heard from multiple sources (some of them on R2R) that short tentacles can mean a BTA is starving (when they're as short as these), and that a color shift can either mean that the nem is recovering it's zoo, or that it's not happy and is beginning to "brown out".

I'm definitely not trying to be rude or reject your info, but I'm just wondering if you've had experience with nems like this one, or why exactly you wouldn't be worried about it.

Thanks for the help, regardless!

Oh I don't assume negative, all good, I'm just saying maybe you got bad info from a local fish store or something.

Lighter colors than what they should be, or often white would be lacking in health yes.
Brownish colors are not bad.

Your tank is new, that is often going to affect you some, and sometimes a lot.

It takes a while for them to adjust and acclimate, that and last pic combined is why I say I would not be concerned, looks fine and as good as could be expected.

Fisker · Jan 31, 2019

davocean said:
Oh I don't assume negative, all good, I'm just saying maybe you got bad info from a local fish store or something.

Lighter colors than what they should be, or often white would be lacking in health yes.
Brownish colors are not bad.

Your tank is new, that is often going to affect you some, and sometimes a lot.

It takes a while for them to adjust and acclimate, that and last pic combined is why I say I would not be concerned, looks fine and as good as could be expected.

I think I read that on karensroseanemones.net - I know there's a lot of dated info there, but what shes doing (did?) Was working well for her. I think a lot of it is applicable - although a lot of it seems anecdotal.

Thanks for the help! I'll continue to try and keep it improving.