Need some input anemone help...

[GatorScott]

So I have a 32g tank which I consider successful. Has a BTA that split. After it split I let it heal and grow in the 32g. The split nem was just as beautiful in my 32g as the mother nem.

I also have a 125g that’s basically a FOWLR. I use same salt, water from same RODI and tanks kept at same temp. Only difference is nitrates are 30ppm in the 125 but only 3ppm in the 32g it came from. I’m currently working to get the nitrates down with WC’s.

My question is the nem looks completely different in my 125g vs 32g it originated from, is this the high nitrates causing this? Or too much light vs not enough light? The light in my 125 is not as good as my 32 because it’s a fowlr.

Would really like opinions. Thanks in advance.

Pics for reference.
Mother nem and how it looked in original tank:

New tank:

 

[Lance M.]

Yes. Lighting, water parameters, etc. The fowlr looks brand new too, with dry rock instead of live rock.

I would put it back in the 32.

 

[GatorScott]

Yes. Lighting, water parameters, etc. The fowlr looks brand new too, with dry rock instead of live rock.

I would put it back in the 32.

Does it look like it’s getting too much light or not enough?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Not enough light.

 

[GatorScott]

Not enough light.

Thanks. I will start to ramp up and see how it reacts

 

[Zack K]

Light is everything when it come to Anemones. How long has it been in the FOwLR tank?

 

[GatorScott]

Light is everything when it come to Anemones. How long has it been in the FOwLR tank?

Ya I realize that. Just trying to figure out if it was getting too much or too little. The fowlr has a current orbit pro. But my cube has Steve’s Leds, thus why the nems do so well in there. Some things you read says the current pro is powerful and not to over blast it. Then others says it sucks.

It has been in the new tank since October 6th

 

[rkpetersen]

The presence or absence of bubbles in the tentacles of a BTA has been correlated with light levels, by Sprung and others. Light high enough, bubbles present, light too low, no bubbles. So based on that, neither of yours has as much light as it might want, with the fowlr being worse off. (Older sources claim that you need it to be hosting a clownfish to bubble up, but I think that's been discredited and certainly not my own experience. )

 

[GatorScott]

The presence or absence of bubbles in the tentacles of a BTA has been correlated with light levels, by Sprung and others. Light high enough, bubbles present, light too low, no bubbles. So based on that, neither of yours has as much light as it might want, with the fowlr being worse off. (Older sources claim that you need it to be hosting a clownfish to bubble up, but I think that's been discredited and certainly not my own experience. )

Thanks for the input. I don’t know how the mother nem needs more light as it’s already split once and looks ready to split again. I’d be afraid to mess with it. Especially since the lps and other corals in the tank are growing. But I will definitely ramp up in the FOWLR to see if I can improve that nem.

 

[rkpetersen]

No doubt there are other factors involved! Splitting certainly suggests vigorous health. Did it or does it have bubbles some time?

If you crank up the light on the fowlr, it'll be interesting to see how that bta clone does.

 

[Zack K]

Their has actually been zero evidence pointing to why Anemones have or lose their bubbles. Some nems have had bubbles for years under the same rank parameters and flow then one day just loses them.

 

[GatorScott]

No doubt there are other factors involved! Splitting certainly suggests vigorous health. Did it or does it have bubbles some time?

If you crank up the light on the fowlr, it'll be interesting to see how that bta clone does.

It bubbled sometimes but most of the time is getting thrashed by my clown so mostly is not bubbled.

I have started turning up the lights on the clone and will update what happens.