Rock Flower and Bubble Tip Anenome

[swhobbie1]

Two questions ... I added a Rainbow Bubble Tip and Green pink tipped Bubble Tip about 3 weeks ago. neither moved more than 2 inches from where I placed them. The color of the rainbow has not really changed much but improved slightly. The green pink tip seems to have faded. Both have gotten larger. Any ideas why the green would fade when the rainbow is doing fine ?

Also I have some rock flower anenomes in this tank and one of them decided it wanted to hang out with the bubble tips and moved up from the floor of the tank to right next to the bubble tips. Do you think the bubble tip will kill the rock anenome ?

 

[James M]

The bta will not kill the flower but it is weird how the color faded. Any pics when u first got it ?

 

[swhobbie1]

This is what it looked like on Day 1. Pretty much immediately it lost all the BT and both moved a couple inches on the rock closer together. Both will eat very small pieces of Reef Frenzy. The Rainbow one seems to be doing better/ok. The green one intermittantly expands then contracts into the rock crevice, sometimes the mouth is open, mostly not. I also noticed last night that I can see some of the light green color in spots on the disc so maybe its getting its color back, dont know. Not sure but I was thinking it is hungry so been feeding the green 3x week. WC weekly. Not much nutrients in the tank but was detectable when checked last week, on the low side as I only have to wipe alittle off the glass once a week and no HA etc on any rocks. Some rock is 15 years old but most is new as I had a tank crash last Jan and moved all my stuff into a new tank. Is BB also.

 

[swhobbie1]

no LED/lights, just natural light. The wrasse really wants his pic taken it looks like

 

[Mical]

I suspect the problem is not enough light. Nems need a pretty decent amount of light. Btw, how old is your set-up?

 

[swhobbie1]

The tank is a reboot of a 15 year old setup so it’s about 15 months old. I have hydra52 and Radion XR30wPRO gen 4 over the tank. I did test with apex par meter and it’s 250-350 par where the two nem are.

 

[swhobbie1]

The tank is a reboot of a 15 year old setup so it’s about 13 months old. I have hydra52 and Radion XR30w gen 4 over the tank. I did test with apex par meter and it’s 250-350 par where the two nem are.

 

[swhobbie1]

The tank is a reboot of a 15 year old setup so it’s about 13 months old. I have hydra52 and Radion XR30w gen 4 over the tank. I did test with apex par meter and it’s 250-350 par where the two nem are.

 

[Blackice615]

I've learned my BTA and RFA like some nitrates and phosphates