Studying nems behaviors

RDGzero6 · May 9, 2018

can anyone assist me if this looks happy? Only why I asked is because color seems dull and the tips aren’t as bubbled up.

I’ve only had them for about 3 weeks but has never moved since I added them. Mouth is also shut. My first nems so I know nothing about them.

I have a nuvo 10 with a kessil A80 light peak at 45%.
Po4 - 0.07
Nitrates - 5.0
Salinity 1.025

I have high end shrooms with the nems and the shrooms are growing and colorful.

laverda · May 10, 2018

Anemones like a well established tank. From what I can see they look fine. Having bubbles does not seem to have anything fo do with their health. I have 4 green and purple BTA cloans in my 300 and right now 2 have bubbles and 2 do not. In the past 2 years none have had bubbles until recently.
The mouth should be closed normally. Do you feed your BTA? It really is not needed if you have nitrates in the water as you do. They can uptake the nitrates directly.
Color is harder to comment on. You see pink RBTAs in store that are bleached from everthing they have been through. They are unhealthy and some stores will actually tell people it is a rare pink BTA. You did not mention your photo period and I don't have experience with the kessil A80. If your RBTA is losing color, I think your anemone may not be getting enough light. Take some good photos for referance now and watch it over time if it continues to lose color increase your light intensity or photo period.

RDGzero6 · May 10, 2018

I may have figured it out. From more re search I don’t think my intensity is high enough because at times I see the nems stretching out a bit. My photo period is from 10:45am to 9:30pm. I feed them mysis every 4 days or so.

davocean · May 10, 2018

3 weeks is still pretty new, and I can't tell anything about color under that lighting enough to comment.

It is very common for BTA's to lose bubbles, don't think anyone really understands why for certain.

RDGzero6 · May 10, 2018

Here’s a picture without the blues

chizerbunoi · May 10, 2018

Looks good and healthy to me. Feeding, water change and correct light spectrum will give you good color. But color is subjective to the beholder. What looks good to me, might be ugly to you. Give it more time.

davocean · May 10, 2018

Looks perfectly fine to me, especially for time in tank.

Sharkbate · May 11, 2018

Looking good, I wouldn’t worry too much . I have a nem tank and the bubbles are there one day and gone the next , they like flow and you can’t beat a bunch of anemones swaying in the current ...

NY_Caveman · May 11, 2018

The anemone’s color may still be adjusting to your lighting. It may not end up having the color you expect, but still be healthy. I would monitor for a bit longer as it looks pretty good to me. Anemones do love light and if you decided to increase it, I would recommend doing so slowly. Just a small percent per week and see how it (and the mushrooms) react.

divecj5 · May 11, 2018

I agree with others...looks pretty happy and healthy from where I sit. I also agree with the suggestion on making slow adjustments to lighting. If you bump up the intensity too quickly, you may find that it moves/hides until it readjusts.

Captain Quint · May 11, 2018

I agree with the above answers. Your BTA is just fine. Keep up the good work. I have 10 MCBTA's and they go through different stages, and yours are healthy for sure.