anemone's

[Phanman]

Its a Sebae Anemone. Mine was very easy to nurse back to health and is doing great (tripled in size). Im not saying the vendor bleached it or anything, probably the supplier bleached it or it was stressed during shipping. But the local fish stores here ive noticed get bleached ones. I did my homework on them before i bought it and new it was bleached and would turn brown once i nursed it back to health. But it looks so nice bleached and was wondering if i could do anything to the anemone to get it back to white without hurting it. Probably not but its worth asking.

[Aquattro]

no, nothing healthy you can do to keep it white. The only coloring done by vendors (more often suppliers) is to ship them in food coloring. I've seen anemones come out of bags with yellow or red water, it's really sad, but it happens.

[digital-audiophile]

Originally Posted by Phanman

Its a Sebae Anemone. Mine was very easy to nurse back to health and is doing great (tripled in size). Im not saying the vendor bleached it or anything, probably the supplier bleached it or it was stressed during shipping. But the local fish stores here ive noticed get bleached ones. I did my homework on them before i bought it and new it was bleached and would turn brown once i nursed it back to health. But it looks so nice bleached and was wondering if i could do anything to the anemone to get it back to white without hurting it. Probably not but its worth asking.

What did you do to get it to come back? I've been trying to feed mine daily but is not readily accepting food. I am using mysis and small chopped silversides but it only accepts the food about 1 out of 3 tries.

[Phanman]

I spot fed mine mysis shrimp at first and it took it everytime. After a few weeks of spot feeding it, i didnt spot feed it anymore and now it just eats whatever i feed the fish and coral. Photoplankton, mysis, and coral frenzy. It has recently moved to a location with more flow and has stayed there for a month so far.

Didnt do anything special thou.