what kind of anemone is this?

burrows14 · #1 08-26-2009, 05:48 AM

i feed it brine , marine cuisine , and i use kent phytoplankton. the lighting is the standard biocube 29 light(just put in fresh bulbs. test my water last thursday and all my levels were spot on. the people i got it off had it in their tank for 6 months and it has never changed in colour.

burrows14 · #2 08-26-2009, 05:52 AM

yeah i feed mine with a turkey baster. its in a good spot(good flow and light) and seems to be happy. its grown about 20% since i added it into my tank.

Skimmin · #3 08-26-2009, 06:06 AM

I may be wrong but I wonder if it's what you are feeding it. I've had a few anemone's but never had one bleach on me. I have a Sebae anemone right now that's about one and a half to two feet around. I feed it 2 or 3 whole krill and silver sides for a single serving, about every week or two. If you wanted, you could start with pieces of Krill and/or silver sides and see what happens.

fkshiu · #4 08-26-2009, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Skimmin

I may be wrong but I wonder if it's what you are feeding it. I've had a few anemone's but never had one bleach on me. I have a Sebae anemone right now that's about one and a half to two feet around. I feed it 2 or 3 whole krill and silver sides for a single serving, about every week or two. If you wanted, you could start with pieces of Krill and/or silver sides and see what happens.

Use caution if feeding something bigger like whole krill or silversides to a BTA. Feeding an anemone more than it can handle will result in it barfing the food back up which is not good on several levels.

fishytime · #5 08-26-2009, 12:11 PM

PC lighting isnt the best for nems either. That may have something to do with its condition.

fkshiu · #6 08-26-2009, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by burrows14

i feed it brine , marine cuisine , and i use kent phytoplankton. the lighting is the standard biocube 29 light(just put in fresh bulbs. test my water last thursday and all my levels were spot on. the people i got it off had it in their tank for 6 months and it has never changed in colour.

There does seem to be a variety of BTA that will remain white in even the most ideal of conditions as Anthony mentioned. You could try feeding it something a bit more substantial like PE mysis - brine has no nutritional value, marine cuisine is all mushed up stuff and BTAs don't filter feed so they don't derive any direct benefit from phyto. My BTA seems happiest when it gets to much on something still with some form to it like mysis.

burrows14 · #7 08-26-2009, 06:04 AM

ill give that a try! it always seems to be hungry so ill change its diet. thanks for the tips!