what kind of anemone is this?

burrows14 · #1 08-26-2009, 05:26 AM

it was given to me buy my friends i bought my tank off of..

marie · #2 08-26-2009, 05:33 AM

It appears to be a badly bleached, rose bubbletip anemone. Feed it frequently until it regains its colour

burrows14 · #3 08-26-2009, 05:36 AM

ive had it for 3 months and target feed it once a day. is there some thing else i should be doing?

fkshiu · #4 08-26-2009, 05:38 AM

What do you feed it and what is your lighting? Also, what are your nitrate/phosphate levels?

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #5 08-26-2009, 05:45 AM

I have two Rose BTAs that are very white (pale fluorescent green under actinic) base & neon hot pink tips, sort of like the one in the picture.

There appears to be a sub-variety of RBTA that is naturally coloured like this.

I feed mine by squirting mysis/bloodworms at them most days.

Anthony

burrows14 · #6 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 · #7 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.

fkshiu · #8 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 · #9 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!

Skimmin · #10 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.