orange tip anemone

[klyve]

Hi help needed!!! have this anemone for around 5months and yesterday for no reason the orange tip disappear. Nothing change,just out of the sudden. any ideal what happen? attached is the present pic.

[yellowtang]

You are one lucky guy. Oredi enjoyed this good stuff for 5 good months, give her a break. I had mine for 1 month, she put on weight and never look thesame again. Of course, i dumped her.

Good Luck.

mike

[klyve]

Lol Bro loved ur description.... but what causes it to turn colour??? i love her so Much, dosnt bear to dump her.. 5 months with her got feeling!!!

[digibee]

Hi, read it somewhere that you need to feed the anemone with shrimp/squid/meaty food 2-3 times a week;

for them to maintain the colors.

[klyve]

Hi, read it somewhere that you need to feed the anemone with shrimp/squid/meaty food 2-3 times a week;

for them to maintain the colors.

Oh is it?? i never feed them maybe 2 months 1 time only... But mine RBTA the colour still can maintain lay....

[yellowtang]

I really dont know, Klyve. What i do know ( as far as my own experience ) is the bubble tips aka the nipples will lose their shape and colour after a few months in my tank. It will become ordinary looking. Hope someone can throw light to this great disturbance. Bubble tip anemone always looks super chio upon shipment arrival. I refuse to get another one now.

Cheers

mike

[klyve]

I really dont know, Klyve. What i do know ( as far as my own experience ) is the bubble tips aka the nipples will lose their shape and colour after a few months in my tank. It will become ordinary looking. Hope someone can throw light to this great disturbance. Bubble tip anemone always looks super chio upon shipment arrival. I refuse to get another one now.

Cheers

mike

hmm, actually last time i have 1 RBTA for 2 years plus and the nipple still very pluffy... Maybe they like random flow and low light?? cause i always put it near the sand bed and it will remain there....

[engineer]

i used to have bta in my tank with mh light and it would climb to the top for sun-tanning but when i change to par38 recently, it crawl and hide away from light.

[engineer]

I feed my anemone every alternate days

Oh is it?? i never feed them maybe 2 months 1 time only... But mine RBTA the colour still can maintain lay....

[RushAct]

If anyone knows please share because I have kept a

Few before and the bubble just slowly becomes inflated. Tried googling it before but no real answer on it

[dryDiver]

1 thing is to make sure they dont die in the tank n rot away. its TOXIC..

i had a small anemone n left it in the sump, not knowing it had died, my pair of flame angels died , 1 by 1,

amongst other fishes

cheers

[ReDDeviLs]

some claim they need a host to keep its bubbly tip, i had a pair of clowns and still looses them.

i heard the flow and lighting also plays a part.

never really had an ans to it after so many years LOL!

knew someone who had theirs for years. perhaps its on individual

[christan1959]

BTA, like all inverts, need strong lighting to maintain colour. Also, water temperature should ideally not exceed 28 degrees C...

As for feeding, once a week is more than enough.

[iskay]

Color is closely related to lighting. Color is basically reflected light hitting your eyes. Change in color could be that the anemone had adjusted to your tanks lights and have start absorbing the spectrum that made them attractive to you when you bought them. Therefore, provision the right kind of lights may play a part in keep the anemone reflecting the nice colors. Of course water conditions and nutrition and many other factors play parts too.

Another possibility could be dyed specimens losing their dyed colors and reverting back to their natural shade.