How to save bleached anemone?

[Mickeymic]

Hi there, out of curiosity, i would like to know sick anemone, other than sign of bleached, what else can be seen? And how to save them from it?

[unicornfart]

Strong light and feed it meaty food. 

Silver fish works for me. 

Here is a pic of my sick/bleached carpet when my tank was having a Dino attack. (Pic 1)  Killed almost all of my acros tho.. 

After a 3 day black out and rising my light up.. 

I kept feeding meaty seafood daily for 2 weeks... And... 

 

It recovered!! 

Here is a picture after (pic 2) you can still see the centre part near its mouth is still recovering. 

(Pic 3) taken today 

 

Hope this helps!! 

 

[Mickeymic]

Strong light and feed it meaty food. 
Silver fish works for me. 
Here is a pic of my sick/bleached carpet when my tank was having a Dino attack. (Pic 1)  Killed almost all of my acros tho.. 
After a 3 day black out and rising my light up.. 
I kept feeding meaty seafood daily for 2 weeks... And... 
 
It recovered!! 
Here is a picture after (pic 2) you can still see the centre part near its mouth is still recovering. 
(Pic 3) taken today 
 
Hope this helps!! 
 

WOW!! It recovered so nicely! What meaty food did u feed it? My healthy BTA seems to reject any frozen seafood that i gave them
Other than bleaching, anemone gets any kind of sickness?

[unicornfart]

Krill and sliverside, I feed twice a week. 

Did you off your wakemaker while feeding? If your BTA tentacles are sticky to the touch, she's in good health. Not to worry m8. 

 

[Mickeymic]

Krill and sliverside, I feed twice a week. 
Did you off your wakemaker while feeding? If your BTA tentacles are sticky to the touch, she's in good health. Not to worry m8. 
 

I brought frozen seafood mix from grocery shop. It kinda dislike it. I didn't turn off wave maker.
Somehow one of my BTA is so sensitive to touch. It will just shrink quickly whenever the tentacles touches something. Give me a headache hahahah

[louisfjh]

wat anemone？ bta？ i suggest dont give strong light，light too strong will bleach

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[Mickeymic]

wat anemone？ bta？ i suggest dont give strong light，light too strong will bleach

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Yes BTA. Hmmm.... so which is the correct one? Strong light or not strong lighting?
Actually my problem is, My healthy BTA ain't eating at all and I have no idea why. Tried feeding oyster, shrimp and clams, ain't accepting anything.

[SubzeroLT]

In general anemone need relatively high light. In the 300 - 400+ PAR range is good (this is equivalent to SPS lighting levels).

Total lighting hours also need to be factored in, else too long hours even at lower light levels can cause bleaching.

 

Anemone can survive in 150+ PAR range (eg sand bed) but the bubble tips won't be so nice. They will look amazing in higher light.

 

Other signs of a stressed anemone - wont eat, won't attach to rock or keeps moving to a dark place to hide in the dark.

 

 

 

 

 

[keecur89]

When my anemone didn’t eat I had to turn off my pumps and just lay something on top of him


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[Mickeymic]

In general anemone need relatively high light. In the 300 - 400+ PAR range is good (this is equivalent to SPS lighting levels).
Total lighting hours also need to be factored in, else too long hours even at lower light levels can cause bleaching.
 
Anemone can survive in 150+ PAR range (eg sand bed) but the bubble tips won't be so nice. They will look amazing in higher light.
 
Other signs of a stressed anemone - wont eat, won't attach to rock or keeps moving to a dark place to hide in the dark.
 
 
 
 
 

Wow! Thanks man, that's very specific! Hahahaha
So usually how long must the lighting go on for a day for the BTA? MY anemone is attaching to rock, stationary, but just won't eat.

[Mickeymic]

When my anemone didn’t eat I had to turn off my pumps and just lay something on top of him


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My fishes will literally go and take a bite thinking is it's food. 🤣

[SubzeroLT]

Generally 6-8hrs of strong light is sufficient for anemone. 

Try feeding around the time when the lights come on (before/after is OK).

 

To prevent fishes from getting to the food of your anemone, consider covering it. Such covers are available online or perhaps some LFS also carry it. (sample pic below taken from online source)

[Mickeymic]

Generally 6-8hrs of strong light is sufficient for anemone. 
Try feeding around the time when the lights come on (before/after is OK).
 
To prevent fishes from getting to the food of your anemone, consider covering it. Such covers are available online or perhaps some LFS also carry it. (sample pic below taken from online source)

That's for healthy anemone right?
What about anemone that's bleached? Same hours of lighting too?
Oh, one more question. How to i able to make my anemone grow bigger and healthy? And how long does it usually takes?

Wow, that sure come in handy! I will find or diy one hahaha

[SubzeroLT]

4 hours ago, Mickeymic said:

That's for healthy anemone right?
What about anemone that's bleached? Same hours of lighting too?
Oh, one more question. How to i able to make my anemone grow bigger and healthy? And how long does it usually takes?

Wow, that sure come in handy! I will find or diy one hahaha

If the anemone is bleached, the usual process is to place in lower light conditions (eg on sand bed / around 200 PAR) and let it recover slowly. In time, it should start eating.

Depending on the anemone type. Like the popular RBTA takes about 6 months to grow from 2" diameter to about open palm size.

 

[Mickeymic]

If the anemone is bleached, the usual process is to place in lower light conditions (eg on sand bed / around 200 PAR) and let it recover slowly. In time, it should start eating.
Depending on the anemone type. Like the popular RBTA takes about 6 months to grow from 2" diameter to about open palm size.
 

I thought anemone will tend to move itself to places they like? How to even place them on sand bed.
Wow.. that's if have a consistent of feeding process right?
I actually have some food replacement like reef pulses, but is from hikari. Is it good for them?

[SubzeroLT]

You can place them in a small isolation box with a rock in it. And place the entire thing on the sand bed. In time, it'll attach to the rock during the process.

Hikari Reef Pulse is a mix of phyto/zooplakton up to 0.005 - 0.4mm in size. That's more suitable for SPS/LPS. Probably not so useful for carnivorous predators like the anemone.

 

[Mickeymic]

You can place them in a small isolation box with a rock in it. And place the entire thing on the sand bed. In time, it'll attach to the rock during the process.
Hikari Reef Pulse is a mix of phyto/zooplakton up to 0.005 - 0.4mm in size. That's more suitable for SPS/LPS. Probably not so useful for carnivorous predators like the anemone.
 

Thanks man!
However i still able to fed it occasionally right? Hhahaha