Lta gone or still trying?

Funtrader · Sep 5, 2023

So my LTA has been struggling for almost a month. It use to be bright green and now as you can see it is white with some tentacles green. I have been spot feeding it shrimp and it did not enjoyed it as it keep spitting it out. So what I am doing is giving it some squid ect meaning the same cubes my fish eat I will defrost one and feed it to it. But the question is by the pictures and video you think it might still have life to come back or it to far gone? I think it is either going thru bleaching or starvation due to the nice shrimps I have. But as i mentioned before what I am doing now is spot feeding it and babysitting so the shrimps won't steal the food.

Mr. Mojo Rising · Sep 5, 2023

Would need more info to help, water parameters, and details on lighting and flow. How long have you had the anemone and how old is the tank.

Judging from the pics, the tank looks very new, new tanks are still going through many changes that we can't even test for. Anemones are generally not "beginner" type animals.

I would suggest to hold off on feeding.... force feeding a stressed animal can stress it further (even we don't eat when we feel sick...)

Dbichler · Sep 5, 2023

Judging by the pics I don’t see that as a long tentacle anemone either. Can’t see the verrucae around the outer ring. @OrionN can help best.

Funtrader · Sep 5, 2023

I know my nitrite are low but I am looking for a solution to assist as I really have done everything. I have cut my skimmer, increased feeding, added seaweed ect and nothing. So suggestions are welcome. My bta is doing well.

Rtaylor · Sep 5, 2023

Agreed it doesn’t look like macrodactyla doreensis. Do you have a pic from when it was healthy? Either way, it should get most of its energy from lighting, so this suggests a lighting problem. Ph is on the low side, which doesn’t help. It could definitely recover if provided the right conditions. Until an anemone starts spewing its guts and ‘melting’ there’s a good chance.

Funtrader · Sep 5, 2023

Rtaylor said:
Agreed it doesn’t look like macrodactyla doreensis. Do you have a pic from when it was healthy? Either way, it should get most of its energy from lighting, so this suggests a lighting problem. Ph is on the low side, which doesn’t help. It could definitely recover if provided the right conditions. Until an anemone starts spewing its guts and ‘melting’ there’s a good chance.

Thanks. If it is a lighting problem shouldn't add more blue? As you know I really can't control where it wants to stay as it will move once in a while. Regarding the PH some local store told me to have more water movement on top so I raised the return nossles more up. Would you suggest a dosing liquid? And if so do you have one in mind?

Rtaylor · Sep 5, 2023

Funtrader said:
Thanks. If it is a lighting problem shouldn't add more blue? As you know I really can't control where it wants to stay as it will move once in a while. Regarding the PH some local store told me to have more water movement on top so I raised the return nossles more up. Would you suggest a dosing liquid? And if so do you have one in mind?

The blue light is not usually the problem. What type of lights do you have and how far above the water are they? How deep is the tank? Also, I think you may have misidentified the anemone species which is important for lighting and flow.

vetteguy53081 · Sep 5, 2023

Funtrader said:
So my LTA has been struggling for almost a month. It use to be bright green and now as you can see it is white with some tentacles green. I have been spot feeding it shrimp and it did not enjoyed it as it keep spitting it out. So what I am doing is giving it some squid ect meaning the same cubes my fish eat I will defrost one and feed it to it. But the question is by the pictures and video you think it might still have life to come back or it to far gone? I think it is either going thru bleaching or starvation due to the nice shrimps I have. But as i mentioned before what I am doing now is spot feeding it and babysitting so the shrimps won't steal the food.

Doesnt look terrible but tank looks awfully clean and perhaps new?
If so, a new tank often doesn't not support many anemones well as they do not like changes in water chemistry and even water changes and a newer tank will cause then an issue. Same with elevated nitrate and Phosphate and low salinity. If moving as you state, often its due to too much light and water flow. Too much flow and they hide and same apply to too much light. Too little flow and they shrink or move towards light.

Rtaylor · Sep 5, 2023

Also. Since your Ph is just a little low, a CO2 scrubber might be your best bet.

Funtrader · Sep 5, 2023

Rtaylor said:
The blue light is not usually the problem. What type of lights do you have and how far above the water are they? How deep is the tank? Also, I think you may have misidentified the anemone species which is important for lighting and flow.

So just took a picture of the tank. I have two redsea 90 lights, I also have 2 4k gyre. I have attach my setting in previous post. I started with a high flow and I though that could of been the problem so I lowered the flow. I honestly though it was a long tentacle green anemone as that is what was told to me at the store. After searching online for picture of it it those look similar if not the same as from when it was healthy. I will go back to the store and double check as I know they have a few more. I am attaching pictures of my other anemone and coral. I am new and invested my hard earn money on this new hobby how I hope they would of told me this when I was setting up the tank lol but nobody to blame but me.

Rtaylor · Sep 5, 2023

If it’s an lta, you should see prominent verracue (like the white spots you see in the pic below). They also usually have a red/orange foot when not bleached. LTA’s typically also prefer the sand to the rockwork, in your pics, it looks like it’s on the rocks.

Funtrader · Sep 5, 2023

Rtaylor said:
If it’s an lta, you should see prominent verracue (like the white spots you see in the pic below). They also usually have a red/orange foot when not bleached. LTA’s typically also prefer the sand to the rockwork, in your pics, it looks like it’s on the rocks.

Thank you, yes none of those characteristics mine has. So I guess I was pulled a fast one on me. This one has no red foot even when at it best. It's foot was always white but the tentacle where longer and bright green compare to how it is right now short and bearly a color on it.