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Hello, I’m new and bring with me stupid questions. Never in my life would I consider purchasing a bleached bta but since I live in a country where things are limited I have ended up with two bleached btas.
I have lots of experience with anemones and would always shy away from unhealthy specimens but I ended up with them bc there are no other options and I would like to keep an anemone.
BTA 1 i picked up in early June. It was probably the size of a saucer or a little bigger when I got him. He had a little color but since had continually shrunk in size to the point it no longer looks like a bleached anemone. When fully expanded now it appears to be about the size of a tennis ball. I placed it in my tank. It moved quite a bit and took a little mysis in the beginning then it began to look sick, gaping and regurgitating its food. I did a lot of research and decided to try Cipro for 7 days. Since I’ve placed it back in my tank last Friday it looks a lot better. No gaping. It hasn’t moved. Seemingly it’s good. The problem is though that it has shrunk and when I feed it mysis it takes the mysis but about 3-4 hrs later it spits it out.
My tank is a 100g reef it’s been up 1.5 yrs but was converted to reef just a few months ago. It has been stable for many over a year. My nitrates are < 5 ppm ammonia 0, nitrites 0, ph 8.2, temp 78-79.
I will post some pics of before and current with the anemone.
I’ll address bta two later as it is very bleached this one though I feel has a better shot at survival. I’ve had tons of experience with anemones but when I lived in the states i didn’t go seeking out unhealthy specimens. The first two pics are from a little over a month ago and the small btw is the same one photographed today.
Oh btw I run two 180w Chinese black box leds and an AI prime in the center bc of shadows. The bta is about 20-24 inches directly under the ai prime. All of my coral is growing like crazy but bc I started out with unhealthy btas they are not so good.
Pic 1 is 6 weeks ago in the lfs and pic two is today.
I have lots of experience with anemones and would always shy away from unhealthy specimens but I ended up with them bc there are no other options and I would like to keep an anemone.
BTA 1 i picked up in early June. It was probably the size of a saucer or a little bigger when I got him. He had a little color but since had continually shrunk in size to the point it no longer looks like a bleached anemone. When fully expanded now it appears to be about the size of a tennis ball. I placed it in my tank. It moved quite a bit and took a little mysis in the beginning then it began to look sick, gaping and regurgitating its food. I did a lot of research and decided to try Cipro for 7 days. Since I’ve placed it back in my tank last Friday it looks a lot better. No gaping. It hasn’t moved. Seemingly it’s good. The problem is though that it has shrunk and when I feed it mysis it takes the mysis but about 3-4 hrs later it spits it out.
My tank is a 100g reef it’s been up 1.5 yrs but was converted to reef just a few months ago. It has been stable for many over a year. My nitrates are < 5 ppm ammonia 0, nitrites 0, ph 8.2, temp 78-79.
I will post some pics of before and current with the anemone.
I’ll address bta two later as it is very bleached this one though I feel has a better shot at survival. I’ve had tons of experience with anemones but when I lived in the states i didn’t go seeking out unhealthy specimens. The first two pics are from a little over a month ago and the small btw is the same one photographed today.
Oh btw I run two 180w Chinese black box leds and an AI prime in the center bc of shadows. The bta is about 20-24 inches directly under the ai prime. All of my coral is growing like crazy but bc I started out with unhealthy btas they are not so good.
Pic 1 is 6 weeks ago in the lfs and pic two is today.
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