Is my gbta alright?

[nanomania]

I bot a gbta 4days back, its my first time with them, my tank is 4mnths old.

When i bought

Today (it moved a bit inside on that day itself)

 

[michaust]

He's fine he's just trying to find the best spot for itself

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

yea hes fine.
My second nem cureld up in a ball on day 2. never came out.
The first one met the power head at 3am.
they do walk a lot faster than we like to think.

 

[nanomania]

Its not yet moved, does this mean he has found the best spot already?

 

[nanomania]

 

[nanomania]

Is it alright? Someone told me it still looks bleached

 

[nanomania]

Plz reply guys

 

[gmneil]

it def looks bleached, just give it some time as it adjusts to your tank if all is well with your tank it should darken up a bit and become a lot happier

 

[Cherim7]

Unfortunately can take a while to color up back to normal. Keep feeding it

 

[abinder]

Unfortunately can take a while to color up back to normal. Keep feeding it

Are you sure about the "keep feeding it"?

I've heard that if you feed bta a lot, it can actually cause them to loose color because it isn't using the photosynthetic cells in its tentacles to produce food from light. And supposedly these photosynthetic cells are what give the bta it's color.

(Just repeating what I've heard.)

My BTAs rarely get fed food other than what they get from the water column and the strong light they like to bask in.

 

[nanomania]

Im feeding it mysis 2ice a week, but i guess ill feed it jus once a week from now on.... the tentacles at the bottom were all white, now they are green. I guess the x owner use to feed it jbl koral fluid..

 

[Naiad]

Are you sure about the "keep feeding it"?

I've heard that if you feed bta a lot, it can actually cause them to loose color because it isn't using the photosynthetic cells in its tentacles to produce food from light. And supposedly these photosynthetic cells are what give the bta it's color.

(Just repeating what I've heard.)

My BTAs rarely get fed food other than what they get from the water column and the strong light they like to bask in.

I never heard that. It doesn't have photosynthetic cells like plants it uses symbiotic zooanthellea like coral. You can feed them to large a meal which will cause issues. You do want to make sure a bleached nem is getting a decent amount of small meal items to keep its strength up.

 

[themcnertney]

Just leave it be. Don't feed. Let it roam where it pleases.

 

[BoneXriffic]

Green spray paint would color it up nicley!

Definitely feed it 2 to 3 times a week. You have other nems in tank? What kind of lighting do you have

 

[nanomania]

Just leave it be. Don't feed. Let it roam where it pleases.

The jus moved a few inches and never moved again. The tentackes at the bottom were white which turned green. The previous owner kept it in a very low lighting and it split. So i bot from him. Im feeding mysis once or twice a week though, but ppannin to feed it jus once a week till it becomes dark. I dont know wether it became greener coz of feeding or lighting though.

 

[nanomania]

Green spray paint would color it up nicley!

Definitely feed it 2 to 3 times a week. You have other nems in tank? What kind of lighting do you have

Lol... mine is diy 40w 15000k led. No other nems, but plannin to add after this recovers completely...

 

[nanomania]

Here is a vid i made a day back

 

[Webslinger]

bleached, leave it alone don't feed it. Should start to color back up in a few months

 

[JaimeAdams]

Bubble Tips come from brightly lit shallow waters. They need strong light. Yours is pale probably because of the low light conditions that you got it from. That is far from natural. My Bubble Tips sit on the top of the tank under 250W 10K Metal Halide and have been doing great for years.

Some people feed them and some people don't. I certainly get better growth by feeding. It is true that you can stress an Anemone out by feeding it too large of a food item. Don't go tossing whole table shrimp on them, unless you are trying to get them to split. I feed a mixture of PE Mysis, chopped Shrimp, chopped Squid, chopped mussles, chopped clam and chopped white fish.

 

[happyhourhero]

Leave it alone and let it recover. Dont smother it with a bunch of food.