Is this anemone healthy?

[NewFisher18]

It’s a rainbow bta that used to be orange but color has changed since I’ve bought it. Bubbles have also disappeared.

 

[painter1982]

Can you take a picture with white light only?. And also, what are your water parameters?

 

[Mmoore0324]

From the pic, it looks healthy to me. The mouth isn't gaping and it's nice and full. IME, bubble tips will extend like that when they a) want more light and or b) they need food. Have you tried spot feeding it something meaty? Also, what's your salinity? I have noticed that if salinity creeps up, they dull out quickly.

 

[NewFisher18]

Can you take a picture with white light only?. And also, what are your water parameters?

 

[NewFisher18]

From the pic, it looks healthy to me. The mouth isn't gaping and it's nice and full. IME, bubble tips will extend like that when they a) want more light and or b) they need food. Have you tried spot feeding it something meaty? Also, what's your salinity? I have noticed that if salinity creeps up, they dull out quickly.

1.025 salinity
Feed mysis 2-3 times a week. About a pinky nail ish size amount

 

[NewFisher18]

Can you take a picture with white light only?. And also, what are your water parameters?

8 nitrate
.1 phos
1350 mag
437 calc
Alk 8

 

[painter1982]

Looks like it’s doing good. Parameters look good. Is it staying in one spot for the most part? I feed mine a piece of shrimp or scallop once a week along with whatever the clowns bring them. Started with one and now have seven.

 

[Mmoore0324]

Looks pretty good to me. What kind of flow do you give it?

 

[NewFisher18]

Looks like it’s doing good. Parameters look good. Is it staying in one spot for the most part? I feed mine a piece of shrimp or scallop once a week along with whatever the clowns bring them. Started with one and now have seven.

It stays in one spot. I give it pretty low flow though because I was told it could bubble more. I could increase it if beneficial

 

[BoaConservationist]

tiny amount of bleaching but nothing it shouldn't recover from, my personal go - to for hungry recovering nems is selcon dipped pe pellets, 2mm seems perfect for this beauty , stick em in a measuring cup, equalize water level in/out the cup, and go pour it on him about 1-2 inches from mouth area, dont overdo it, 1 -2 drop of well mixed selcon and a pinky nail worth of pellet . -- getting fancy is healthy ROE (ocean eggs)

 

[NewFisher18]

tiny amount of bleaching but nothing it shouldn't recover from, my personal go - to for hungry recovering nems is selcon dipped pe pellets, 2mm seems perfect for this beauty , stick em in a measuring cup, equalize water level in/out the cup, and go pour it on him about 1-2 inches from mouth area, dont overdo it, 1 -2 drop of well mixed selcon and a pinky nail worth of pellet . -- getting fancy is healthy ROE (ocean eggs)

Why do you think it bleached? I would like to be able to identify it myself as well as prevent it in the future. I have the eggs and will feed that now

 

[BoaConservationist]

Why do you think it bleached? I would like to be able to identify it myself as well as prevent it in the future. I have the eggs and will feed that now

yep , its possible its lighting or my monitor not displaying great but I think thats a white rim mouth and some tissue on the appendages look white- probably just photo but, doesn't look fully flush in color as if its missing a bit , not 100% by the photo but was a first glance

 

[James M]

yep , its possible its lighting or my monitor not displaying great but I think thats a white rim mouth and some tissue on the appendages look white- probably just photo but, doesn't look fully flush in color as if its missing a bit , not 100% by the photo but was a first glance

White saturations on the oral disk are completely normal on bubble tips