Need help fast!

Frosty Latte · Oct 5, 2016

Looking good today right before a water change:

Maybe even some orange is starting to come back. Guess it like the food yesterday :) today was day 7. Should I continue or stop with the QT tank?

jjstecchino · Oct 6, 2016

I would continue with the QT. It looks better but not quite back to normal yet. Maybe slow down the water changes, stop copra and continue feeding

Frosty Latte · Oct 11, 2016

So last night I moved the little guy back to the display tank. I put him inside of a solo cup and used a magnet to keep the cup edge at the top of the water. There are many little holes I burned into the cup using a hot wire tool for cutting styrofoam. Watched him for 10 minutes and other in habitants for signs of stress, and all was fine. I looked again this morning and all tank critters seemed no different than any other day. Thanks to all of you for you help saving my nem! I'll post a pic later today when the lights turn on of how everything looks

Frosty Latte · Oct 11, 2016

Hard to see but nothing is *****! I'll take some more later today also.

Nemguy123 · Oct 11, 2016

Awesome looking great!

Frosty Latte · Oct 12, 2016

So, nem was saved and going back to "normal." Why the quotes you ask? Because he is no longer a 400$ orange nem, but a 50$ green tip nem...

Any chance my nem will turn orange in this future, or am I stuck with a green forever?

Taylor t · Oct 13, 2016

Congrats on a lot of hard earned work paid off. I've had anemones take a year to change color, wouldn't surprise me if it eventually colored up again. I'd still keep it.

Frosty Latte · Oct 15, 2016

Taylor t said:
Congrats on a lot of hard earned work paid off. I've had anemones take a year to change color, wouldn't surprise me if it eventually colored up again. I'd still keep it.

Anything I should do to encourage the nem to go back to orange???

cromag27 · Oct 15, 2016

Food coloring! you got a current pic?

Frosty Latte · Oct 15, 2016

cromag08 said:
Food coloring! you got a current pic?

I don't but this was a couple of days ago.

cromag27 · Oct 15, 2016

Did you buy it with some goofy named attached to it?

Frosty Latte · Oct 16, 2016

cromag08 said:
Did you buy it with some goofy named attached to it?

They didn't have a name for it other than orange bubble tip. Some people asked if it was a Colorado sun burst but the seller said probably not.

cromag27 · Oct 16, 2016

Then who knows if it will change back.

Fuel Doodle said:
They didn't have a name for it other than orange bubble tip. Some people asked if it was a Colorado sun burst but the seller said probably not.

LDH · Oct 16, 2016

Gotta say I really admire your dedication and care for this animal. Really nice to see that. Best of luck!

Frosty Latte · Oct 16, 2016

cromag08 said:
Then who knows if it will change back.

So my real question is why did it turn green in the first place? Are all nems green?

Frosty Latte · Oct 16, 2016

LDH said:
Gotta say I really admire your dedication and care for this animal. Really nice to see that. Best of luck!

Thanks :) cost me about 20 hours and just over 100$ to save the little guy.

Nemguy123 · Oct 16, 2016

Fuel Doodle said:
So my real question is why did it turn green in the first place? Are all nems green?

The zoxan in corals and nems can change color depending on stress, what's available in the water, and the amount of light, your nem just went through a very stressful near death experience give it time it can take months to get back to its original state. It looks like a regular rainbow bubble tip you can usually tell when they are shriveled up the green will stand out more just give the nem time to recover best of luck glad he made it through treatment.

cromag27 · Oct 16, 2016

No, not all nems are green. who knows why it changed colors. I've had it happen for no apparent reason. nems are crazy!

Fuel Doodle said:
So my real question is why did it turn green in the first place? Are all nems green?

cromag27 · Oct 16, 2016

Zooxanthellae itself is brown.

Nemguy123 said:
The zoxan in corals and nems can change color depending on stress, what's available in the water, and the amount of light, your nem just went through a very stressful near death experience give it time it can take months to get back to its original state. It looks like a regular rainbow bubble tip you can usually tell when they are shriveled up the green will stand out more just give the nem time to recover best of luck glad he made it through treatment.