Bleached Anems

[omard]

Other then being bleached white, my anemones acting as normal as ever.

Eating and now reproducing.

Still as bleached as ever.

New ones....

Before...

Any chance of them recovering?

[wastemanagement]

nice pics,The brown color is a sign that your anemone is healthy and hosting a nice amount of zoxanthellae they are not supose to be white.
you can Try feeding silversides soaked in Selcon every second day just small portions, and then when and if it regains its colour start to feed two times per week and you could vary its diet. ie such as krill, Mysis shrimp, or raw shrimp, keeping silversides as the primary food.
good luck

[omard]

Originally Posted by wastemanagement

nice pics,The brown color is a sign that your anemone is healthy and hosting a nice amount of zoxanthellae they are not supose to be white.
you can Try feeding silversides soaked in Selcon every second day just small portions, and then when and if it regains its colour start to feed two times per week and you could vary its diet. ie such as krill, Mysis shrimp, or raw shrimp, keeping silversides as the primary food.
good luck

Thx...will try.

[david7700]

I feed my anemone 3 krill every other day and he has a nice brown color. If they don't bleach for too long I think that's normal however.. Here is an encouraging article!

[omard]

Originally Posted by david7700

I feed my anemone 3 krill every other day and he has a nice brown color. If they don't bleach for too long I think that's normal however.. Here is an encouraging article!

Thanks david,

Have read dozens of articles on web on coral & anemone bleaching.

Seem to be about 50/50 on whether they will recover or not.

[david7700]

If you have a LTA like mine, you should be ok, hopefully. They seem to always pull through with good lights--now my problem is the tentacles extend too high 1/2 up the tank (only 16" tall) and shows signs of bleaching at the tips which are within 1' of the bulb! May it may be time for surgery? One quick, clean slice down the middle is all it should take, I know the risks involved but I can't let the poor guy burn himself! I suppose he will cease growing however and maybe the "big split" isn't necessary.

[phoenixhieghts]

i wish i could have one unfortunately i only have 2 t5's, i'm told that this is not enough

[omard]

Originally Posted by phoenixhieghts

i wish i could have one unfortunately i only have 2 t5's, i'm told that this is not enough

Never know for sure.

I have two small BTA's in my Nano (offspring from main tank), under only 24w of light, doing well.

Are, however close to surface --- and may be a low light need variety.

Two clowns to maintain them.

[baugherb]

I fed mine silversides.... It loved them....