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Anemone Help Please
Ok - so on another thread I asked for an ID on this anemone... I didn't think it was a BTA as I've had them before and this one seems different. I bought it white from the LFS where he'd had it for a while - I've had it for about a month and a half - it always eats well - acts happy and healthy - has almost doubled in size since I've gotten him... However - the other person said it it was a BTA that was bleached in need of some TLC - do you think this is the case? If SO - then what should I do to help him? He's all white - but sometimes he has little brown dots on his tips... The place he found that he likes in my tank is in this whole in the rock - his foot is in a hole about an inch and a half deep - during the day he keeps himself just above the rock surface - then at night when the clown is there he gets bigger and hugs it...
What do you all think? Here he is at night with his clown... ![]() And In this shot you can see where he is in the tank... top center of the rock... ![]() Last edited by kimsie; 01/11/2008 at 01:17 PM. |
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Oh - you can click on the pictures to see a larger image...
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From the pic you posted, my best guess would be a bleached BTA, too. With regular feeding and good lighting, you will probably see the anemone become darker and get its zooxanthellae back. I would be concerned that the clownfish might irritate it. The anemone's diameter should be ~ 3 times the length of the fish. You said the anemone likes the HOLE in the rock, this is very characteristic of BTA's.
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Man, what is that long legged thing on the back side of that rock? Looks like a giant spider. Also what is that big thing on the left?
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Arrow crab is the long legged thing - it won't stop growing! but so far he's been gentle with everything...
Fox coral is the big thing on the left... As for the NEM - I guess I didn't think that it was a BTA because it seemed so different from my last one - same lighting and feeding as the last one... and it did great - and this one seems happy, eating and is growing... I've had it for a month and a half - how long until it's unbleached? |
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Also - why doesn't he have bubbles on his tips - he never has? Could it be a different kind of anemone?
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A pic of its column would maybe give more clues whether it is a BTA or not. It really doesn't look like a H. crispa, though they are often bleached terribly when in lfs. The absence of bubbles is very common in captive BTA's. In fact, they are probably absent more than present.
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