RBTA loosing color??

charleskeller · #1 12/10/2007, 11:09 PM

I am wondering how to get my RBTA back to its original red color. It also does not have the bubble effect. Any ideas?

After talking to the LFS I switched from silversides and shrimp to mysis shrimp about 4-5 weeks ago.

Their first thought was my lighting but I had just switched from a Current 80W light to a 150W MH only a week earlier, long after the RBTA lost its color.

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NYIntensity · #2 12/10/2007, 11:11 PM

It still doesn't look bad; have you noticed any changes in size/eating habits? Has it moved around the tank at all?

Slakker · #3 12/11/2007, 01:06 AM

I think it looks healthier now than it used to. Appears to have a higher concentration of Zooxanthellae.

charleskeller · #4 12/11/2007, 06:35 AM

It has stayed in the same spot that it originally settled in and has tripled in size since I got it 6 mo. ago. It will eat anything I put in it, usually about 2-3 mysis shrimp about ever 2-3 days.

If the consensus is that it is healthy that is good, I was worried since it was loosing color and shape that it might not be.

CHARLIE AGUILAR · #5 12/11/2007, 06:39 AM

Your clowns are notorious for being aggressive towards there anemones. They may be stressing it out a bit, I also think that it looks good in the pics!

kar93 · #6 12/11/2007, 10:03 AM

Looks quite health to me, as for the bubbles that is up to the anemone if it wants to have them so to speak

NYIntensity · #7 12/11/2007, 10:06 AM

A lot of times when clowns host an anemone, they can cause the bubbles to go away.

shibumi · #8 12/11/2007, 10:51 AM

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Originally posted by Slakker
I think it looks healthier now than it used to. Appears to have a higher concentration of Zooxanthellae.

How do you know it has higher concentration of zooxanthellae?

NYIntensity · #9 12/11/2007, 10:53 AM

Less light passes through it (AFAICT).

GSMguy · #10 12/11/2007, 10:53 AM

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Originally posted by shibumi
How do you know it has higher concentration of zooxanthellae?

its darker, i agree with Slakker.

charleskeller · #11 12/11/2007, 06:25 PM

I'm glad to here that my anemone appears healthy.

Yes, this clown is pretty agressive. I believe he is responsible for a couple dead fish too. I am considering swapping him for a pair of ocellaris clownfish that I have in another tank. Maybe that would help improve the stress levels.

seapug · #12 12/11/2007, 06:56 PM

looks very healthy to me. Darker red can come from a change of lighting and food, among other things. I'd leave it where it is and give it the same care you have been, perhaps maybe feed a little less. Some brands of Mysis like Piscine Energetics are very high in fat & protien, so a little goes a long way.