Bleached Baby Bubble-tip

[AJ_77]

Got this baby BTA split from Evan back on October 25/03. The parent had been through a high-heat episode but was doing OK (except for the ghostly colour)... Saw a quote recently saying that a bleached 'nem should regain colour in 3-5 weeks... we're now at 3 months and still going slow:


For the first month or so, it wouldn't even hang onto pieces of mysis when I squirted them directly into the tentacles. Now, however, it will hold onto 2 or 3 individual shrimp pieces. Then it goes "gulp":


After swallowing, almost back to normal (if you can call this normal):


I've been really patient with this little guy, because it is definitely on its own schedule. In the 20gal, when it was close up under 110W of PC, it would only expose half of itself. Now in the 28gal, it stretches out more, and is getting a hue of reddish back into some tips. Will be continuing with the feedings 3x per week, and see what happens.

Interesting link from UT Sydney:
Bleached Zooxanthellae Are Healthy!
Apparently my patience is paying off. Stay tuned...