Is my Anemone ok?

[michaelis88]

this is bleached, try find a way to recover it or try bring back to the store.
Sand Anemone? Ive seen lots of sand anemone, but not one like this. Sand Anemones are more darker color like little tanned and not as white as yours. Maybe your lfs lied to you, Im sure your lfs knows how to tell differents

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by michaelis88

this is bleached, try find a way to recover it or try bring back to the store.
Sand Anemone? Ive seen lots of sand anemone, but not one like this. Sand Anemones are more darker color like little tanned and not as white as yours. Maybe your lfs lied to you, Im sure your lfs knows how to tell differents

Fwiw its a LTA, as mentioned they prefer sand to bury their foot.being bleached doesn't mean the end of the world anyone who has experience with anemones can tell you they get color back fast considering this anemone isn't fully bleached, fully bleached and you can almost see right through it.

[michaelis88]

Originally Posted by reefwars

Fwiw its a LTA, as mentioned they prefer sand to bury their foot.being bleached doesn't mean the end of the world anyone who has experience with anemones can tell you they get color back fast considering this anemone isn't fully bleached, fully bleached and you can almost see right through it.

Well, does it still grab food or no?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by michaelis88

Well, does it still grab food or no?

how do i know i dont own it lol

[michaelis88]

Originally Posted by reefwars

how do i know i dont own it lol

I thought it was its since u replied to me. But anyways, it's its ratting, that a still good sign right? If not, u know what can happen

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by michaelis88

I thought it was its since u replied to me. But anyways, it's its ratting, that a still good sign right? If not, u know what can happen

i replied cause you were kinda wrong, and i mean no offense, its fact most long tentacle anemones prefer sand to bury their foot in so they can be considered a sand anemone although they need not be found only in the sand.

i honestly have no idea what ratting is ??

if its eating then it should make a come around, if its foot grabs and it doesnt turn its self inside out it will recover rather quickly provided you have good water quality and strong lighting.

i took a 100% bleached lta about two years ago and had it full purple within six months , daily feedings of mysis and strong lighting.

like madreefer mentioned once its healthy you need not feed it at all, it will benefit from it but anemones are prey capturing animals and they find a way to get food both from your tank and through proper lighting.

its actually not uncommon to find lta's bleached in lfs as they rarely get the lighting they need untill they hit an aquarium and most lfs rarely target feed anything let alone every few days


cheers

[tobysmurf]

Thanks folks, he seems to be holding onto food just fine now and he attaches nicely to things. I clouded up the water last night searching for a sand shifting starfish in my refugium and he got annoyed and moved, but he attached to the glass again right away. His tentacles are slowly getting darker, and around his mouth is much darker now. Thanks for the help and suggestions folks, I feel quite confident that I can recover him. I look forward to showing pics of a nice brown LTA in the coming months!