anemome

[algy1943]

[/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH]My large white anemone playing with my 2 clowns and the conglomoration of wiring under my tank

 

[Smitty]

Lookin' good... :)

 

[Bifferwine]

Very cool. Your clowns look like they are having fun. Was the anemone white when you got it? Or has it changed color since you added it to your tank?

 

[algy1943]

Very cool. Your clowns look like they are having fun. Was the anemone white when you got it? Or has it changed color since you added it to your tank?

It was always white, I cant believe how the clows love it, but she does move around quite a bit

 

[algy1943]

Lookin' good... :)

Pleased to see Phil doing well in the Masters

 

[Bifferwine]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there's no such thing as a healthy white anemone. If the anemone is white, it means it has expelled all of its symbiotic zooxanthellae -- the colorful algae that live inside its flesh. Plus, a healthy anemone doesn't move. Anemones move to find more favorable conditions, which means either your water quality or lighting (or a combination of both) isn't good enough for the anemone. The only way to keep a bleached anemone alive is to feed it, and there's a chance it can come back if it's fed. But otherwise it's just slowly starving to death in your tank. And when it dies, you risk it killing everything else in your tank with it... That's why anemones are not a good choice for new tanks. They are very difficult to keep alive.

 

[algy1943]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there's no such thing as a healthy white anemone. If the anemone is white, it means it has expelled all of its symbiotic zooxanthellae -- the colorful algae that live inside its flesh. Plus, a healthy anemone doesn't move. Anemones move to find more favorable conditions, which means either your water quality or lighting (or a combination of both) isn't good enough for the anemone. The only way to keep a bleached anemone alive is to feed it, and there's a chance it can come back if it's fed. But otherwise it's just slowly starving to death in your tank. And when it dies, you risk it killing everything else in your tank with it... That's why anemones are not a good choice for new tanks. They are very difficult to keep alive.

I believe my white is a Sebae Anemone, well I hope so

 

[Bifferwine]

It does look like a sebae. It should be slightly tan colored, and have color at the tips.

 

[BL1]

Biff, aren't condy's white?

 

[Bifferwine]

They should still have color at the tips and be slightly tannish or pink.

 

[BL1]

ok, I knew the tips are different colored ... I meant the tentacles though ... thanks!

 

[daugherty]

even condys have a pink color to then not just all white