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MrNewbie 
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Posted: November 29 2008 at 9:30pm |
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Why would my RBTA lose it's color? Fading to white.
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Just a couple of glass boxes full of slimey things
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cl2ysta1
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Posted: November 29 2008 at 11:00pm |
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thats generally a sign its dying. what type of lighting is it under and how are your water parameters
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Posted: November 29 2008 at 11:20pm |
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It's under 250 W metal halide and t5 VHO actinic. Water parameters are unknown but everything else is healthy including the majano farm.
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Posted: November 29 2008 at 11:22pm |
majano farm will be the last thing to die..
how deep is the tank? 250 may be burning it.
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Posted: November 29 2008 at 11:31pm |
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has it been walking at all or has it stayed put, generally when anemones are unhappy they will start moving trying to find better conditions. How long have you had it?
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 12:56pm |
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I have had it for nearly a year in the same conditions. Same spot in the tank.
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 1:11pm |
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I might try spot feeding it. This may help bring back some color as it will not be eating the zoanthelle inside of it. Worth a try IMO.
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Mark Peterson
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 5:12pm |
Do not spot feed it at this time. It is stressed for some reason. It has expelled a lot of the necessary zooxanthellae algae. The tank conditions need to be investigated.
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 I would recommend that you make a slight improvement in your husbandry techniques. After salinity and temperature, the two most important parameters are Alkalinity and Calcium. Sometimes experienced hobbyists miss this but newer hobbyists tend to miss the critical importance of Alk and Ca, because historical focus in the industry has been on Nitrogen compounds. See this thread for a discussion of the importance of Alk and Ca: http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 5:16pm |
i would think that if everything else in his tank is doing great then there is not a problem with the water quality, or system itself. but more less the problem is in the anemone itself.
i say he is dying from old age.
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 5:50pm |
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anemones are much more sensitive to bad water quality so that very well could be the issue.. also old halide bulbs could be a contributing factor. When is the last time you replaced your bulbs. Until we can see what kind of water parameters you have its really hard to say what the problem is. Is there anyway you can do a full test and post all the results?
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 7:26pm |
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I agree with Crystal. When water quality is deteriorating sometimes the first to show it are anemones. We used to not even bother with anemones because they never lasted long.
Also we do not even know for sure what the lifespan for coral polyps is. We believe that some coral have been living for eons. An anemone is just a large coral polyp.
We really need to be keeping track of Alk and Ca in our aquariums.
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