When I first started my tank one of my first acquisitions was a green bubble tip anemone. I now have two of them. One is reasonably happy and has a lovely colour. I did accidentally squash him a bit moving rock a month ago but he seems to be recovering reasonably quickly.
My original GBTA other is rather bleached. He was more bleached three months ago and had been slowly going down hill for a while. It turns out I wasn't feeding him enough. A quarter-to-half block of frozen mysis shrimp once a week had been all I was feeding. I am now feeding chopped silversides along with either mysis or formula one (mostly krill it seems) every day or ever second day. I've also been using the aquavito "Fuel" additive on the tank which I assume couldn't hurt. He does seem to gobble up whatever food I give him.
Unfortunately though his recovery from starvation has been very slow. His colour under actinc is now better, more green than it was, and he's visibly less white. He doesn't show any bubbles on his tentacles but they are a lot less spindly than they were. He also spends less time deflated and hiding in his mantle than he was.
He hasn't made a full recovery though and seems to have stopped improving. Should I be feeding him even more or something different? My understanding is that he should get much of his nutrition from photosynthesis (which is why I believe the improved colour under actinic is a good sign). If he's still willing to grab food and "swallow" is it possible to feed too much? That his buddy 4" away has been getting the same diet and seems perfectly fine (and able to recover from abuse) just adds to my perplexity.
My original GBTA other is rather bleached. He was more bleached three months ago and had been slowly going down hill for a while. It turns out I wasn't feeding him enough. A quarter-to-half block of frozen mysis shrimp once a week had been all I was feeding. I am now feeding chopped silversides along with either mysis or formula one (mostly krill it seems) every day or ever second day. I've also been using the aquavito "Fuel" additive on the tank which I assume couldn't hurt. He does seem to gobble up whatever food I give him.
Unfortunately though his recovery from starvation has been very slow. His colour under actinc is now better, more green than it was, and he's visibly less white. He doesn't show any bubbles on his tentacles but they are a lot less spindly than they were. He also spends less time deflated and hiding in his mantle than he was.
He hasn't made a full recovery though and seems to have stopped improving. Should I be feeding him even more or something different? My understanding is that he should get much of his nutrition from photosynthesis (which is why I believe the improved colour under actinic is a good sign). If he's still willing to grab food and "swallow" is it possible to feed too much? That his buddy 4" away has been getting the same diet and seems perfectly fine (and able to recover from abuse) just adds to my perplexity.