Help! Anemone turning transparent!

Hi,

Can anyone tell me whats happening to my anemone? When i first bought it, it
was dark brown. But after a week or two, it gradually turned yellowish and
looks a bit transparent. Is my anemone dying? What can i do to help? : (

Regards

Help! Anemone turning transparent!

Group: rec.aquaria.marine.misc Date: Sat, Aug 9, 2003, 11:09am (PDT+15)
From: (Lee=A0Keen=A0Hoong=A0Ernest)
Hi,
Can anyone tell me whats happening to my anemone? When i first bought
it, it was dark brown. But after a week or two, it gradually turned
yellowish and looks a bit transparent. Is my anemone dying? What can i
do to help? : (
Regards
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You have to tell us the species of Anemone you have, plus, what kind of
lighting do you have, and how old are your lamps? Sounds like you have
insufficient lighting, or old lamps (spectrum shift), and your anemone
is losing its zooxanthellae (photosynthetic symbiotic algael cells that
give your anemone its pigment and are responsible for up to 80% of its
nutritional needs). Pacific Ocean tropical anemones, especially those
that host clownfish, require light intensities approaching sunlight at
the oceans surface at the equator, with an intensity of 100K lumens per
sq meter, and spectrum equivalent of 5800=B0K. In aquarium terms, that
would be the equivalent of having a 400W-5.8K Metal Halide lamp for
every square foot of aquarium surface area (no kidding!) That's the
ideal, you could do it with less (250W-MH) lamps. If your lighting is
not up to these figures, you shouldn't be keeping anemones, and your LFS
should have known of your anemone's needs, and advised you as such. Of
course, one should _always_ research the needs of any life form before
contemplating its possession (its called being a responsible and
conscientious aquarist). Its a rare LFS that involves itself with the
needs of its stock! (only its cash register). Do a www.google.com
search on Anemone(s) lots of good info on the 'net.
Ciao!


http://community.webtv.net/deflizard/doc
regards, John =

I guess a bubble tip would fall into that catagory ?

I have three 55W power compacts on my 37G tank. One is 10k, one is actinic,
and one is 50/50. Since I am not familiar with MH bulbs, how do mine
measure up ?


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Help! Anemone turning transparent!

Group: rec.aquaria.marine.misc Date: Sat, Aug 9, 2003, 11:09am (PDT+15)
From: (Lee Keen Hoong Ernest)
Hi,
Can anyone tell me whats happening to my anemone? When i first bought
it, it was dark brown. But after a week or two, it gradually turned
yellowish and looks a bit transparent. Is my anemone dying? What can i
do to help? : (
Regards
************************************************** ***
You have to tell us the species of Anemone you have, plus, what kind of
lighting do you have, and how old are your lamps? Sounds like you have
insufficient lighting, or old lamps (spectrum shift), and your anemone
is losing its zooxanthellae (photosynthetic symbiotic algael cells that
give your anemone its pigment and are responsible for up to 80% of its
nutritional needs). Pacific Ocean tropical anemones, especially those
that host clownfish, require light intensities approaching sunlight at
the oceans surface at the equator, with an intensity of 100K lumens per
sq meter, and spectrum equivalent of 5800°K. In aquarium terms, that
would be the equivalent of having a 400W-5.8K Metal Halide lamp for
every square foot of aquarium surface area (no kidding!) That's the
ideal, you could do it with less (250W-MH) lamps. If your lighting is
not up to these figures, you shouldn't be keeping anemones, and your LFS
should have known of your anemone's needs, and advised you as such. Of
course, one should _always_ research the needs of any life form before
contemplating its possession (its called being a responsible and
conscientious aquarist). Its a rare LFS that involves itself with the
needs of its stock! (only its cash register). Do a www.google.com
search on Anemone(s) lots of good info on the 'net.
Ciao!


http://community.webtv.net/deflizard/doc
regards, John