Rbta bleaching

[peter]

Anyone have success coloring back up rbtas? I use to have 3 med sized ones that were getting really big fully extended but I guess they the heat wave last year kind of pissed them off. Now theres like 7 small ones, they keep splitting and very light in color, but are bubbled now. Running an old xr30 gen2 over a 40 breeder. Feed them mysis every few days.

 

[Dugggyfresh]

Same nem , about a month difference. I was feeding it zooplankton , another thing you can use is reef roids , they contain the zooxanthelle for anemone. Make sure everything is stable parameters wise otherwise it may stay bleached.

 

[Dugggyfresh]

I would check parameters , something is off if the anemones stay bleached

 

[peter]

Don't have any test kits, but been more consistent with weekly/bi-weekly water changes with reef crystals. I think I have some reef roids somewhere.

 

[joseserrano]

Don't have any test kits, but been more consistent with weekly/bi-weekly water changes with reef crystals. I think I have some reef roids somewhere.

Gotta invest in GOOD test kits if you really want to keep corals.

 

[peter]

I had some but they expired. Don't have that many corals just a few euphyllias and a ton of shrooms.

 

[peter]

 

[djrice69]

How long and how much light do you have on the tank

 

[peter]

How long and how much light do you have on the tank

About 9hrs just a old gen2 xr30

 

[djrice69]

About 9hrs just a old gen2 xr30

But par value. You can always try feeding some mysis if they take it at night

 

[pledosophy]

IF RBTA's are splitting my first thought is always alk swings. In fact when I bred them, I would force splitting by quickly dropping the alk.

Those look hungry! Reef roids is not the food you want to be feeding them. I would look for some frozen mysis. You can take an extra step and soak it in amino acids for 15 minutes first when you dethaw it, but not everyone is willing to do that. IME you can feed anytime of day. I would target feed with a turkey baster.

Make sure the nem eats. You want to feed it a small amount every 3-4 days until the color really comes back. When they are bleached to that amount they can not feed themselves.

 

[peter]

They've been eating pretty good for the last few months, been feeding mysis and tiny pink shrimp blend from hikari