My gbta no color (1 Viewer)

[Shanereef]

I am still new at all this and I got a dumb qyestion. Why do my gbta look clear? They have no color to them, kinda pinkish. Also have noticed my mushroom is now 3/4 whit when it started out red. What am I doing wrong?

 

[tektite]

Need a lot more info on your tank - what size, lights, age of tank, water parameters, day/night temp. Anemones are very sensitive and usually need to be in mature tanks only (6> months past end of cycle). When they're white like that its called bleaching, essentially they've expelled all their zooxanthellae. Its a pretty bad sign, since they get their food through them. Best thing you can do is try to keep your tank as stable as possible, top off often to keep salinity swings low, watch for temperature swings during day/night, keep parameters stable. Also try to feed them 2x times a week.

 

[gabe_j]

do you have anymore background info on the system? full water parameters, light cycle, type of light, filtration, reactors, or pictures? could me too much light. does your mushroom seem to shrivel up after a few hours of lights on?

 

[Shanereef]

Need a lot more info on your tank - what size, lights, age of tank, water parameters, day/night temp. Anemones are very sensitive and usually need to be in mature tanks only (6> months past end of cycle). When they're white like that its called bleaching, essentially they've expelled all their zooxanthellae. Its a pretty bad sign, since they get their food through them. Best thing you can do is try to keep your tank as stable as possible, top off often to keep salinity swings low, watch for temperature swings during day/night, keep parameters stable. Also try to feed them 2x times a week.

My tank is 210gal with 180 sump (not full about 130gal). Tank is 24 deep. temp is 76ish at night and 79ish during the day. Salinity is 1.0235. lights stay on for 12 hours only reason I am gone at work and I dont have timers. Tank is new but it was an upgrade from a 140 to 210, I used all the water from old system, sand, rock,etc.. The tank took less then two weeks to cycle.

 

[flipside]

What kind of lights do you have? T5, MH, PC, LED??? Combo?

Also, just looking at the specs you listed, you may want to increase your salinity. 1.026 - 1.029 is safe for reefs.

BTA's like mature tanks, FWIW... 6 months is a minimum for any of my tanks.

 

[gabe_j]

thats a rather broad swing. try and keep them within a degree. 2 at most. are you using mh lighting? if so 12 hours is a TON of light. go grab some timers $3 each will save you tons of manually doing things. your salinity should be around 1.025-1.026 and with that much volume it should be pretty easy to keep it there. how is your day to night ph and alk? ph is a logorithmic measurement so a variance from 8.04 to 8.00 is pretty big. and repeated exposure to ph swings can wreck havoc on systems.

also did you rinse your sand really well before putting it into the new tank. sand is bad about holding a bunch of junk unless cleaned properly.