Zooxanthellae

[grouper]

I have a RBTA thats losing it's zooxanthellae. Is there anything I can do to help it get the zooxanthellae back? I have other nems that I have had for years that are doing GREAT. Waters and lighting are good. Help!!:yawn:

 

[jennm]

Something probably stressed it. Keep it well fed and be patient. It takes time for the Zooxantellae to reproduce and repopulate.

Jenn

 

[grouper]

JennM;710778 wrote: Something probably stressed it. Keep it well fed and be patient. It takes time for the Zooxantellae to reproduce and repopulate.

Jenn

What kind of time are you talking about? 6 months? A year? Thanks.

 

[jennm]

I can't answer that. Each creature is different. Sometimes they bounce back, sometimes they don't. Keeping it fed will help, but I have no idea how much time it may take.

Jenn

 

[slowjazz]

JennM;710778 wrote: Something probably stressed it. Keep it well fed and be patient. It takes time for the Zooxantellae to reproduce and repopulate.

Jenn

I'm almost in the same boat, but I know what is stressing mine. My tomato clown is going overboard with the poor gbta. Do they make any type of screen..ect that I could put around the gbta to keep the tomato away?

 

[dawgface]

slowjazz;711126 wrote: I'm almost in the same boat, but I know what is stressing mine. My tomato clown is going overboard with the poor gbta. Do they make any type of screen..ect that I could put around the gbta to keep the tomato away?

Hamster balls, if the rock it's attached to is small enough.

 

[demifelix]

I don't have any experience with RBTA, but just to give you some ideas based on my own experience:

My mushrooms took about 2 months to regain its color from almost complete white color when I discovered it under the rock.

My ricordeas took about 3 months and maybe 30% back to normal.

 

[patrick]

If it will eat, you can try feeding it some micro or macroalgae. It is believed that this is how they acquire them in the first place when starting out. If it won't eat, then try gently stuffing it into the oral disc.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

are you talking zooxanthellae or coloration. Zooxanthallae is typically brown. The red coloration is caused from color producing protein clades.