View Full Version : Okay, I got an LTA, need advice. ADDED PICTURE
PHOTOG
05/22/2007, 08:53 AM
Well, I got a LTA and I have some questions.
I picked it up from a shop and after much reading I think it may be bleached, the base is pink, the tenticals are clear/opaque white and the tips are a dark purple.
---Is this sounding like an LTA or something else?
the anemone has been in the tank for a week and appears happy, I placed it in the tank and it immediately started moving and settled into a rock after 2 hours and hassnt moved since then.
It does have a feeding response and I have target fed it mysis shrimp and it eats it,
---I read that I should feed it silversides...how much and how often should I feed it?
---How can I help it comeback if it is indeed bleached?
p.s. the lighting is 250w 14k metal halide.
davocean
05/22/2007, 09:32 AM
Can't ID w/out pic, and really need pic of base to be sure.
If it has attached and stayed that's a good sign.
Lighting is fine.
Best to leave it alone as much as poss, especially when new.
Mysis is fine, maybe try a half siverside once a week as well.
It will most likely recover from bleaching in time.
PHOTOG
05/22/2007, 09:40 AM
Sorry, here is a pic of the anemone, bad resolution...took on a camera phone.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g150/ENCOPRESIS3/anemone.jpg
davocean
05/22/2007, 10:09 AM
Wow, that's just a little baby!
It does look just like my LTA when I first got mine.
Very bleached, but if it has attached and eating will most likely recover.
My LTA is VERY sensitive compared to my sebae.
If I touch it while siphoning, or a snail falls on it it quickly shrinks up and try's to hide, so that is why I suggest letting it be as much as poss.
PHOTOG
05/22/2007, 10:11 AM
do you have any pics of what a healthy one should look like?
I am hoping it will recover, we will see. how large do they get?
davocean
05/22/2007, 10:31 AM
Here's mine, coming in at about 20"
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e141/mermail/newtankswappics157.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e141/mermail/Bestoftank113.jpg
PHOTOG
05/22/2007, 10:44 AM
WOW! looks sweet!
Big Brother
05/22/2007, 10:49 AM
is it just me or does that look like a condy?
am i crazy?
Definitely a Condy, I hope you didn't pay more then $8.00 for it.
Beng
PHOTOG
05/22/2007, 11:07 AM
what is a condy?
traveller7
05/22/2007, 11:35 AM
Condylactis species, likely an Atlantic specimen. They are not clown hosts, although some shrimp, crabs, and fish will naturally call them home. It should brown up a bit, but it is not uncommon for them to stay whitish under normal output flor lighting. Typically very inexpensive in the US and horribly shipped due to low cost/margin. Most are dead in a few months although they can live for many years.
Tomatos and Clarks clowns will frequently adopt them.
TheMcs
05/22/2007, 12:03 PM
If you payed for a LTA then you got robbed. That is definitely a condy, going rate anywhere from $5-$18.
PHOTOG
05/22/2007, 12:32 PM
No, I only payed $14 for it, didnt say what it was at the shop.
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