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OrionN · 09/07/2015, 10:04 PM

From another of my post

If an anemone lost all of his zooxanthella, he cannot recover unless he take in some zooxanthellae from the environment. There are quite a few species of zooxanthellae. Many of the ones that live in anemones and corals are obligates symbiotic so they are not in the environment, at least in too large of numbers.

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There maybe some in the environment but not very many, if any. If you can feed a bleached anemone a few thousand appropriate zooxanthellae, it will jump start the process much quicker.

09/07/2015, 10:04 PM	#10
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	From another of my post If an anemone lost all of his zooxanthella, he cannot recover unless he take in some zooxanthellae from the environment. There are quite a few species of zooxanthellae. Many of the ones that live in anemones and corals are obligates symbiotic so they are not in the environment, at least in too large of numbers. ........ There maybe some in the environment but not very many, if any. If you can feed a bleached anemone a few thousand appropriate zooxanthellae, it will jump start the process much quicker. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip