What if an anemone loses all its zooxanthellae

[yeahcheetah]

Are they going to come back if a good tank is provided? From where?

 

[deelucky]

im not sure i have had all my rbtas bleach out there pink and white and i have been feeding them more and doing more water changes to bring them back.but i think better wate conditions will help.

 

[yeahcheetah]

What I mean if an anemone has no zooxanthellae in it, then there is nothing to start with. In that case where can the anemone obtain tehe very first zooxanthellae?

 

[Deanos]

The water column.

 

[yeahcheetah]

You mean the sea or any home aquarium?

 

[Deanos]

Either.

Zooxanthellae

 

[yeahcheetah]

Thanks. I suppose an anemone can obtain some zooxanthellae from corals, not necessarily anothe anemone. Then that means a bleached anmeone can display a completely different color from what it was? That sounds interetsing.