Sph2sail May 31, 2004 May 31, 2004 My BTA, which has been growing like a weed and looking huge and healthy over the last 6 or so months is showing really bad signs... It has been a bit mobile of late, moving around from under the rock to on top of the rock, etc. About a day or so ago (2 days max), suddenly it shrank up to about 1/10 its normal size and is now hiding away from the clowns under a rock. Splitting? or trouble? I tried to feed it this AM and it hid even further under the rock. Ideas? pH swing is my biggest stress (8.2-8.8) during a 24 hr period. Low-ish Alk is the primary cause. I have a calcium reactor on the way to mitigate issues w/Kalk through Nilsen. Other numbers are all very good. ???? s
Grav May 31, 2004 May 31, 2004 Had the same problem. It split. Don't move it back into the light, she may be looking for a secluded location.
Sph2sail June 1, 2004 Author June 1, 2004 Grav, I re-read your threads before posting. You did not mention a shrivelled up look to the BTA, just lots of wandering around. Just looked at the BTA a couple minutes ago. The oral disk is huge (4-5") and tentacles are not inflated much, but it is not the 2" diameter shrunk up puppy at this moment. Hoping its splitting. Nothin' like succesful propagation. Anyone looking for a BTA? s
SDBDRZ June 1, 2004 June 1, 2004 Steve, In all likelihood it is splitting. I have seen my BTA's do all sorts of stuff when they are about to split which would include shrinking, moving, etc.
Sph2sail June 1, 2004 Author June 1, 2004 Just looked at him. Looks just fine, big, fully inflated, clowns love it! dunno. will keep watching. s
traveller7 June 1, 2004 June 1, 2004 I would suspect the pH swings are contributing some stress, which could easily trigger a split whether or not that was the anemone's plan. If it is fully extended, try feeding it now. Splitting is pretty stressful itself and they heal up far faster with less "absorbtion" when they are well fed. Good luck and if it is a nice green color, I'd be interested in a trade for a clone
Sph2sail July 8, 2004 Author July 8, 2004 Yeah baby... I'm a Dad again. Andrei, your BTA is a splittin/clonin fool. Check out what I just found in the back of my tank behind the other anemone that is hosting my clowns... Wahoo!
Sph2sail July 8, 2004 Author July 8, 2004 anybody want a nice BTA? If I can figure out how to remove him from the tank, it's available... s
traveller7 July 9, 2004 July 9, 2004 You''ll want to put them on a pretty frequent feeding regimen or they tend to get smaller and smaller. One of my colonies that is tougher to feed is to the point the oral disks are down to 2" across. Their peers in another easier to feed tank are 7" across the oral disk :o
Sph2sail July 9, 2004 Author July 9, 2004 Steve,I might be interested. How much? Free comes to mind... Especially since Andrei gave me the parent for free! What goes around, comes around. s
michaelg July 9, 2004 July 9, 2004 I can probably help with the removal tomorrow. Can you get the rock to the front that it is settled in or is it at least accessible?
Guest andrejka July 9, 2004 July 9, 2004 Congratulations! Good to know that “someone” will wait for my return to the country. I’ll pick up one of the babies in a couple of years
michaelg July 11, 2004 July 11, 2004 Extraction a sucess! Scott- keep us updated with how it is doing. Be ready to move some corals around, but wait until it is settled in a spot for several days. Michael
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