Help with BTA

Vigil2235 · 10/12/2017, 11:40 PM

So had my BTA for about 7 months know and for the past two months it's sucked half of itself into a hole in the rock and not sure if it needs help getting thru or is this something that should eventually work its way out of?

laverda · 10/13/2017, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Vigil2235

So had my BTA for about 7 months know and for the past two months it's sucked half of itself into a hole in the rock and not sure if it needs help getting thru or is this something that should eventually work its way out of?

Don't try to help it. It can get out if it wants to. My guess is it is not happy about something. Have you changed anything recently. How are your parameters?

WatDatThing · 10/13/2017, 06:29 AM

That's normal. It will move where it like. It's not stuck. One of my nem was facing the left wall. When I increased the flow it moved to the back of the tank ...Ughhh. Nothing we can do.

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WatDatThing · 10/13/2017, 06:31 AM

BTW, those nems are pretty.

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Vigil2235 · 10/13/2017, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by laverda

Don't try to help it. It can get out if it wants to. My guess is it is not happy about something. Have you changed anything recently. How are your parameters?

Salinity 1.024
Calcium 350
Magnesium 1300
Alkalinity 7.7
Nitrate 5-10

Everything seems to be spot on. I did increase the intensity of the lights.

Vigil2235 · 10/13/2017, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by WatDatThing

BTW, those nems are pretty.

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Yes they are. Here's a pic of it before.

Small Heavens · 10/13/2017, 04:01 PM

Probably a reaction to the light.
Do you feed it?

laverda · 10/13/2017, 11:29 PM

Now that I can see a decent photo. You BTA is bleached out. Pink is not a normal color for a BTA, although it is to commonly seen at LFS. Some even have the balls to tell people it is a rare color and charge more for them. You perimeters look good. Anomonies actually like nitrate in the water. Give it time and small bits of thawed meaty food and it should regain its true color.

Small Heavens · 10/14/2017, 01:46 AM

I add a drop of fertiliser the night before regular water changes, adding phosphates and nitrates and such (for the Nem), and use carbon dosing to rinse it back down to zero.

That way the Nem gets its trace elements and I get it back out before too much algae growth can prosper from it.

The Nem seems to be "puffing up" on the first pictures, stretching extra for light and act more "normal" on the later pictures. All sources say to give it food more often (up to every other day), until it rebalances it's inner algae growth to its new surroundings and it should recover just fine. People say it takes about 1-4 weeks.

Vigil2235 · 10/14/2017, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by laverda

Now that I can see a decent photo. You BTA is bleached out. Pink is not a normal color for a BTA, although it is to commonly seen at LFS. Some even have the balls to tell people it is a rare color and charge more for them. You perimeters look good. Anomonies actually like nitrate in the water. Give it time and small bits of thawed meaty food and it should regain its true color.

I do feed it silver sides and shrimp every 3-4 days the only problem is I don't know where the mouth is so I do give the top and then the bottom a piece.

10/13/2017, 11:29 PM	#8
laverda Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 6,902	Now that I can see a decent photo. You BTA is bleached out. Pink is not a normal color for a BTA, although it is to commonly seen at LFS. Some even have the balls to tell people it is a rare color and charge more for them. You perimeters look good. Anomonies actually like nitrate in the water. Give it time and small bits of thawed meaty food and it should regain its true color. __________________ 240G mixed reef, 29G SPS/LPS clam tank, 50G mixed reef Current Tank Info: 300g mixed reef, 50g cube

10/13/2017, 06:29 AM	#3
WatDatThing Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 830	That's normal. It will move where it like. It's not stuck. One of my nem was facing the left wall. When I increased the flow it moved to the back of the tank ...Ughhh. Nothing we can do. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

10/13/2017, 06:31 AM	#4
WatDatThing Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 830	BTW, those nems are pretty. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

10/13/2017, 04:01 PM	#7
Small Heavens In Memoriam Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 246	Probably a reaction to the light. Do you feed it?

10/14/2017, 01:46 AM	#9
Small Heavens In Memoriam Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 246	I add a drop of fertiliser the night before regular water changes, adding phosphates and nitrates and such (for the Nem), and use carbon dosing to rinse it back down to zero. That way the Nem gets its trace elements and I get it back out before too much algae growth can prosper from it. The Nem seems to be "puffing up" on the first pictures, stretching extra for light and act more "normal" on the later pictures. All sources say to give it food more often (up to every other day), until it rebalances it's inner algae growth to its new surroundings and it should recover just fine. People say it takes about 1-4 weeks.