KMiller Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I just purchased a Green BTA at Aqua today ( i know, I know..) and when I first put it in it was nice and big and full and fat and after about 7 hrs it shriveled up and now the tentacles are hanging flat as a board (as if it was expelling it's water) and some brown stringy stuff came out of it (poop? zooxanthellae?). It has been like that for about an hr and a half.. Is this normal for acclimation? I dripped it for about 2 hrs to acclimate it, and put it on a low rock, so the light wouldn't "shock" it. My params are; Temp 78 PH 8.2/4ish Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0-5ish and I am looking for my dKH instructions so I can do that test, and am getting ready to perform the calcium test.. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Give it time, my last one did the same thing and after acouple days and a spot feeding it puffed back up. They like lower flow and a well lighted area. Yours is probobly just showing its happy now instead of where it was...haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciao Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 It'll do that. It's pooping and it's normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMiller Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 This is it when I first put it in... and this is a few minutes ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciao Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 If it stays that way, then worry. But if it does it and then bounces back, it's just it's normal pooping. They sometimes do it weekly or daily. It varies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMiller Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 Looks like it's starting to puff back up.. and here's a FTS for fun (3 actinics on... I purchased another actinic bulb today because I wanted it more blue and not so white ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Re: Green Bubble Tip Anemone they do that...some times several times a day....I wouldnt worry. Do youj have clowns? That "brown" stuff is most likely poo....you will see that often too if it eats well. Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMiller Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 I do, I have 4 False Percs (2 tank raised, 2 wild) I know it's a lot.. I am trying to get rid of 2! I really am hoping they will host in this nem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I am sure they will....mine usually took to it rather fast. Especially after moving tanks...they would search for it. With the one's I am getting rid of...their anemone died so they have been hosting my Duncan's...which as of late haven't been very happy about it. I will get new clowns when I get another anemone which will be when I get more rock....and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMiller Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 It's been in the tank for almost 12 hrs now and my clowns wont go near it!! They are false percs... is it even common for them to host bta? should I get rid of them and get a differnt species of clowns that are more likely to host? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 My green nem does that a couple times a day, my RBTA a coupel times a week. Same tank, just different nems. My percs host in an RBTA and a frogspawn. I got the GBTA for the other clown, but he likes the euphylia so he hasn't gone near it. Hard to tell what clowns will take a fancy to. Mine have hosted in xenia, frogspawns, hammers, sacrophyton leathers, and now an RBTA. THis is all in the same tank, they seldom keep a home for more then 6 months. JMO+E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Some clowns I have had takes months to go into anemones I have noticed. Specialy if they were tank bread. They have to get their slime coat up to the sting of the anemone. Some I have seen will always ingnore the anemone completely and find your favorite coral to house in. why no one knows. Got to love em though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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