my BTA sucks all tenticals in

[Nathan1098]

my BTA looks great untill he suckes in all his tenticals.
he is new to the tank about 5 days. the tank has been established for a little over a year. ph = 8.4 temp 78-80
salidity measuers to be 1.023 (also i have only a specific gravity meter that has a floting needle should i envest in the ones i have heard are more accurate? what are they called? )
all the others measuer to be low or no.

 

[cdeakle]

should i envest in the ones i have heard are more accurate? what are they called? )

Refractometer, and yes! Swing arms are notoriously inaccuarate!!!!

 

[Anonymous]

Being the anemone is new to the tank it could be nothing. However, if it is an environmental problem it needs to be corrected immediately!

S.G. for a BTA should be a 1.024-1.026.

Lighting should be in the high intensity range.

Iodine should be added but only with a quality test kit.

Temperature 78-82*f not fluctuating more than 2* per day

Now...

Do the tenticles come out at all?

If they do, do you feed?And what do you feed?

 

[Nathan1098]

yes the tenticles do come out, most of the time infact i have fed him twice and each time i fed him jumbo shrimp freeze dried.

one time i saw him "puke" up part of it a while after eating and it came with a clear/slightly brown mucus. i dont know if this is just part of the normal digestion process or not, the clown fish ate the food that came out thou. and i dont think he was expelling his algey (or what every they do to become bleatched) there was not a lot of the mucus.

 

[Anonymous]

I've never fed an anemone any kind of dried food. I've also never seen an anemone do quite that, gotta admit, it looks really funky.

If you can't afford a refractometer, a lab grade float hydrometer will do, but measuring at its calibrated temperature range is imperative.

And welcome to reefs.org!

 

[Nathan1098]

why is it that when i call my lfs they act like im a moron when i ask if the sell refractometers? if you dont feed freeze dryed what do you feed? also i read that maybe the food is to big, does that make any sense ?

 

[Anonymous]

You feed fresh or frozen (thawed always). I have always preferred to get human consumption grade. As for the size of the food, if you think about it, aren't anemones of this type sort of already evolved to take their food as it comes? However, you can certainly break it up into smaller pieces.

As for your LFS, I can't speak for them, clearly they're ignorant and likely shouldn't be in business.

 

[fishfanatic2]

i feed my condy a few small chunks instead of 1 large one, last time i did that he spit it out. :lol: :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

Shouldn't that be "she"? And isn't she that "Condy Rice" anemone? 8O