BTA experience

[JimC]

Ok so here goes. Added a bubble tip anemone Saturday. My first.

Saturday night this thing decides to move.

He burys himself under a couple rocks. He's getting no light and minimal flow. No way I can feed him there.

My question is this. Surely it will come out on its own correct?

If it dies what happens? Does it go toxic and cause problems with the tank?

Anyone with any experience with these?

Thanx in advance for your time

Jim

 

[MikeC_EE99]

He will more then likely come out on his own, so I wouldn't worry about it. Give him a week or so to get comfortable. Anemone's aren't toxic per-say, but they will create an ammonia spike when they die, so remove him if he does die. The only animals I know of that are toxic when they die are sea cucumbers, all other will just create ammonia problems and depending on the size of your tank and the amount of cleaner animals such as shrimp and crabs that might not even happen.

 

[JimC]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the reply.

He's actually looking pretty comfortable back there now.

I have a 120. I thought this might be a decent size to start with. Lot of room for error.

 

[Anonymous]

Bubble tips are tricky in this regard. The best bet usually is to provide it with such a great place to sink it's foot, that it has little reason to move for light or current reasons. I usually do this either by looking for a rock with a nice deep hole, maybe 2" in diameter, by at least 5" deep...or I drill one.

Light and current are the wild cards, and every specimen seems to have it's own preference. However, I've found that by giving it an ideal place to attach it's foot, this tends to mitigate the other two factors somewhat.

I'd say this works for me maybe 75% of the time. Some just seem to move no matter what.

Jim

 

[taras12]

My BTA likes hanging upside down from a small "cave created between my sand and LR. My maroon clowns dug a real nicebed around it and keep it very clean. I've been told that BTA's are more accustomed to rockwork than sand/crushed coral substrates.