BTA acting weird

[Nathan1098]

I have had this BTA for about a week and it occasinaly suckes in all its tenticles a few times a day for like an hour at a time.

what do you guys think should i be woried ?

ph 8.3
temp 79deg
salinity 1.023
all others are fine

[icebear]

Whats your lighting like?


i have a condy and it retracts when it feels like it

[Nathan1098]

i have 2 pc lights 65 watts each they are the split lights
blue and white.

sometimes he does it after the lights are off and sometimes when they are on. it is realy hard to find a patern.

[dustin]

I wouldnt be too worried, but Id eventually try and get it on some rocks. Ive had two over the course of 4 years and they have both done some crazy morphs in short amounts of time and always looked normal when the lights came on the next day. I think this is a good gauge to an anemones health. You should definetly see a reaction to lights in the morning. If its tentacles come out and it wakes up your fine. If not its stressed and needs a change. Keep the post updated if tomorrow its not doing anything different.

Good Luck

[illcssd]

its excreting, they do that aboout once a week. they only have one opening, so it goes in and out the same place......austin

[Nathan1098]

it does it all the time, i just woke up and it is sucked in. the clown fish is trying to get in but the bta is not having it.

i imagin in a few hours the bta will open back up again.

like i said it does it at unpredictable times not just at night and not just during the day.

[grazhopr]

Do you feed him ?
I've had Anemones that wander around the tank, but never had any that retract completely unless there was something bothering them.

[tdwyatt]

Normal response associated with feeding/gut evacuation, usually once a week to once a month, and may occur (USUALLY) at night when this activity is not observed.

Not to worry, In specimens that are well fed, stressors like changes in water quality/temp, physical damage, or stinging by competitors accompanied by this behavior signals impending asexual reproduction.

[Nathan1098]

that would be excelent, if I woke up to two bta's