BTA Help

[rickrutland]

I recently put a new Bubble Tip Anemone in my tank. At first I was concerned since he moved under a rock.

He came out but left the rocks and is now plastered against the lower grate of one of the return lines to the sump. He's being sucked onto the grate.

Are they strong enough to move off on their own?

Should I turn off the return pumps for a while? (I could leave a Koralia running)

I think I've read not to try to move them.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Rick

[allan]

If it were I, I would shut off that pump immediately if you can safely. Then I'd start moving power heads towards him/her until she moves on her own.

[hobogato]

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If it were I, I would shut off that pump immediately if you can safely. Then I'd start moving power heads towards him/her until she moves on her own.

[rickrutland]

I left the pumps off for a while and he came back off.... I put him in the rocks again...we'll see

[allan]

Good luck with the placment... my experience tells me that you and he are destined to disagree with location. I found that when mine gets somewhere cool if I can moderate the flow to a medium flow over him they tend to stay put.

I'd resist using your hands to move these guys. Let him move where he will and keep him mildly discomforted until he and you agree to a location. Additionally, clear it's path. I've had mine sting zoas and LPS. All recovered but as a rule I tend to keep things away from it unless it looks like it's on the prowl.

If a word ever described the BTA it would be wanderlust.

[greatwhite@AlamoAquatics]

how is it doing now?

[msmith619]

Good thing you moved him. I had a Green BTA go thru my intake grate. It actually survived despite looking like mush and fragged into 3 BTAs. I DO NOT recommend this method of fragging BTAs!

[Europhyllia]

You guys must really like these A LOT! They sound like a lot of trouble.

[corruption]

They're pretty amazing to watch -- and even moreso when a pair of clowns takes up residence :) Our 57 gal rimless we just picked up from Gabe this weekend is destined to be a BTA tank :D

-Justin

[allan]

Yeah, the relationship between the clown and anenome is somewhat dog like... or maybe a cat with catnip.

[Mike]

We have 3 in our 210g. For the most part once they find a spot they like they usually stay put. Any corals around them do have to watch out. One of ours moved onto a nice patch of blastos and promptly killed them.

We have a couple who are happy in moderate flow and one sitting smack in front of our vortech 40. Our RBTA clone from Bill's brood stock liked the first place we put her and has stayed put ever since.

Good luck with yours, hopefully she will find a place she likes and stop her wandering ways. :)

[kkiel02]

They're pretty amazing to watch -- and even moreso when a pair of clowns takes up residence :) Our 57 gal rimless we just picked up from Gabe this weekend is destined to be a BTA tank :D

-Justin

This is what my 180 will turn into if our lfs dont stop getting different colors. Im running out of places to put them...

I recently had my largest green bta decide to move residence to my koralia 4 sadly it didnt make it. It had stayed put ever since I bought him 5 months ago and it looked as though it would release eggs/sperm before I was going to bed. In the morning it was in my powerhead. I still dont know what caused it but I thought about buying a wavemaker for my next tank to help prevent this.