BTA-HELP! (UPDATE)

[~TG~]

its still attached...but lying at the bottom...on the sand...

[jaded]

Still attached, then IMO nothing has changed... sit and wait

[~TG~]

Bad News.... TRAGEDY happened this weekend .... :cry
The BTA had moved to the back and was no longer visible for the past few days... Saturday night I noticed the tank a little cloudy and particles were floating in the water it looked like pieces of the BTA... I decided I was going to do a major water change Sunday and move the rocks to look for whatever was left and take it out before it compromised my tank any further. That morning I was feeding and I noticed something was missing :cry ~ "Fatty" my Tomato Clown ~ was no where in sight... For some strange reason overnight he jumped out of the tank and died.... I found him under my stand..I can't understand why or what would have caused him to do this??? How was this possible if the water level was about 2-3 inches lower than the rim.. I did the water change (in between crying breaks :( ) and I didn't find any sign of the BTA either...
I am at a loss :cry He was my favorite.... ~Thelma


R.I.P "Fatty"

[::pete::]

Thats not what we were hoping to hear!! Sorry Thelma.

[NaCl_H2O]

So sorry to hear of the final BTA status and Fatty's fate. They can jump pretty far when they put their minds to it ... probably just changing environment made him pull a "Nemo Maneuver"

Get your tank back in shape and do some retail therapy, for some new fishies.

Sorry ...

[Tim Marvin]

Wow, sorry to hear it. The pollution could have caused him to seek fresh water and ended up on the floor instead.

[JimD]

Was your clown hosting in the anemone?

[Instar]

Sorry it ended this way. I kinda figured it was done when you said it was on the bottom. They get there and get trapped in a place of low circulation, low O2 and usually that spells a bad time for them. Its possible a small BTA without enough actinic light at 03 that the clown hosting in it is just too large a clown. Too large a clown with a RBTA will wear the anemone out. I don't know if this was the case because there is no way to judge the size vs the clown in these pics. It did look like a good match from what I can see though. Tomatoes, being very aggressive, can jump quite well due to changes in the environment. They are subject to do this during extreme changes in pH, water quality or atmospheric pressure changes such as a sudden thunderstorm. Same is true for about any clown. They are fine for long periods and then just all of a sudden, they jump. Anyone with clowns should really have very tall sides and skids on their braces to make them slide back into the water. Nylon screen will close off the back of the hood without trapping heat in there. Really sorry for your loss. Remember though that anemones are very difficult to get here in healthy form. Just because one doesn't make it, doens't mean the next one won't. There are getting to be more and more captive raised ones, so chances are in your favor of getting one that will do well.

[jaded]

sorry to hear that! I was sure hoping it would go the other way.