Adding BTA as first organism.

thebluecatapilla · Oct 30, 2015

I am getting a BTA in a couple of weeks and was wondering if anyone can confirm or give their input on the following advice i was given from an LFS owner. ] Is it true that the BTA has to be one of the first corals (I know its not a coral) added to the tank because it will sting everything else to death? Does it automatically kill everything it touches, or can it stay touching certain corals without hurting them?

evolved · Oct 30, 2015

It would be ill-advised to put a anemone into a new tank. The tank needs to be established for at least 6 months.

Tegridy Reef · Oct 30, 2015

Agreed with evolved

gacolt · Oct 30, 2015

evolved said:
It would be ill-advised to put a anemone into a new tank. The tank needs to be established for at least 6 months.

What he said.

Hawain_Rob · Oct 30, 2015

Yeah. .what he said

jayjigga · Oct 30, 2015

What the LFS might be getting as is that if you plan on stocking more corals, you want your bubble-tip to "settle down" first. BTAs can potentially harm other coral while they walk. Now it's nice to think it wouldn't walk once settled but I've had "happy for 8 month" nems decide to cruise around.

thebluecatapilla · Oct 30, 2015

It is not a new tank, it has been up and running for over 3 years now; however I did move the tank to a new adress a month ago. Everything seems to be back to normal by now, I used the same sand and tank water, no deaths of anything that moved. I know that fluctuations in nitrates and other stuff can kill off anemones as tags what killed my first one 2 years ago I just have been really lazy with getting live stock (aka one clownfish and a few zoas)