BTA Engulfed by Foot???

mamacta · Mar 22, 2023

Anyone know why my BTA is doing this? Have had it for about a week and had been looking fantastic up until now. So confused.

C4ctus99 · Mar 22, 2023

It’s just cocooning up. They do that for a lot of reasons, has to poop, night cycle, changes in water chemistry, protection, the clownfish insulted it’s mother…

it should open back up in the next day or so if not in a few hours

mamacta · Mar 22, 2023

C4ctus99 said:
It’s just cocooning up. They do that for a lot of reasons, has to poop, night cycle, changes in water chemistry, protection, the clownfish insulted it’s mother…

it should open back up in the next day or so if not in a few hours

Thanks! Guess I just have to learn these little idiosyncrasies as I go along ‍

Good thing someone knows what’s going on cause it ain’t me!

C4ctus99 · Mar 22, 2023

mamacta said:
Thanks! Guess I just have to learn these little idiosyncrasies as I go along ‍ Good thing someone knows what’s going on cause it ain’t me!

Yeah, I’ve only had mine for a month or two, probably got it a little early too. Took a solid 2-3 weeks for it to really settle in and be comfortable. Hood lights helped tho

Reefbeast · Mar 22, 2023

Its crazy isnt it? I just got a BTA and mine does that also from time to time especially at night. I was freaking out too..

mamacta · Mar 22, 2023

Reefbeast said:
Its crazy isnt it? I just got a BTA and mine does that also from time to time especially at night. I was freaking out too..

Definitely a learning experience!

Red_Beard · Mar 22, 2023

sometimes when mine do it the clown decides to stay in.. its kinda funny, all you see is its little face poking out.

C4ctus99 · Mar 22, 2023

Yeah… my clowns don’t even know of it’s existence…

although due to some ick everything has been moved around. Bad reason to spend money I don’t have on a new tank

Red_Beard · Mar 22, 2023

C4ctus99 said:
Yeah… my clowns don’t even know of it’s existence…

although due to some ick everything has been moved around. Bad reason to spend money I don’t have on a new tank

took mine at least 6 months. wouldn't go near it for anything. then one day had a change of mind and hasn't left since.

Reefbeast · Mar 22, 2023

Red_Beard said:
sometimes when mine do it the clown decides to stay in.. its kinda funny, all you see is its little face poking out.

That is funny I would like to see a picture of that !!!

Red_Beard · Mar 22, 2023

Reefbeast said:
That is funny I would like to see a picture of that !!!

Let me see if i can grab one next time, i usually only catch it doing that in the middle of the night.

homer1475 · Mar 22, 2023

They usually do this when they are expelling all the water in their system to suck in new. Nems are mostly water.

Rick's Reviews · Mar 22, 2023

Generally clown fish once hosted, the anemone would not shrink up.

Balloon/shape is more often from feeding, , I feed my bta and mushrooms and they all form this purple umbrella shape in your picture, I'm no expert but shrinking occurs more when annoyed

Kmst80 · Mar 22, 2023

Red_Beard said:
took mine at least 6 months. wouldn't go near it for anything. then one day had a change of mind and hasn't left since.

Same here.

lilgrounchuck · Mar 22, 2023

C4ctus99 said:
It’s just cocooning up. They do that for a lot of reasons, has to poop, night cycle, changes in water chemistry, protection, the clownfish insulted it’s mother…

it should open back up in the next day or so if not in a few hours

Mine did that before taking a big ol' poo. Even more so, and more frequently, if I had been target feeding it shrimp bits and whatnot. Even without the pooing and feeding, it would constantly be inflating/deflating/pulling in on itself, which from my understanding is like them peeing.