BTA getting to big

[Vyper]

Do all bta get so big? I currently have one in my nuvo 40 for my clowns and it has gotten so big it almost dominates the whole tank. Originally I planned on moving it over with my clowns to a Cade 1800 but it is so big I would fear for my other fishes lives. I would like to keep one if it would stay a decent size but if they all grow so large I might go a different route. I hate to pull my clowns from it as I have never seen them so happy.

 

[Idoc]

Are you sure it's a BTA?

 

[kintle]

Might be to late, but I put mine in a glass globe from aqua rocks. Mines still a baby though. I'm just trying to keep it from stinging my sps coral when moving about though.

 

[Terry Le]

No all get big. I heard people on here complain their keep splitting rather than stay big. My however splits twice in 14 years so it huge

 

[Nick Steele]

There’s one in a lfs near me that’s over 20 years old has never split and is a good 20”+ each direction of its mouth.

 

[Vyper]

Are you sure it's a BTA?

Yes it is bta. Sometimes bubbles up. The picture I posted is actually from this morning. It gets much bigger through the day.

 

[Vyper]

So i got him in November of last year. Here is then Vs now

 

[jgirardnrg]

Mine is huge too... takes up half of my 60 cube. Like the size of your head.

Moving day is coming into a new 4 footer from Fijicube.

 

[Terry Le]

Are you feeding it? If you do stop they don't need to be feed

 

[James M]

From my personal experience green BTAs don’t split as much as rainbows. Most of the ones I had would just grow while my rainbows would split at the 8” mark

 

[ZoWhat]

@Vyper

I've been looking for one high and low and can't find one anywhere.

Would you consider selling? PM me. I'm serious


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[Terry Le]

From my personal experience green BTAs don’t split as much as rainbows. Most of the ones I had would just grow while my rainbows would split at the 8” mark

Really? My experience was totally different. My GBTA was splitting like crazy I had to get rid of all of them

 

[Terry Le]

@Vyper

I've been looking for one high and low and can't find one anywhere.

Would you consider selling? PM me. I'm serious


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You are seriously? Everyone and their brothers are selling them

 

[ZoWhat]

You are seriously? Everyone and their brothers are selling them

Where? I'm in Cincinnati Ohio with about 5 really good LFSs.

All of them shrug their shoulders and say btwn bans and covid they can't get much

 

[Terry Le]

Where? I'm in Cincinnati Ohio with about 5 really good LFSs.

All of them shrug their shoulders and say btwn bans and covid they can't get much

eBay or Selling Forum here

 

[Vyper]

Are you feeding it? If you do stop they don't need to be feed

I don’t feed it. Problem is it is impossible for it not to feed at this point. It’s so big it’s impossible to feed the tank and not him.

 

[Terry Le]

I don’t feed it. Problem is it is impossible for it not to feed at this point. It’s so big it’s impossible to feed the tank and not him.

Just a thought maybe you need to spot feed it so it split and get smaller

 

[Vyper]

Really? My experience was totally different. My GBTA was splitting like crazy I had to get rid of all of them

I lost a kole tang in that tank and I always suspected the bta stung it. That’s what makes me nervous about putting it in my big tank. I have 3 tangs in it along with other fish and it’s so big I’m sure easy to get stung. I thought about splitting it myself but don’t want to have to do that all the time to keep it smaller.