Bta has lost his pop.....

FiReBReTHa · Jul 27, 2011

Iodine levels perhaps?

shred5 · Jul 27, 2011

Most anemones do prefer real high light especially Heteractis magnifica and pristine conditions.. Bta tolerate a wide range of conditions. Easily recommended as the first anemone to keep. I have kept them under all types of lighting, I have had them spawn.. They multiply like aptasia sometimes. But have always had better results with less light. Every highly lit tank (sps) they end up eventually at the bottom or in between the rock in the shade or at the sides of the tank where there is less light..

Dave Polzin

Zef004 · Jul 27, 2011

Here's my baby. I have her at about 95par all LEDs. For the last 4 months. And loves it.

Troylee · Jul 27, 2011

nah i dose that daily think were good there man.....

FiReBReTHa said:
Iodine levels perhaps?

Troylee · Jul 27, 2011

Well I turned my LEDs off for a photo shoot and the nem puffed right up nice and bubbly haven't seen that in awhile so that's a good sign....1smile1

J&O'sdad · Jul 27, 2011

Since you have a mesh top you could make a small frame with window screen to rest right over the nem.

Troylee · Jul 27, 2011

Great thought man1smile1 that never crossed my mind lol...

Crooks · Jul 27, 2011

Dude if your par is really that high its a ton of light compared to other lights.

Troylee · Jul 27, 2011

Yeah it's got to be up there man.. Hahaha I'm sure you have seen my contraption right?

BigFeesh · Jul 27, 2011

Yeah i was going to say DIM those leds down. Im sure you know how strong they are. because with my all led tank my eyes hurt when i would look in the tank now im use to it but probably have burnt corneas :snicker:

FiReBReTHa · Jul 28, 2011

Troylee said:
Great thought man1smile1 that never crossed my mind lol...

+1 that is a great concept.

steve99999 · Jul 28, 2011

Ifeel the need to add my 2 cents......
BTA are light hogs i mean 1000 par is low as they
love greenhouses and rbta are blood red under super par levels.
Never feed them but maybe 1 time a month.
Light levels and spectrum are what give them there bright colors and feeding
them can dull them out.
T5 LIGHTS ARE PHONY LIGHTS with phony spectrums that make things look different then
any other lights.
So dont ever buy a bta that is under t5 and expect it to look anywhere near what it will
under 10k to 20 k mh or led lights.

Troylee · Jul 28, 2011

okay well coming from that t5 light the first week in my tank it looked super!!!! after a week it started fading out... is it just acclimating to my light's or is it to intense??? btw thanks for for speaking up and welcome back to r2r...

Reef UP · Jul 28, 2011

Troylee said:
okay well coming from that t5 light the first week in my tank it looked super!!!! after a week it started fading out... is it just acclimating to my light's or is it to intense??? btw thanks for for speaking up and welcome back to r2r...

I would say a combo man, choose to run either your t5 with halide or your led with halide but I wouldn't run all three for the time being do you dose the Brightwells vitamins? If not I'd say give it a go my softies and nems seem to do a lot better when I'm dosing mine.

Troylee · Jul 28, 2011

I dose around 15 different things man lol... I personally feel it's lighting not anything else... A nem is a invert not a coral it has different needs I would believe I think my light is just to much.... Will this thing regain it's glory over time "light acclimation" or do I need to force him down in the tank to the sweet spot like he was before???

BroncosZOA · Jul 28, 2011

Usually Anemones acclimate to light and move to a new section till they can take the light. If you light is too strong it will need to acclimate or it will get even more stressed.

Has it been moving?

Tab28 · Jul 28, 2011

steve99999 said:
Never feed them but maybe 1 time a month.

I am really overfeeding mine then. I feed my RBT once a week a silverside about 2" long. I have had this RBT for over 2 years. It has crawl up to the upper 1/4 of the tank under 250 MH. Much higher than my Seabae, which I have had for over 3 years now. After the one week period I have noticed my RTB tenticles will get the elongated look. It keeps the bulb tip look for 5-6 days after I feed it and starts to loose it one the 7-8 day.

Mine is the RBT that is a uniform red/pink. I wish it was the one that has the electric red looking veins running through it. My coral guy told me that was a different RBT than mine.