BTA Movement

chris0412 · Oct 22, 2018

Hi so someone once told me that if I put a BTA on a rock “island” it won’t venture across the sand and try and get to my main rockwork, is this true ?

James M · Oct 22, 2018

No , every nem is different and will move until there comfortable

cromag27 · Oct 22, 2018

it will go wherever it wants. including into your powerheads and in the overflow.

tdowning · Oct 22, 2018

cromag27 said:
it will go wherever it wants. including into your powerheads and in the overflow.

This is true. I recently had a BTA find his home in a powerhead...and then all over my tank

amazongb · Oct 22, 2018

I bought one about 9 mos ago, and he parked in a perfect spot. Then it grew pretty big and went on the move this past month, then split this weekend and the split took the original spot. They seem to like caverns in the rock work and medium light..

dylana407 · Oct 22, 2018

Nems don't always walk. They can puff up like water balloons, detach and float away. My BTA, hadonni and riterri have done it.

rkpetersen · Oct 22, 2018

Def not true about trying to isolate them, I wish, but BTAs will go anywhere. I have 3 that decided they like it most just sticking high up on the backwall glass. And oddly enough, the batch of young clowns that I recently bought are finding those three nems to be the most interesting so far.

rkpetersen · Oct 22, 2018

dylana407 said:
Nems don't always walk. They can puff up like water balloons, detach and float away. My BTA, hadonni and riterri have done it.

I have an LTA that stayed at one end of the tank for awhile, then floated to the other end, then back to the original end, and then back to the other end, where it stayed.

Captain Quint · Oct 22, 2018

tdowning said:
This is true. I recently had a BTA find his home in a powerhead...and then all over my tank

Argh. Sorry to read of this.

Captain Quint · Oct 22, 2018

amazongb said:
I bought one about 9 mos ago, and he parked in a perfect spot. Then it grew pretty big and went on the move this past month, then split this weekend and the split took the original spot. They seem to like caverns in the rock work and medium light..

Congrats on the split!