BTA not shriveled

[Misha]

This is my first BTA, I've bought it 3 weeks ago. The first few days everything was good and looked nice and bubbly. He never looked that happy again. I'm afraid he's really going downhill.

Tank information: waterbox mini peninsula 90 litre
I've quit my other tank and transferred everything to this tank. The live rock is 2.5 years old
Running carbon
Waterchanges with red sea blue bucket
Temp: 24.8celsius

I'll attach a screenshot of recent ICP test, since then I've done a 20÷ waterchange and dosed Iodine

 

[Spare time]

Can you provide more information? Light (+settings), the kind of flow, the nitrate and phosphate, the salinity, and if you feed the anemone?

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is my first BTA, I've bought it 3 weeks ago. The first few days everything was good and looked nice and bubbly. He never looked that happy again. I'm afraid he's really going downhill.

Tank information: waterbox mini peninsula 90 litre
I've quit my other tank and transferred everything to this tank. The live rock is 2.5 years old
Running carbon
Waterchanges with red sea blue bucket
Temp: 24.8celsius

I'll attach a screenshot of recent ICP test, since then I've done a 20÷ waterchange and dosed Iodine

It appears to have cyano in with it suggesting high phosphate and even nitrate. Also moderate light and water flow essential as too little light and it will shrivel. Too much flow it will move and too much light it will hide
Feed it mysis shrimp 2-2X per week

 

[Misha]

Can you provide more information? Light (+settings), the kind of flow, the nitrate and phosphate, the salinity, and if you feed the anemone?

Oops forgot to upload the ICP. For lighting I'm using an Ai hydra 26hd running saxby. I would estimate the flow to be moderate to low. Nitrate around 5 and phosphate 0.05 I've fed pellets, live artemia and red sea ab+

 

[Spare time]

Oops forgot to upload the ICP. For lighting I'm using an Ai hydra 26hd running saxby. I would estimate the flow to be moderate to low. Nitrate around 5 and phosphate 0.05 I've fed pellets, live artemia and red sea ab+

Ok. As longs as its attatching and the mouth isn't gaping open it should be fine. What test kits do you use for nitrate and phosphate?

 

[Misha]

It appears to have cyano in with it suggesting high phosphate and even nitrate. Also moderate light and water flow essential as too little light and it will shrivel. Too much flow it will move and too much light it will hide
Feed it mysis shrimp 2-2X per week

Cyano in it? Are you saying I have high phosphate and nitrate or that I should up them? It hasn't moved since I've got him

 

[Misha]

Ok. As longs as its attatching and the mouth isn't gaping open it should be fine. What test kits do you use for nitrate and phosphate?

Nitrate salifert and phosphate hanna checker ULR

 

[mdb_talon]

Oops forgot to upload the ICP. For lighting I'm using an Ai hydra 26hd running saxby. I would estimate the flow to be moderate to low. Nitrate around 5 and phosphate 0.05 I've fed pellets, live artemia and red sea ab+

I would suggest low to moderate flow and light is more likely the problem than the solution. "Low" and "moderate" are subjective terms of course but I would say they want moderate to high light and at least moderate flow.

 

[Spare time]

Nitrate salifert and phosphate hanna checker ULR

Ok sounds good. I wanted to add that moderate flow is good. As long as its swaying then it should be fine. I don't think it is a water quality issue

 

[Misha]

I would suggest low to moderate flow and light is more likely the problem than the solution. "Low" and "moderate" are subjective terms of course but I would say they want moderate to high light and at least moderate flow.

This is the lightning preset

 

[Misha]

Ok sounds good. I wanted to add that moderate flow is good. As long as its swaying then it should be fine. I don't think it is a water quality issue

I don't know where to look tbh. Most things look fine to me. Is it possible he's still acclimating? Or to have such a long "off-time"

 

[vetteguy53081]

Cyano in it? Are you saying I have high phosphate and nitrate or that I should up them? It hasn't moved since I've got him

The red film on rocks suggest cyano
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[Misha]

The red film on rocks suggest cyano
For test kits, amazon-BRS- Ebay and more

That's probably because of the filter. There is no cyano

 

[Spare time]

I don't know where to look tbh. Most things look fine to me. Is it possible he's still acclimating? Or to have such a long "off-time"

I think its fine. As long as you can't find that you or something in the tank is obviously irritating it, I think its ok. It is normal for them to change shapes. I am usually more concerned if it is struggling to attach or if the mouth is gaping wide open.