BTA Size Limit by Space

[horseplay]

Have a pretty dumb question. I have never kept BTA long enough to find out but is the growth limited by the space? I have 9 of them in a 30g frag tank now. They are small but are growing in size pretty fast. What happens will they have taken all the available space?

 

[Jekyl]

Have a pretty dumb question. I have never kept BTA long enough to find out but is the growth limited by the space? I have 9 of them in a 30g frag tank now. They are small but are growing in size pretty fast. What happens will they have taken all the available space?

They'll wander or be sold.

 

[garygb]

You may have seen photos of BTAs in the wild creating a carpet of anemones covering large areas. If there are enough rocks with adequate attachment spots, I think you can have wall-to-wall clones happily living together. Once adequate attachment spots on the rocks are all occupied, then you're going to have wandering BTAs, I expect.

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[shakacuz]

i believe they’re not limited by space, as they can shape themselves bigger or smaller depending the area. they’re interesting inverts!

 

[horseplay]

I guess they will split when they reach a certain size but will not grow bigger. Many species like humans will grow then die. It seems corals and anemones don't do that. They split and live on.

 

[horseplay]

i believe they’re not limited by space, as they can shape themselves bigger or smaller depending the area. they’re interesting inverts!

Not really. They always fully inflate when happy.

 

[shakacuz]

Not really. They always fully inflate when happy.

then come back to this thread after all available space is taken to see what occurs! i would like to assume their foot will shrink and keep most of its hold(depending the flow), which is mainly what i was referencing in my previous post. this would allow for more real estate to split/plant their foot and stretch out to the water more. i guess the ones within a shadow would be the most likely to wander/float/roam as others mentioned above

nice little experiment?

 

[horseplay]

then come back to this thread after all available space is taken to see what occurs! i would like to assume their foot will shrink and keep most of its hold(depending the flow), which is mainly what i was referencing in my previous post. this would allow for more real estate to split/plant their foot and stretch out to the water more. i guess the ones within a shadow would be the most likely to wander/float/roam as others mentioned above

nice little experiment?

Yes. I will leave them alone and see what happens.