Bubble tip not lookin so good

[aceer15]

I've got a GBTA that looks great during the day and shrivels up and opens it's mouth at night. Nitrates are around 20ppm, any chance of not having my tank nuked? When do you call it quits on them for the sake of the rest of your tank?

 

[aceer15]

Just pulled him out and he had no smell of decay, didn't small fishy at all. Does anyone have a nem that deflates at night but looks perfectly fine in the day? He's been doin this for weeks now

 

[reid429]

That's almost every nem

 

[aceer15]

And the mouth opening when he's deflated? But then looks great with closed mouth in the morning fully inflated

 

[RichieT]

Yeah, that's normal. Its either expelling waste at night or just a result of the deflating.

 

[Trex]

How much is it deflating? Would like to see a daytime and nighttime pictures to see if this is normal or not.

 

[aceer15]

Here he is during the day and I'll post a pic at night when I take one

 

[aceer15]

Here he is tonight, he looks much better than the last few nights. I'll check on him in a bit and see if he's deflated and post a pic if he is.

 

[bairdimusprime]

looks fine to me, its attached and full.
it was probably just excreting waste

 

[aceer15]

If he does it again I'll post a pic and get y'alls thoughts!

 

[aceer15]

Went home for lunch and he was looking like this with his mouth open

Still normal?

 

[MAKcorals]

When their mouths are open they are usually just getting rid of waste. As long as it is inflating back up it is in good shape. You have to think, these things only eat and poop out of the same hole. We wouldn't look %100 all the time either if that was our case lol

 

[aceer15]

True True! MAK, thanks for the reassurance. I have always just been under the impression that if you see their mouths to freak out lol

 

[ohio reefer]

I've had my bubble tips do this so
Many times, yet everytime it scares me.

my bta during the night, and it during the day.

 

[aceer15]

Yea it is very worrying, they seem to be very fickle creatures.
Gorgeous BTA! What kind of BTA is that?

 

[ohio reefer]

Yea it is very worrying, they seem to be very fickle creatures.
Gorgeous BTA! What kind of BTA is that?

Not sure. I bought it marked as a Condy lol

 

[aceer15]

Nice find!

 

[aceer15]

Looking pretty bad again. The clowns were picking at his mouth when it was open and irritating him pretty badly. I put him in this Tupperware container to give him a break from the clowns. Still not good though

You can see his open mouth

 

[aceer15]

Any thoughts?

 

[Naiad]

perhaps your clowns were too rough with him. Give it time to see if he heals. Just make sure there is still flow into the container but that the clownfish cant get to it.