Is my gbta alright?
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yea hes fine.
My second nem cureld up in a ball on day 2. never came out.
The first one met the power head at 3am.
they do walk a lot faster than we like to think.
My second nem cureld up in a ball on day 2. never came out.
The first one met the power head at 3am.
they do walk a lot faster than we like to think.
abinder
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Are you sure about the "keep feeding it"?
I've heard that if you feed bta a lot, it can actually cause them to loose color because it isn't using the photosynthetic cells in its tentacles to produce food from light. And supposedly these photosynthetic cells are what give the bta it's color.
(Just repeating what I've heard.)
My BTAs rarely get fed food other than what they get from the water column and the strong light they like to bask in.
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Im feeding it mysis 2ice a week, but i guess ill feed it jus once a week from now on.... the tentacles at the bottom were all white, now they are green. I guess the x owner use to feed it jbl koral fluid..
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I never heard that. It doesn't have photosynthetic cells like plants it uses symbiotic zooanthellea like coral. You can feed them to large a meal which will cause issues. You do want to make sure a bleached nem is getting a decent amount of small meal items to keep its strength up.
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Just leave it be. Don't feed. Let it roam where it pleases.
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Green spray paint would color it up nicley!
Definitely feed it 2 to 3 times a week. You have other nems in tank? What kind of lighting do you have
Definitely feed it 2 to 3 times a week. You have other nems in tank? What kind of lighting do you have
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The jus moved a few inches and never moved again. The tentackes at the bottom were white which turned green. The previous owner kept it in a very low lighting and it split. So i bot from him. Im feeding mysis once or twice a week though, but ppannin to feed it jus once a week till it becomes dark. I dont know wether it became greener coz of feeding or lighting though.
JaimeAdams
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Bubble Tips come from brightly lit shallow waters. They need strong light. Yours is pale probably because of the low light conditions that you got it from. That is far from natural. My Bubble Tips sit on the top of the tank under 250W 10K Metal Halide and have been doing great for years.
Some people feed them and some people don't. I certainly get better growth by feeding. It is true that you can stress an Anemone out by feeding it too large of a food item. Don't go tossing whole table shrimp on them, unless you are trying to get them to split. I feed a mixture of PE Mysis, chopped Shrimp, chopped Squid, chopped mussles, chopped clam and chopped white fish.
Some people feed them and some people don't. I certainly get better growth by feeding. It is true that you can stress an Anemone out by feeding it too large of a food item. Don't go tossing whole table shrimp on them, unless you are trying to get them to split. I feed a mixture of PE Mysis, chopped Shrimp, chopped Squid, chopped mussles, chopped clam and chopped white fish.
happyhourhero
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Leave it alone and let it recover. Dont smother it with a bunch of food.
