Mini-BTA

Brew12 · Feb 11, 2018

I've had a BTA for around a year now. The little guy just doesn't seem to want to grow. He was a little larger than he is now around 8 months ago(only about 1"). For the last 6 months he opens up to be around 2" across. He has never been receptive to being spot fed. He is in an area with good flow and 210 PAR for 6 hours a day + ramp up/down.
Do some BTA's just stay small?

NanoCrazed · Feb 12, 2018

Are you feeding it?

John3 · Feb 12, 2018

Probably would be a good market for mini’s if they stayed small. I got a small one about 1.5” a month and half ago and it has doubled in size. I don’t spot feed it much, maybe once a week.

Brew12 · Feb 12, 2018

NanoCrazed said:
Are you feeding it?

I've tried in the past, but not recently. It would rarely if ever eat anything. Normally whatever I tried to feed it would just float off.

Zack K · Feb 13, 2018

Brew12 said:
I've tried in the past, but not recently. It would rarely if ever eat anything. Normally whatever I tried to feed it would just float off.

That’s not a good sign. Mine eat like pigs. Literally anything that touches them, they shrivel up around it. Raw shrimp seem to have the best response in both Growth and Color.

-Zack

Brew12 · Feb 13, 2018

Zack Klabunde said:
That’s not a good sign. Mine eat like pigs. Literally anything that touches them, they shrivel up around it. Raw shrimp seem to have the best response in both Growth and Color.

-Zack

I never thought he was going to live starting a week after I got him. Yet here he is some 6 to 9 months later. I'll give him credit, he isn't a thriver, but he is a survivor.

Zack K · Feb 13, 2018

Brew12 said:
I never thought he was going to live starting a week after I got him. Yet here he is some 6 to 9 months later. I'll give him credit, he isn't a thriver, but he is a survivor.

Well with that statement it sounds like he has taken this last handful of months and put all his effort towards survival and recuperating. In another 6 months so he should (in theory) start to take off if he is healthy and fed heavy. Obviously feeding isn’t essential, but in my findings, it increases growth.

-Zack

NanoCrazed · Feb 13, 2018

John3 said:
Probably would be a good market for mini’s if they stayed small. I got a small one about 1.5” a month and half ago and it has doubled in size. I don’t spot feed it much, maybe once a week.

I can sell you a gracilis

! Or a majano... they're mini anemones for sure.