Porblem with BTA

[MrsBugmaster]

I purchased a BTA in March and QT it in my coral QT tank. I also had some cleaner shrimp in with it. So when I feed the shrimp the BTA would catch some food as well. A few hours later it would spit out the food and then the next day or two would look like a ball of goo. Next day it was fine again. Now it is in my DT and it will not stay latched on to a rock so I put it in a small glass and placed it on the bottom of the tank. Didn't want it to get sucking into powerhead. It will still catch food but same behavior, spit it out and looks like it is dying then a couple days later it is looking fine again. Any ideas on what to do or what the problem is? The tank is 4 years old and stable.

 

[LatinKing]

In the past when introducing an anemone to my DT for the first time, usually they never attached it's foot to the rocks. With patients you need to keep picking up your BTA and try to place it on top of a rock, it will eventually. To be safe turn off the pumps until the BTA is attached to a rock. Then turn on the pumps. In most cases the BTA will move to a spot where it's comfortable and probably never move unless lighting or flow changes. As for food I never fed my anemones. I let my clowns do the feeding.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

I do not feed it directly but it catches food in the water. It did attach for a day then would not attach after that. It's been in DT for two weeks now and not happy.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

First picture of day I put it in DT. The clownfish just went and looked at it then left it alone and never bothered it or pay any attention to it.
Other picture is today. It looks like this everytime it eats, (I don't feed it directly but it will catch food on it's own),then a day or two later is normal again, although it does look smaller each time it does this. It's insides are complete out this time. It gets worse every time it does this. Also it does not "move" but will "detach", then will attach again. And keeps repeating this.
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[LatinKing]

What type of lighting do you have? What are you feeding your nem? Is your BTA showing any sign decomposing?

 

[MrsBugmaster]

I have led lights, Vertex Aqua Illumina, on my DT, Red Sea Reefer 170, But the Qt tank has 150 watt metal halide light. I put screen over nem to acclimate it to the led lights. I feed a variety of foods, LRS, Rods, PE Mysis,

Here is picture as of right now. It is already starting to recover again like it has been doing every since I got it in March. Keeps deflating and then inflates,seams to be after it eats. Each time the tentacles are shorter and it is smaller in diameter. I'm not new to the hobby or BTA, but have not had any BTA's for 6 or so years now. I'm at a loss as to way it keeps doing this. I have read some things about treating them with antibiotics so maybe this is a case that it needs to be treated??

 

[MrsBugmaster]

Back to normal now.

 

[CJRIZZOTTI]

I purchased a BTA in March and QT it in my coral QT tank. I also had some cleaner shrimp in with it. So when I feed the shrimp the BTA would catch some food as well. A few hours later it would spit out the food and then the next day or two would look like a ball of goo. Next day it was fine again. Now it is in my DT and it will not stay latched on to a rock so I put it in a small glass and placed it on the bottom of the tank. Didn't want it to get sucking into powerhead. It will still catch food but same behavior, spit it out and looks like it is dying then a couple days later it is looking fine again. Any ideas on what to do or what the problem is? The tank is 4 years old and stable.

I have 2 in my tank usually happens when digesting food aka taking a pooh relax on feeding it cause generally it gets its nourishment from light source cut back on the feeding see if it stays full and normal but it sounds like normal activity

 

[MrsBugmaster]

I don't feed it directly, it catches food it's self when I feed my fish. I doesn't matter how much or how little it eats it keeps doing this. I've had BTA's in the past and none did this before.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

The pictures are not very good quality but I have circled what I am talking about, it's insides coming out. I have never had one look like this from eating.