RBTA Problems
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What are all the conditions in your tank? Lighting, Nitrates, flow. How old is your tank? How long has the RBTA been in this particular tank? Have you recently changed lighting? How old are you bulbs?
From first glance, I'd guess it might be a flow issue. Although, if it were a flow or lighting issue, usually a BTA would attempt to move to a "happier" place. As long as it's getting enough lighting, I'd suggest stopping the feedings for awhile and see if anything improves. You'd probably have to stop for quite some time, while not making any other changes, to figure out if it's a feeding issue.
The only reason I suggest this is that if an anemone is getting enough light, it really doesn't need to be fed at all. I have a HUGE RBTA and give it incidental feedings about once or twice a month...lol.
From first glance, I'd guess it might be a flow issue. Although, if it were a flow or lighting issue, usually a BTA would attempt to move to a "happier" place. As long as it's getting enough lighting, I'd suggest stopping the feedings for awhile and see if anything improves. You'd probably have to stop for quite some time, while not making any other changes, to figure out if it's a feeding issue.
The only reason I suggest this is that if an anemone is getting enough light, it really doesn't need to be fed at all. I have a HUGE RBTA and give it incidental feedings about once or twice a month...lol.
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All params are ok. Calc is a little low and so is Mag. Its about stable again after dosing.
Talk in over a year old
RBTA has been in here 4 months, it was fine for a while then started looking bad, split and btoh deformed.
Lighting has been in there 8 months max. 12k 250W REflux SE
The BTA has not moved since he went in the tank.
Talk in over a year old
RBTA has been in here 4 months, it was fine for a while then started looking bad, split and btoh deformed.
Lighting has been in there 8 months max. 12k 250W REflux SE
The BTA has not moved since he went in the tank.
How long's it been since it split? They can sometimes take a while to completely recover. IME, feeding can lead to more cloning. They don't need the extra meat (though are normally more than happy to snatch some
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I had cloned by playing with the feeding cycle. When I didn't want any more, I quit feeding and they stopped splitting.
I had a tank crash that caused them to split hnumerous times in a couple of days. I went from two or three to something like eight in under a week. Everything else was dying off, and the GBTA's split for proliferation, I guess.
I had a tank crash that caused them to split hnumerous times in a couple of days. I went from two or three to something like eight in under a week. Everything else was dying off, and the GBTA's split for proliferation, I guess.
