Relocating a BTA...

[Dom]

I have a green BTA that appears to be very happy. At night and during the morning light ramp up, it is fully inflated and looks as if it is ready to pop! LOL

What I am noticing is that as the lights get brighter, it seems to deflate by about 20%.

When I purchased it from the LFS, he was in an area that was more shadows than light. And when I finally placed it in the DT, I thought for sure it would relocate. It's still attached to the rock on which he was connected and in the spot I placed it.

I feel like I want to move it into a shadow area of the tank to see if it stays more inflated during the light cycle.

The other part of me is saying that if it was unhappy with the light and flow conditions where I placed it, it would have moved.

I'm the first person to say: "If it isn't broken, don't fix it."

But here I am thinking about doing just that.

Thoughts anyone?

 

[CSmooth2009]

I would just leave it be... it’s doing its thing when adjusting to the lights and exchanging water in its self... if it’s happy no need to move it. If it’s unhappy.. trust me.. your not gunna stop it from moving to a place it wants to move. [emoji1360]

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Leave it, if it's unhappy it will move and chances are...it will move back to the spot you moved it from.

 

[Dom]

I asked a silly question.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

I asked a silly question.

There are no silly questions.

 

[Dom]

There are no silly questions.

I have to disagree! LOL

 

[User1]

Really - you didn't. Has others stated if you try to move it you very well may damage it. Not only that it may end up where you moved it from. A lot depends on lighting, flow, and attachment point. I have 9 or 10 rose bubble tips and they move from time to time most notably due to water flow. In fact a few times I wanted to move one I had to direct a power head 24 x 7 with low flow to get it to move. About a week after I remove it guess what, it was right back at the original spot. I tried it again, it moved again, I moved the power head, and two days later it is right back at the starting point. Come to find out it preferred the crevice or hole it was using to attach.

I thought it was too close to another power head when it fully extended so try has I did to have it move, it wasn't having any part of it. Later I moved that power head source and that was it.