Specks on BTA

[Krzydmnd]

Hi all. This is my first nem and it seems quite happy and getting bigger daily! I noticed the white specks recently and worried it might be critters!?

What do you think.?

 

[Katrina71]

Can you zoom in? Some nems are speckled.

 

[Katrina71]

Just from the shape it almost looks like flatworms. Google acoel flatworms. Tell me if that's what you see.

 

[NY_Caveman]

I think it might just be particles sticking like food bits or debris.

 

[NY_Caveman]

It is everywhere though. Certain nudibranchs might go after anemones, but probably rare captive. Not sure about flatworms.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Almost looks like eggs.

 

[Katrina71]

That's a beautiful nem though.

 

[Deiblerj]

What kind of substrate do you have? Mine gets sand on it sometimes and looks just like that.

 

[Dom]

What kind of substrate do you have? Mine gets sand on it sometimes and looks just like that.

I thought the same thing... sand...

 

[Krzydmnd]

On closer inspection, it does appear to be sand. He's up on a rock but I do have a tiger goby that is notorious for swimming into the water column to expel his, sifting. The BTA seems quite sticky too, lol!

 

[Orion1885]

Hey, looks like normal speckling pattern of certain morphs of bta's. Looks good and healthy to me!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like very normal pigment pattern. Their tentacles are very sticky and can also grab suspended matter as well as sand but looks like normal pigment.