could my BTA be nocturnal?

[jcegt87]

ok when lights go out my BTA doubles in size and is HUGE but as soon as the lights go on about an hour in the BTA starts shrinking more and more

basically

lights out -- HUGE
lights on -- punnie

 

[Bifferwine]

I'll just post my standard response to all anemone questions:

IT MUST BE DYING!!

Hahaha. Just kidding. I have no idea.

 

[jcegt87]

hnestly I did think that at first I was like oh crap LOL

It does look like its dying but at night it looks so awesomely cool you wouldn't think its the same nem

 

[ccCapt]

What kind of lights do you have and what kind of lights was it under where you bought it?

 

[SSalty]

What kind of lights do you have and what kind of lights was it under where you bought it?

And where is it postioned in the tank?

 

[yote]

Has it lost any of its color?

 

[jcegt87]

What kind of lights do you have and what kind of lights was it under where you bought it?

i have t5s 3 15k and 3 actinics

it was under petco lights (dunno what they use)

 

[jcegt87]

And where is it postioned in the tank?

at first it positioned it self under a rock then i flipped that rock over beign careful not to disturb it then slowly he started moving again to under the rock

 

[jcegt87]

Has it lost any of its color?

nope still beautiful green flourecent color

 

[yote]

Sometimes anemones will shrink from the lights when they are bleached or about to bleach.But with 432 watts of T-5s,you've got plenty of light for it.
Try spot feeding it every other day for a while and see if that helps.Thats what I did with my BTA when I first got it.Now its huge and is out all the time.
It takes up half my tank when its completely inflated.

 

[jcegt87]

Sometimes anemones will shrink from the lights when they are bleached or about to bleach.But with 432 watts of T-5s,you've got plenty of light for it.
Try spot feeding it every other day for a while and see if that helps.Thats what I did with my BTA when I first got it.Now its huge and is out all the time.
It takes up half my tank when its completely inflated.

i been spot feeding it for every 3 days( am i underdoing it)

 

[yote]

Depends on what and how much your feeding it.Mine gets frozen clam or raw table shrimp.
If your using mysis,then try giving it a little bit more just to see how the anemone reacts.If it dont grab the food,then wait a couple of days and try again.
Anemones can be picky as crap.

 

[jcegt87]

lol yeah ive noticed lol thanks yote

 

[yote]

Anytime Bud.

 

[jcegt87]

just a heads up and this time i added pics

my nem is still acting the same :(

this pic is at 7am as soon as the lights come on

and this one is merely 3 hrs later

i know it looks like its dying
i try and spot feed it but for the most part it just lets it drift away

everything else including my other nem are thriving (well the other nem IS easier to maintain ) but still i feel like just removing it from my tank

 

[yote]

This is going on the pic.But it looks like its bleached to me.
Has it been eatting when you try to spot feed it?If it is eatting.Then feed it every day.You can get them to color back up,but you have to make sure its getting nutrients untill it does regain its color.

 

[jcegt87]

thats the thing yote its refuses to eat it just spits it out

 

[d.french]

my rock anenome and ritteri anenome poof up at night also and there healthy so not sure why they do

 

[yote]

What are you trying to feed it JCE?
Mine never would accept mysis.But it'll latch onto clams,scallops,silversides,and really loved raw table shrimp.
Try offering it something different and see what happens.

 

[jcegt87]

i have tried mysis, brine, blood worms even went to the store bought raw shrim chopped it up into nice little peices but no luck i tried silversides first but he just left them

the reason i got the shrimp mainly was fo my puffer