4in GSM, & BTA irritation -

[Ltrain]

I've had a large approx. 4 in. GSM in a 75 w/ low bioload, water params and lighting were fine, introduced a BTA that did great for about a week and then slowly declined. There is a chance that I didn't acclimate long enough (only 1 hr.), - I lost the BTA within 3 weeks.

The GSM literally hosted before the BTA "hit the ground" so to speak, so I feel that even though the BTA attached and moved to a spot where it stayed, it was never "settled."
After long thought and reading of posts and re-reading, I almost completely convinced that the BTA wasn't big enough for the GSM and was irritated to death - I'm interested in any other experiences in this regard -

(the BTA at issue, at its most full, was probably 2x the GSM diameter, at average 1.5, and smaller than the GSM when deflated)

Any solution besides waiting until LFS gets a "giant" BTA?

Would introducing 2 BTA's at once disburse the irritation? (or do they only host singly, as I assume)?

I'm not going to risk another BTA unless I'm confident this won't happen again.

Thanks.

 

[SEAFLOWERS]

were you feeding it, the nem that is? That could be why it died or the stress from the shipping hard to say. Do check out Joyce Wilkersons' book on clowns and nems, I believe she states that the host nem should be 2 to 3 times the size of the clown or three to four, I'm not sure at the moment, it's early here and I'm still waking up. I keep a nem species tank and my clowns do jump from nem to nem, but always go back to their favorite, so I do'nt know if getting multiple nems will solve this problem.

 

[Ltrain]

Thanks for the response, looking for any more input available on this topic (& as for Wilkerson, I've probably read the book 4 times over sitting in the store, but probably need my own copy for easier reference!).

 

[Ltrain]

As for feeding, b/t me and the GSM it was getting fed about every other day, mainly large chunks of homemade food, which consists primarily of scallops/shrimp/"whitefish".