? About BTA

[kellynguyen]

I just got a bta yesterday, i looks happy, its not pale, or at least it looks a little pink with really pink tips, real pretty, anyways i was wondering when do i feed him?? i was feeding my fish and some of the flakes landed on the anemone and he ate them.. but im not sure if its ok or if i should wait, and how much to feed it??? ohh and if i should fee him intead bryne shrimp??

thank you in advance for your help!!

 

[GSMguy]

feed it cut up silversides and krill and shrimp you can but them all frozen feed it 2 to 3 a week by placing the fool in its tentacles

 

[harrisagogetter]

let it sit for at least a week and then do it though. they need time to adjust and get comfortable with the tank surroundings, light ect.....

 

[kellynguyen]

thank you, i got a correction tho.. i thought it was a BTA, but is a haitian anemone...

 

[reefallen]

Kelly,

Regardless of the type of anemone you have, you are going to have some major problems SOON!!! From your tagline, your tank has only been up and running for 2 WEEKS!!! That means it hasn't even had time to cycle yet.

Have you even had your ammonia spike yet?

I'm really concerned about the health/life of this nem. Do you have a fellow local RC member who could "take care" of it for you until your tank is more established? The "rule of thumb" is no less than 6 months.

Hope this helps and Good Luck!

 

[bwest]

Wow yeah, ammonia and nitrites should be monitored. Unless you got everything out of an established tank?

 

[kellynguyen]

ohhh Reefallen, im sorry that info is not updated which i will do right now, my tank has been running for 5 months now, sorry not 2 weeks, i wouldnt put the nem thru something like that, all my readings are 0, and tem is 78-79. sph is 1.023, the only thing that im concern is that i have a little cyano, but im trying to work on that righ now, picking it out, it kinda stopped growing but im not too sure.....

 

[reefallen]

5 months is still not long enough period of time to get a tank established properly before adding an anemone of ANY kind!! 6 months is the MINIMUM, but optimally, it should be about a year unless you are working with the hardier of the anemones.

 

[GSMguy]

i put my LTA in my tank affter two months it thrived it really depends on the system

 

[reefallen]

Decades of research has proven otherwise. Also, your nem isn't even one year out yet... So, you really don't know how it will "thrive". It is alive for now. For example, in the wild and in a well-established and maintained reef, a nem will live for decades. You're at max (according to your sig line) only 10 months out.

Perhaps you will be "lucky", but it really isn't responsible reef keeping IMHO to put a nem in a tank that is not fully established and cycled.