My anemone is looking like it's splitting. I won't know till it retracts at lights out etc but it's pretty oval shaped and attached to about 3 different rocks fairly far apart now.
The question is, how resistant are BTAs to various coral stings?
There is an SPS coral near it which will obviously die once the BTA hits it. But I'm reasonably sure the SPS is mostly gone anyway as it has lost all of its color a very long time ago and while not stark white like other SPS I've lost over the years, it's certainly not looking good. It's more of a beige color.
If it's really a split, the other piece will very likely come in contact with my Zoanthid. Now I've been told that BTAs and Zoanthids can coexist fairly well and neither will cause harm to the other. Any truth to this.
If it goes the other direction, it will run into a leather (which I can still move as it hasn't grown off its plug yet) and a Frogspawn LPS which will probably take out the BTA (which I fully intend to move by tonight just in case).
Anything else I should/can do about this? Think if I put some rubble on the ground the split will wander on it and I can move it? It looks like both pieces of the BTA are moving in opposite directions, but one is going almost vertical on some rock so I can't move it.
I have the cover on my vortech just incase one lets go too.
Any other precautions I should do?
The question is, how resistant are BTAs to various coral stings?
There is an SPS coral near it which will obviously die once the BTA hits it. But I'm reasonably sure the SPS is mostly gone anyway as it has lost all of its color a very long time ago and while not stark white like other SPS I've lost over the years, it's certainly not looking good. It's more of a beige color.
If it's really a split, the other piece will very likely come in contact with my Zoanthid. Now I've been told that BTAs and Zoanthids can coexist fairly well and neither will cause harm to the other. Any truth to this.
If it goes the other direction, it will run into a leather (which I can still move as it hasn't grown off its plug yet) and a Frogspawn LPS which will probably take out the BTA (which I fully intend to move by tonight just in case).
Anything else I should/can do about this? Think if I put some rubble on the ground the split will wander on it and I can move it? It looks like both pieces of the BTA are moving in opposite directions, but one is going almost vertical on some rock so I can't move it.
I have the cover on my vortech just incase one lets go too.
Any other precautions I should do?
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