BTA biotope

[bugbdon]

just wondering what the biotope for a BTA is? where in the reef do they come from.......where in relation to sps are they located..ect.

pictures of reefs would be great

or if you don't know, could you point me in the right direction?

thanks,
brandon

 

[dalston]

BTA's are found all over the ocean, they can be deep or shallow water species.

 

[bugbdon]

nice, so it'll fit where ever i put it. i have one now, but i'd like to put a biotope aquarium together

thanks

 

[tpdpercula]

Anemones will move to the level the require (i.e. lighting, flow, etc). Whether they were collected from deep or shallow water and type of anemone along with lighting on your system will play into there location.

 

[adtravels]

I have just been diving in thailand (where I live and work) in the Islands surrounding Ko tarutao national park. I saw the most BTA's here I have seen anywhere in thailand. Heteractis magnifica are by far the most common with equal amounts (but alot less) of Mertens, giganteas and cyrpto adhesiums on the sand you will find lta's and haddons (I even found a rare purple crispa this trip).

The Bta's are almost all brown, some have electric green tips and on my last trip I found a small colonie of the most vibrant Red bta's i have ever seen.
They have always been in 10 m or less of water, always as a clone field, in very close proximity to sps corals and hetreactis magnifica anemones, and in this part of the world always with amphiprion eppiphium. Their columns are always buried into the rockwork as seen by aquarists.