BTA not looking good.

[izau3138]

I have a BTA and a mating pair of Gold striped Maroon Clownfish. I have had the BTA for about 2 months. He is not looking good. His mouth is closed and not leaking any fluid. The problem is that he will not hardly extend any of his tentacles. He hasn't moved in a long time, so it seems that he likes his spot. He will still accept food. I guess the question is that: What happend to his tentacles? I can honestly say that for a month that my nitrates have been in between 5 and 10. Could this be the problem? Any suggestions?

 

[TOURKID]

what and how often are you feeding it? sounds like it could be starving. is it shrinking too? or just tenicle loss?

 

[izau3138]

Yes shrinking, also

 

[izau3138]

How much should I feed and not raise the nitrates?

 

[redvipe2010]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9468891#post9468891 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TOURKID
what and how often are you feeding it?

 

[redvipe2010]

Sorry, posted at the same time. Need to figure out why your nitrates are high. They need to eat about twice a week.

 

[RedEyeElf]

I would say slowly dieing, you have a 5 month old tank and a 3 month old nem

feed him silverside pieces, small pieces, like your pinky fingernail size to start
do acouple small water changes over the week and get your nitrates down

 

[izau3138]

Would Marine snow count as feeding??

 

[xbambamx]

i gurantee its the maroons, i had a 3 month old nem also, and RIGHT when i added my maroon pair they beat it up so bad!!!

 

[Slakker]

Marine Snow doesn't count as feeding an anemone...they require substantial, meaty foods to survive...they are not filter feeders.

 

[tangyreefer05]

My brother has a condy that does well with shrimp. It rejects silversides.

 

[kurt72]

how big is the BTA compared to the maroons. i had a small BTA that was doing great for 2 months. then i added some maroons and slowly, it died. they really beat it up.

i now have a new BTA that is about 2 3/4-3 times as big as the female maroon. the BTA has been in the tank for about 2 wks. doing great.

if silversides don't work, maybe chopped sqiud, chopped up scallops? i noticed my BTA's tentacles were a little droopy, and it looked deflated overall. fed, plumped right up.

good luck!!

 

[SEAFLOWERS]

this happened to me years ago w/ maroons, the host nem needs to be significantly larger than the fish or it will not survive the "love" that they show it.

 

[enchie]

"Marine Snow doesn't count as feeding an anemone...they require substantial, meaty foods to survive...they are not filter feeders."

I respectfully disagree with slakker. I do think they can filter feed somewhat.

I haven't fed my anemone's any meaty foods in maybe a year?
I do dose Liquid Life BioPlankton maybe once a week.

I also target feed the anemone's "reef roids." I bought this to see if it would work on my corals. I didn't notice any difference positive or negative to be honest. However, the mouths of the anemone's would open up real wide & they would move to try & catch the stuff.

So for the past 4 months or so, I target feed them this stuff.
I use one teaspoon of the stuff & mix it in a small cup with my existing tank water. I then target feed them with a turkey baster. They love this stuff....I think. It looks like they eat it. I don't feed them & they are alive & doing well so I assume they eat it.

I have also noticed that they catch formula 1 flakes when I just feed my tank normally.

I have had the original anemone for maybe 4+ years. I have 3 right now, one is the original. The other two are from a split. I lost a 4th when it got sucked into a pump. And another one just vanished one day shortly after a split.

In my opinon, the anemones seem to get stressed from eating so much food. Silversides & shrimp is what I used to feed them a long time ago.
I noticed they would shrivel up to get rid of the waste. Instead of feeding them twice a week, I cut back to once a week.

I saw positive results so I then cut back to once every 2 weeks. I then cut back to once a month. They seemed healthier & more colorfull. Then I think I went 2 months, they all looked fine.

Then I had bought the reef roids for the corals & found that they eat this stuff & have been using it since.

Stuff lasts a long time. And I don't have to feel strange asking the guy behind the counter for 3 shrimp.
NO, not 3 lbs. 3 shrimp please.

hahaha

OOh I do have 2 tomato clowns that host the biggest (original) anemone.

My camera was broke. I bought a new sim card, see if that works. If it does I will take some before & after photos so you guys can see the stuff in action.

 

[Big Brother]

wow dude

i feel sorry for your anemones

seriously, any expert will tell you they need meaty foods. i mean, look it up on google or anything, read a book.

they may be doing fine now but i doubt theyll survive...

 

[enchie]

"Marine Snow doesn't count as feeding an anemone...they require substantial, meaty foods to survive...they are not filter feeders."

I respectfully disagree with slakker. I do think they can filter feed somewhat.

I haven't fed my anemone's any meaty foods in maybe a year?
I do dose Liquid Life BioPlankton maybe once a week.

I also target feed the anemone's "reef roids." I bought this to see if it would work on my corals. I didn't notice any difference positive or negative to be honest. However, the mouths of the anemone's would open up real wide & they would move to try & catch the stuff.

So for the past 4 months or so, I target feed them this stuff.
I use one teaspoon of the stuff & mix it in a small cup with my existing tank water. I then target feed them with a turkey baster. They love this stuff....I think. It looks like they eat it. I don't feed them & they are alive & doing well so I assume they eat it.

I have also noticed that they catch formula 1 flakes when I just feed my tank normally.

I have had the original anemone for maybe 4+ years. I have 3 right now, one is the original. The other two are from a split. I lost a 4th when it got sucked into a pump. And another one just vanished one day shortly after a split.

In my opinon, the anemones seem to get stressed from eating so much food. Silversides & shrimp is what I used to feed them a long time ago.
I noticed they would shrivel up to get rid of the waste. Instead of feeding them twice a week, I cut back to once a week.

I saw positive results so I then cut back to once every 2 weeks. I then cut back to once a month. They seemed healthier & more colorfull. Then I think I went 2 months, they all looked fine.

Then I had bought the reef roids for the corals & found that they eat this stuff & have been using it since.

Stuff lasts a long time. And I don't have to feel strange asking the guy behind the counter for 3 shrimp.
NO, not 3 lbs. 3 shrimp please.

hahaha

OOh I do have 2 tomato clowns that host the biggest (original) anemone.

My camera was broke. I bought a new sim card, see if that works. If it does I will take some before & after photos so you guys can see the stuff in action.