BTA remains?

[stgla]

I had a BTA go missing a few months ago, never to be found.

It stayed in the same spot that I first placed it for months, then one day moved a few inches, then the next day was gone forever.

I am presuming it's dead. What would its carcass look like? What happens to the body when it dies? Does it pollute? Why have I never seen any evidence of it?

 

[TKByrnes]

when they die they turn into a slime stringy stuff goes all over the tank. well the carpet I had a few years ago did that. I think you would know if he was dead!

 

[Clarkii Clowns]

Keep a close eye on your water parameters, ammonia, nitrite /trate. When anemones start to disintegrate they can really pollute the water, if you find it remove it.

 

[stgla]

It has been like five months. Is it possible that the anemone is alive somewhere? I don't remember any ammonia spikes, although I did have some gunky white stuff on the surface a few weeks ago.

 

[stgla]

bump.

 

[dc]

Sounds like it just dissolved and disappeared. Since they like light, I'd think you would have seen it by now. Luckily your tank didn't seem to suffer for it.

 

[55semireef]

I am not sure if this is an urban myth or not but I heard that when not acclimated, BTAs can hide from MH or really strong T5s.

 

[stgla]

Yes, most anemones will move to a more/less lighted areas if they are not acclimated properly. However, this specimen moved from a tank with identical lighting and it spent two months in the same spot in the new tank before it disappeared.

 

[55semireef]

It may have had the same lighting but I am sure it had different water chemistry, flow, and clearity of the water which can cause BTAs to hide.

 

[sarahkucera]

They don't really have carcasses, persay.
A BTA will sort of disintegrate until it gets to the point where it's just gross, nasty slime. It would definitely create a spike when it died if the remains were left in the tank. Anything that dies will pollute a tank, and an anemone is a rather large amount of dead animal to pollute. Is it possible it's in the back in the rockwork underneath something?
I would think that you would notice it if it died. I had a tiny baby nem that came on a rock with a larger nem die in my 125 and it was apparent the next day that there was a dead nem in my tank, and it was only like a ten tentacle itsy bitsy baby nem.

 

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8167526#post8167526 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sarahkucera
They don't really have carcasses, persay.
A BTA will sort of disintegrate until it gets to the point where it's just gross, nasty slime. It would definitely create a spike when it died if the remains were left in the tank. Anything that dies will pollute a tank, and an anemone is a rather large amount of dead animal to pollute. Is it possible it's in the back in the rockwork underneath something?
I would think that you would notice it if it died. I had a tiny baby nem that came on a rock with a larger nem die in my 125 and it was apparent the next day that there was a dead nem in my tank, and it was only like a ten tentacle itsy bitsy baby nem.

I am sure by now that he would notice if he had an anemone in his tank.

 

[stgla]

I have a lot of crabs and snails and zillions of worms, so anything that dies in my tank gets cleaned up quick. Still, I'm surprised I never saw what happened to the BTA.