BTA Tentacles thin.

[glenns]

My BTA was hiding when I first introduced it. It was in a rock cave at the bottom of my 90G tank. It slowly began coming out and had bubble tips. I would feed it a little shrimp a couple times a week. Sunday, it started coming out of the top of the rock cave. But its tentacles were thin. So I fed it some plankton and shrimp. They tentacles are still thin. It doesn't appear to be stretching itself out too much, so I don't think the problem is not enough light. But I suppose it could be. Currently it comes out in 6 - 8" of water. Lights are 6 54W bulb Tek T5 Retro. Could the problem be the spectrum my bulbs emit?

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[1fishkeeper]

Thats the problem with BTA no one really knows what makes them bubble or go thin.

 

[glenns]

Thats the problem with BTA no one really knows what makes them bubble or go thin.

So I don't need to add a daylight bulb to the mix?

 

[xtlosx]

I have a RBTA that is right under my LEDs and he has thinner tentacles, but now that I look over some are bubbled...

His GBTA cousin is 6" underneath him and is wickedly bubbled.....

No one can explain it from what I've heard\read.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Yup, unsolved mystery. It's nothing to worry about as long as the anemone is healthy.