BTAs taking over

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Irishdolphin

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Here's what it looks like when BTA's start to take over your tank - still not sure if i will leave them all (must be heaven for the clowns) or start to 'prune' a bit
 

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I've seen this thread so many times, and usually they aren't really BTA's. :lolspin:

Good for you, that's not a bad problem to have!
 
gibbous said:
Gorgeous. Lighting specs? How long did it take to go from a single to this, assuming that's what happened?
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Cheers. Lighting is 4 x 54w Giesseman T5s and 2 TMC Aquabeam 600 LEDs
It took about 2 years. I started with 2 and they have been splitting fairly constantly since then. I also have 1 GBTA which has not split even once.
 
Irishdolphin said:
Cheers. Lighting is 4 x 54w Giesseman T5s and 2 TMC Aquabeam 600 LEDs
It took about 2 years. I started with 2 and they have been splitting fairly constantly since then. I also have 1 GBTA which has not split even once.
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Maybe it's just the picture but it seems to have a strong yet very nice blue tone to the light, really looks like deep water. Being that some BTA's come from deep spots on the reef I wonder if something like that might prompt one species to grow and split and another not to.
 
gibbous said:
Maybe it's just the picture but it seems to have a strong yet very nice blue tone to the light, really looks like deep water. Being that some BTA's come from deep spots on the reef I wonder if something like that might prompt one species to grow and split and another not to.
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Blue tone is probably partially / largely caused by iphone and photo was taken late at night and i think some of the lights had switched off and remaining LEDs were very purple
Re split vs not split i think i have read some threads on here that suggest that some BTA's may be 'colonial' in nature and likely to split whereas some are more solitary in nature - not sure if this is fact or hypothesis
 
Hi irishdolphin, how did u get it to spilt so many times? I have a rbta and a rainbow bta and a gbta and i want the same thing to happen to my tank? Thanks..
 
Once you get the hang of it, BTA's are pretty easy.
Mine are in 10 gal tanks and when they get to be too large for the esthetics of the tank I split them and give one away.
 
raythepilot said:
Once you get the hang of it, BTA's are pretty easy.
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Do you mean get the hang of things specific to the care of BTA's, or just reefing in general?

They're easy to keep in an otherwise healthy reef tank, but there seem to be conflicting ideas about what causes them to flourish like this. Most of what I've read suggests that more food and light encourages splitting, but here no direct feeding and relatively modest light is getting it done.
 
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