bubble tip anemone not bubble tipped.

[Mr.Maska]

I bought a beautiful anemone 4-5 months ago, and lives happily with a maroon clown. the anemone is loving life and just split today. when i bought the anemone it was bubble tipped but shortly after it became stringy, but very happy and full looking. Is It because of my lighting being powerful that did this?
Or is it because this cinnamon bubble tip came from deeper depths of water?
Any ideas?
As always thanks guys appreciate the comments and advise!


-Daniel

 

[jarrett shark]

I think it is flow and lighting... I have one that split and is bubble and other one is stringy

 

[e46slc]

+1 on lighting. If the lighting isn't sufficient, it'll have to stretch towards the light, making it stringy. Where is it in the tank?

 

[ColaAddict]

I have metal hallides, I used to have to RBTA's, 1 chose to go to the bottom and the other 1 chose to stay at the top of the tank. Both were huge and stringy. I wonder if it's more about the flow. I know at the LFS they don't use alot of flow in the tanks and all the BTA's are bubbled up. Hopefully a BTA expert would chime into this thread.

 

[hogben]

I don't think even a BTA expert can definitively say why some bubble and others don't.

I could argue less intense lighting creates bubble tips to increase the surface area the anemone has to catch light, while more intense lighting cause the tips to narrow and absorb less light.

Truthfully I don't think it has anything to do with lighting or flow.

Maybe it is some reaction happening with the symbiosis anemones share with zooxanthellae, and through photosynthesis a pressure difference is created between the cell walls causing the anemone to inflate.

Or maybe I'm just making stuff up!

 

[Mr.Maska]

I just wikipedia some info, it says that larger bubble tips that are at deeper depths depend on less light and are more stringy. Does this sound correct?

 

[Mr.Maska]

+1 on lighting. If the lighting isn't sufficient, it'll have to stretch towards the light, making it stringy. Where is it in the tank?

Below is details on lighting(tank info), tank is sps corals from top to bottom, hes not in the shade and is at the bottom.

 

[hogben]

I just wikipedia some info, it says that larger bubble tips that are at deeper depths depend on less light and are more stringy. Does this sound correct?

Even the wiki says these are theories, nobody really knows for sure.

I would theorize longer tentacles are needed to catch more food, not to "reach" for more light.

 

[Reef1589]

ive had a BTA since Febuary... or early Febuary... started under LeD's for 3 weeks till i tore that tank down (while under the LeD's, i found it started to elongate... and tentacles were getting longer..) after the tear down moved it under my 4 bulb 54w t5 fixture.. and it took about a 1 1/2 weeks for it to acclamate (i thought it was gonna die cause it just didnt look happy)... and now i got 2 (because it split) decently sized really REALLY bubbled tipped anemones..
this is what it looked 2 days before it split

now i got 2... that look like that...and have already grown ... probably doubled in size since the split.

oh i forgot to say, 2 small Maroon clowns where hosting it. and while it was in the LeD tank, no clowns were really hosting it..
wasnt till my maroons and i moved it under my T5 system that it got really bubbled.

 

[bues0022]

His topic comes up from time to time. If you search there are many many theories. I've had clones neat to each other where a Clownfish went between them and one was bubbled and the other wasn't. Furthermore, I've had a single BTA with some tentacles bubbled and some not. Truth is right now there aren't any confirmed theories any more than the next.

 

[BonsaiNut]

Despite the numerous posts in this thread, no one knows what makes a BTA tentacle bubble or not.

Even in the wild, within a colony of clones, in the same location and the same presence of food sources, some BTA's will bubble and some will not.

 

[Mr.Maska]

Thanks for the responses guys much appreciated.

 

[Da Saltwater DJ]

So are you say'n that your t5 is better than your LED's for your BTA ?