EllisColes
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i dont like the fact that my new anemone looks really good one hour and really crappy the next!
dang anemones
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EllisColes
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oh thanks lol i figured that but what would bother it?
55semireef
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If your anemone is doing this on a hourly basis than something is definately bothering it in the water. Lighting would have nothing to do with it...
On another note, do you have any clownfish hosting it? I will assume that you just bought this anemone.
On another note, do you have any clownfish hosting it? I will assume that you just bought this anemone.
thrillreefer
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It's probably one of those new oscillating BTA that have been showing up lately...
DeepBlueSea
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What does this mean? "oscillating BTA "
55semireef
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What are you talking about?
EllisColes
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yeah the clowns are not hosting it yet but it looks great today and looks very healthy! but what the heck is a oscillating bta?
55semireef
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That's what I was wondering. Maybe its a new "super" type of species...
EllisColes
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so what would qualify a lta as super? just for knowledge?
DeepBlueSea
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10210604#post10210604 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 55semireef
That's what I was wondering. Maybe its a new "super" type of species...
It's a funny statement to me... I got home on Saturday night to find my anem had attempted to move again but got caught in the currents in my tank and was just spinning around and around and around, fully expanded and looking "happy as a clam".
That was an oscillating bta.
EllisColes
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haha mine actually did that the first night i got it then it kinda crawled back into a hole!
55semireef
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Oh I was being very sarcastic. lol.
I am still not sure what thrillreefer meant by "oscillating BTA." I know to oscillate means to "sway back and forth" however anemones only do that in the current. A BTA is a BTA, not an oscillating BTA. Now there are going to be a plethora of color morphs and personalities of individuals but BTAs are not suppose to shrink up on a hourly basis. That's a sign that it is being stressed.
Deepbluesea, did you see any verrucae under the oral disk when your anemone got caught in the current?
DeepBlueSea
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Still no verrucae, thinking BTA...
55semireef
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A nice one at that too
EllisColes
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so now im thinking that its excreting bc ive recognized that it happens the day after it eats evertime
redvipe2010
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How often, and what size portions are you feeding it? What are you feeding?
EllisColes
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its gettin a piece of krill every other day bc its kinda new, but im gonna back off a little at the end of the week
