Deflated BTA

[oceanfloor]

I need some advice; I recently bought a BTA and everything seemed fine for the first two days. It has been about a week now for about 2 days his tips have not been very full, and not many of them even show. He is moving around a little and I am not sure why his tips are not bigger. I am fairly new to this hobby and this is my first BTA. Can someone help, please??

 

[Fragmented]

How long have you had your tank set up?

BTAs do not do well without a stable, mature, well established tank environment.

What are your water test results?
What kind of lighting do you have?
How about flow?

 

[55semireef]

Re: Deflated BTA

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8249971#post8249971 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by oceanfloor
I need some advice; I recently bought a BTA and everything seemed fine for the first two days. It has been about a week now for about 2 days his tips have not been very full, and not many of them even show. He is moving around a little and I am not sure why his tips are not bigger. I am fairly new to this hobby and this is my first BTA. Can someone help, please??

This can be normal for them to deflate off and on when you first get an anemone. Anemones also deflate when they extract waste out of their system. When they deflate, think of it as a waterchange. They take out water and then replace water.

What kind of lighting do you have?