GBTA help please

[james30ct]

I have had a gbta for about 2 months now and it hides under a cave and doesnt have tentacles just tiny nubs. I was told to move it in light and put eggcrate and layers of screen over it and remove a screen every week or so to aclimate it. Its been over a week and it went back into a cave. I've read to feed it daily and not feed it at all. It still sticks to rocks but it still looks awful. Not sure what to do. I have a 72gal bowfront with cree leds at 65%.

 

[james30ct]

This is what it looks like and what its looked like since day one. Its always been footed and stays pretty much in the shade.

 

[james30ct]

Tank is 13 months old. Water params are temp 80, sg 1.025, ph 8.1, nitrates 0, nitrites 0, ammonia 0, calcium 410, alk 11dkh.

 

[killerbubbles]

Mag?

 

[Mavrk]

Don't move it, and do feed it.

 

[james30ct]

mag was a little low so I added some last night. The nem has moved to where it basically upside down and makes it almost impossible to feed.

 

[killerbubbles]

Your photo is a little hard to see. How does the mouth look?

 

[dc]

You can buy long tongs to feed. I always liked frozen prime reef as it holds together.

 

[Mr.Kook]

Mine is doing the same thing. is basicly hanging up side down when ever i try to feed it wont grab its not sticky. it tends to shrink up one the MH come son and opens back up twards the end of the day. im taging along for any help here i try to feed every other day or so and i know it needs to eat but it wont

 

[james30ct]

tongs wont help get under the rock. I was told not to move it but I can barely even see it to see if its ok, so I'm going to move the rock.

 

[james30ct]

Your photo is a little hard to see. How does the mouth look?

the mouth is hard to see because of how tight the nem is but nothing brown coming out if thats what you were wondering.

 

[G4546]

It appears very bleached. It is in need of some TLC to recover or it will just continue to shrink and shrink (or suffer and suffer ) Try and snap a few other photos if you could mate

 

[K1983]

You should feed it daily, i have one BTA like yours and is taking me weeks to make it regain it's color (red). Move the rock and put it facing up so you can feed it properly, i recomend you to feed it small pieces of crude shrimp and keep your mg as stable as you can.

Good luck.




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Sorry about my english!!

 

[taylor t]

Is it possible to readjust the rock, like twist it, just a little bit, so the flow stays the same, but a little corner or small part of it gets just a little bit of light? To kind of draw it out, once it starts to recover? I had one just like that took a long time to recover, got it from my uncle's tank break down. Recovered very nicely. It will take TLC.

 

[dc]

You can try sucking up food in a turkey baster and squirting it in the crevice.

 

[james30ct]

I've tried the Turkey baster a few times with mysis but i don't think its eating it. It doesn't really close up and i can't really see a mouth. I gave it a small chunk of thawed formula one today but i don't think it liked it. Closed up on it but didn't eat it and it was small.