Is my RBTA dying?

[jlschweda1971]

About an hour ago my RBTA was full and flowing nicely. Now, I look over and it looks like the whole thing is deflated and it looks brown around the mouth. There are some pesky emerald crabs around her, which I'm sure is not helping. Can someone tell me if she is dying?

 

[NewOne81]

The mouth is gaping pretty bad, not usually a good sign. Have you fed it at all lately?

 

[NewOne81]

of course the standard.....what are your water parameters, age of tank, how long have you had the rbta, lighting?, livestock, flow....

 

[jlschweda1971]

Parameters are fine, have had tank going on 5 months, had the RBTA for about 4 months, AL and Marineland LED lighting, 2 MJ1200, 1 MJ900, 2 chromis, clarkii, bi-color blenny, lawnmower blenny, filefish, 3 other BTA, and 1 LT plate coral.

I have not touched her. Should I remove her from the tank tonight, so that she doesnt pollute the water should she disintegrate more? This is all so sudden, I am at a loss. She was fine just and hour and half ago.

 

[NewOne81]

If it were me, i wouldnt pull it just yet. It doesnt seem that far gone. If you have the time available to watch it for most of the day thats what i would do. That way you can pull it if it really goes down hill and before it nukes your tank. If the insides start coming out of the mouth then it might be done for.

 

[kissman]

Tank is still kinda new for an anemone. What is AL lighting? I know what Marineland is and thats not enough for an aneomne. They demand a lot of light. You have tested Nitrates, Phosphates, Nitrites, Alkalinity etc...? Thats a lot of live stock for a tank thats only 5 months old

 

[kevin32]

I heard a lot of people say the Marineland LED are CRAP. I personally dont have it so I can't confirm, but those are what I heard.


Perhaps the RBTA need more lightning.

 

[sjwitt]

My RBTA did the same thing a few months after I put it in my tank... scared the poop out of me. After a day or so, it plumped back up and was fine. That was probably more than a year ago and today it is now 4 dinner-plate sized RBTAs. Leave it alone and see what happens.

 

[aydemir]

Mine has done that before, the water conditions were poor. It might just be exchanging water, my anemone was fine the next day.

 

[dc]

My lights are Marineland. I'm big on water changes when things are going wrong.