Large BTA questions

[reefertank]

So I had a couple questions about BTAs as they get big, like 10+ inches.

1. Do BTAs ever bubble once they grow older? Or is this just when they are smaller? Mine bubbles some right now, and I was just wonder if any of them fully bubble as they get larger.

2. Are large BTAs more hardy than when they were around 4 inches and smaller?

 

[ocellaris123]

Bubbling ime is completely random. Some bubble, while some do not and size is not a factor when determining whether they bubble or not.

 

[dudley moray]

hunger is what dictates bubbling according to what i have read when i bought mine it was bubbled under halide lights now under t5's in my tank it rarely does unless i feed it like 3-4 krill then it only bubbles for a couple of minutes but apparently they bubble when not feeding stretching tenticles out to catch food

 

[reefertank]

I was just wondering if they bubble when larger.. because I've never seen one completely just bubbles at my LFS that has like 14+ inch BTAs.. They've normally got long tentacles with a bubble in the middle. But yeah I've never seen a large one completely bubbled out.


Anyone know if anemones are hardier as they get larger?

 

[ocellaris123]

Mine are under halides and do not bubble and are fed heavily. Any ways I wouldn't think larger anemones are more hardier than smaller anemones, if the smaller anemones were that size to begin with. Sometimes if an anemone is starving/unhealthy they will shrink down significantly from their former size.