My BTA got burned?

[macperry]

I got this BTA about a week ago, and it took a tour of my tank before deciding on it's new home. When you look at the lower right front corner of the pic, you might be able to make out where a small colony of button polyps used to live. I could tell the anem was being bothered by the buttons, so I took a razor blade and moved them. Then I could get a good look at that part of the anem. It looks like the buttons burned a couple of the BTA's tentacles that used to rub against them. Is the damage going to do any long term harm to the BTA? Will the tentacles heal? Have a look and let me know what you think...I did the best I could with the pics...my macro focus on my Sony Cyber-shot is obviously smarter than I am.

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[macperry]

Anyone?

 

[raoul]

I looked, but I'm not sure I see anything I would be too worried about. But maybe I'm not looking in the right spot. I think nems recover like other living things. Just keep taking care of it and I would think it would be fine. Just my 2c
Have fun!

 

[DivaMan]

IT should be fine. Id think there should be more damage to the button polyps.

 

[Mr Sh0tgun]

just out of curiosity, what kind of lighting do you have over your tank?

 

[macperry]

raoul: lower right hand corner, you can see where the tentacles have some darker "dents" in them.

DivaMan: For some reason the buttons seemed to be winning the chemical warfare. You can see the damage to the tentacles in the lower right corner near the rock where the polyps used to be.

Mr ShOtgun: Flame away...I have :
1x27w SunPaq Dual Daylight & 1 27w SunPaq Dual Actinic

 

[redvipe2010]

Looks a little hungry.

 

[raoul]

I thought that's what you might be talking about, I wouldn't worry about it

 

[montanabay]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9085867#post9085867 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by macperry

Mr ShOtgun: Flame away...I have :
1x27w SunPaq Dual Daylight & 1 27w SunPaq Dual Actinic

How long has it been in there under this light? Keep us posted, I'm curious how it does (I hope it does well!)

Cheers,


Josh

 

[macperry]

redvipe2010: why do you say it looks hungry?

 

[Slakker]

Most likely because the tentacles are pretty stubbed...this is sometimes a sign of a hungry anemone, as they digest their tentacles to survive.

 

[airinhere]

hey there, I wouldnt worry about the stings your anem recieved from the button polyps. They should heal in a few days. I would worry about the light situation more. The bta is pretty tolerant of minimal lighting enviroments, but will require being fed to compensate for the lack of light. The anem needs to get its chemichal energy either by light affecting its zooxenthaline (sp?) or by being target fed something like mysid shrimp. Stay away from feeding large chunks of food like silversides or you could end up nursing your anem through a period where it cant digest all its food and the stuff rots in its stomach. (I did this to a LTA and am still awaiting his recovery.)
Try to keep your water quality as near optimal as possible and remember to check your ph, dkh and the nitrate ammonia and nitrite. People seem to ignore ph and dkh and that can be the diference between a healthy tank and a tankful of slowly shriveling animals that die easily.

 

[DivaMan]

Like I said it should be fine, but feed it some stuff.