We got a brown BTA on a piece of live rock about a month ago, and it simply refuses to blossum. It remains mostly flat with tentacles all but retracted.
When we first got it, it moved around the tank a coupla times, settling on the side of some live rock. This afternoon we found it face down on the sand, though still alive. We relocated it to a shaded rock, where it has rooted again.
Tank is an Aquapod 24 gal with halide lighting. Temp is 79, Kh has been a little high, at about 15 (did another water change tonite).
Tankmates include two Mithrax, a Hawaiian Strawberry crab, a yellow clown goby, a lawnmower blenny, a fire shrimp, a green-banded goby, and a dozen asst hermits, and a handful of snails.
We also have a few SPS and LPS corals that are well-separated from the BTA (we named it Fred).
It really is alive, it retains its zooanthella (sp?) because it has a brownish tint. It ate a piece of silverside once or twice, but has rejected food the past few attempts.
Help!
When we first got it, it moved around the tank a coupla times, settling on the side of some live rock. This afternoon we found it face down on the sand, though still alive. We relocated it to a shaded rock, where it has rooted again.
Tank is an Aquapod 24 gal with halide lighting. Temp is 79, Kh has been a little high, at about 15 (did another water change tonite).
Tankmates include two Mithrax, a Hawaiian Strawberry crab, a yellow clown goby, a lawnmower blenny, a fire shrimp, a green-banded goby, and a dozen asst hermits, and a handful of snails.
We also have a few SPS and LPS corals that are well-separated from the BTA (we named it Fred).
It really is alive, it retains its zooanthella (sp?) because it has a brownish tint. It ate a piece of silverside once or twice, but has rejected food the past few attempts.
Help!
