New BTA looking droopy

[uscgbeachbum]

So I picked up a sweet looking glowstick BTA about 2 weeks ago. Looked identical to this:

So I dimmed my Kessil A360Ws down to 20% and placed him about 5" under water directly below one of the Kessils. It sat there the entire day just sunbathing. Over night it moved about 5" over and down about 2" so it was peeking up between 2 rocks. It stayed there for nearly a week before it went to the underside of the rock. Its stayed there since. Initially it'd still open up to a nice, bubbly size, but over the past 5 days or so it doesn't inflate at all. Just sits there looking rather droopy, clinging to the bottom of the rock. At night he definitely retracts more, but this is as "opened" as he gets lately.

 

[todddye]

If you tried dimming your lights, have you also tried bumping them up?

I had a similar experience recently where I thought a new BTA was getting too much light, but it perked up as soon as I increased the light. Just a thought.

 

[addictedreefer]

Looks like a new tank. How long has it been set up? Parameters?

 

[uscgbeachbum]

If you tried dimming your lights, have you also tried bumping them up?

I had a similar experience recently where I thought a new BTA was getting too much light, but it perked up as soon as I increased the light. Just a thought.

No, I haven't tried that yet. I'll try to slowly ramp it up. Truth be told I haven't brought it up over 25% yet.

 

[uscgbeachbum]

Looks like a new tank. How long has it been set up? Parameters?

Tank was set up in January of this year.

SG = 1.023 (yes, a little low, but i attribute this to doing some acclimations recently and didn't replenish the removed volume with sw. I added 5g of 1.025 which should slowly bring it up over 2-3 days.)
NH4 = 0
NO2 = 0
NO3 = 0
PO4 = 0
pH = 8.1 to 8.3 (usual daily swing as stated on my Apex)

 

[uscgbeachbum]

Last night the BTA was looking especially bad. This morning it looked like death. I barely touched it and chunks fell off. I now expect the worst. The foot was still well rooted so I wasn't able to remove more than about 40% of it. I started making some water. I'll be able to do a 20% water change tonight. Sucks...

 

[ClippersTown]

When mine was on the brink of death, and pulled him out and dumped him into my 10 gallon tank. He was better in 2 weeks. I think sometimes they just need a change of environment if something isnt cutting it in their current one?

 

[uscgbeachbum]

Interesting. Are there any tell-tale signs that it's gone? Will the foot loosen its grip?

 

[Anemone12]

The foot will most likely loosen. Any pics?