Please, I need all the anemone EXPERTS help for my Inferno BTA !

[MCC]

Last Friday, I purchased an inferno BTA from a friend of mine which he propagated from his huge mother colony. Mine is about 7 inches big in the floating basket he had placed it in under par38 LED. It was expanded and looked healthy.

I placed it in my tank on a bottom rock towards the left. I turned down off 2 of 3 power heads, and the remaining pump is my mp10 which I turn down to 30% in blue mode.

My tank is sump-less, and I am using AI sols (75/75/50 white) for a 48x19x16 inch, 60 gallon long rimless tank. My skimmer is a Tunze 9010.

Last October 2013, I had a tank crash, but couldn't find the reason. I sold majority of my corals with only some zoas, the purple Validia, Red planet, and monti cap sps remaining. Everything has improved, and all my current corals are growing after several water changes over 3 months. Fish are fat and healthy.

All parameters are normal and zero. Calcium is at 400, Alk is 8, and Mg is 1300. SG is at 1.026. Nitrates/Phosphate are 0.

My tank has been running 11 months. I dose only Part A/B + Mg, and feed my fish PE Mysis.

Only issue I am currently fighting is cyano due to my bio pellets. I never had cyano before, only brown/hair algae.

My current concern now is that the BTA has moved under a rock. The tentacles are expanded into the cave made by my rock structure as its out of sight. I can see most of the body is embedded under the rock. I can't reach it right now to feed, and its in darkness for a couple days now. I read extensively, that this is normal for BTAs, but prolong periods of weeks means the end of its life. Its been four days, is it still getting used to my tank? I tried moving the rocks on day 2, but it made it worse as it moved more into the crevice.

I have turned my power heads back to on and the mp10 back to 60% last night.

What should I do? Just wait till end of the week before freaking out? The tentacles are some what expanded, but into the cave.

This was the most $ purchase therefore I am more concern :sad2:

P.S. Sorry for the long read, but Thanks in advance

 

[sjwitt]

I would leave it alone and let it settle in. Chasing it around and disturbing it will only make it hide more.

 

[MCC]

On the other forum, the member suggest lowering the flow again and lower my light power. As the BTA is coming from par38 to my AI Sols at 75% power.

Do you guys think so? Thanks

 

[suzig]

lower lights down to 65/65/50 or 50 across the board. and i agree with above. let him settle in and refrain from disturbing him. 30%on an mp10 in a 60 gallon is not a lot of flow at all. id leave the flow for now. if anything maybe turn it up a bit. not to disturb him but to keep water circulating well.

 

[MCC]

lower lights down to 65/65/50 or 50 across the board. and i agree with above. let him settle in and refrain from disturbing him. 30%on an mp10 in a 60 gallon is not a lot of flow at all. id leave the flow for now. if anything maybe turn it up a bit. not to disturb him but to keep water circulating well.

Sounds good! I will lower it to 50 for all three. Would doing this all at once disturb my SPS??

Also right now I have ~ 2000 gph for the whole tank of 50 gallons of water (after displacement, so not 60 gallons). Its 40x turn over rate for SPS, maybe the BTA not too happy about that?

 

[cichlidconvert]

Your BTA should attach somewhere in the rocks at some point and start peeking out as it adjusts to your light and flow. IMO it will position it's foot under a rock where it can have flow blowing across it's oral disk. But not directly in the flow. And it will probably check several spots before finding a place to it's liking. To have a BTA in your system causes reefers to act like overprotective parents. Best thing to do is just let it go

 

[MCC]

Your BTA should attach somewhere in the rocks at some point and start peeking out as it adjusts to your light and flow. IMO it will position it's foot under a rock where it can have flow blowing across it's oral disk. But not directly in the flow. And it will probably check several spots before finding a place to it's liking. To have a BTA in your system causes reefers to act like overprotective parents. Best thing to do is just let it go

haha... yes i feel like an over protective parent, that because its the most expensive thing i ever purchased for this tank. Especially I had the tank crash last yr costing me 80% of my livestock :headwalls: