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
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
