Do 'nems (bta in this case) normally look like a big pile of poop when they poop?
Here's the story.
After lights out last night (and all day yesterday) my BTA looked the best it has since I aquired it. I came home from work today to find it looking particularly bad. Almost looked as if it were melting. It was almost flat against the rock on which it resides, tentacles were almost completely deflated and very short (they almost weren't even there). It had what looked like a large brown fish poop coming out of the gaping mouth.
I redirected some flow in his direction, tossed some carbon into the aquaclear and started mixing 5 gallons of fresh SW. It's been roughly an hour since I got home and the 'nem is looking better. It is starting to inflate, it has tentacles again though they don't look great. The mouth is closed but not as tight as it has been.
My LFS said my water params were in check, and although my lighting is subpar, I was assured this 'nem was being kept under MUCH less lighting at the wholesaler's, and it is closer now, to the same lighting it was under at my LFS (96 watts of PC). At the LFS I would guess it was about 14-16 inches from the lights, now it is roughly 10 inches away. IceCap SLR T-5s are coming in the future.
Here's the story.
After lights out last night (and all day yesterday) my BTA looked the best it has since I aquired it. I came home from work today to find it looking particularly bad. Almost looked as if it were melting. It was almost flat against the rock on which it resides, tentacles were almost completely deflated and very short (they almost weren't even there). It had what looked like a large brown fish poop coming out of the gaping mouth.
I redirected some flow in his direction, tossed some carbon into the aquaclear and started mixing 5 gallons of fresh SW. It's been roughly an hour since I got home and the 'nem is looking better. It is starting to inflate, it has tentacles again though they don't look great. The mouth is closed but not as tight as it has been.
My LFS said my water params were in check, and although my lighting is subpar, I was assured this 'nem was being kept under MUCH less lighting at the wholesaler's, and it is closer now, to the same lighting it was under at my LFS (96 watts of PC). At the LFS I would guess it was about 14-16 inches from the lights, now it is roughly 10 inches away. IceCap SLR T-5s are coming in the future.
From acclimation until today the mouth has been nice and tight. It isn't completley closed now, but it isn't gaping now like it was earlier.
