RBTA retracts tenticles on one side

[Kellyh14]

Due to poor husbandy and being busy lately i let a little algae grow in my tank , which is gone and all cleaned up now. Some green grape caulpera grew next to my RBTA and then it walked to the other side of the rock and now it looks like this. This is as big as its extended and is how it always looks now, this nem used to be much larger. Will it recover? thanks

 

[Anemone12]

Looks like it's just not getting any light. Do you feed it?

 

[Kellyh14]

Looks like it's just not getting any light. Do you feed it?

This photo was taken in the evening, it's a 36 gallon tank and I have 1 ecotech radion. It walked and resided in the midsection of the tank and has stayed in that area, I don't usually feed it. Thanks for the reply I hope it will recover :/

 

[Kellyh14]

This was before the grape caulpera grew next to it, 2 years ago it was a seahorse tank so I had macro algae in it. I took all the algae out when I made it a reef tank and it just started growing back out of nowhere but I've kept it away again. :/

 

[Kellyh14]

Is that what could have caused this? Any ideas? Should I feed it?

 

[Anemone12]

Is that hammer coral still next to the anemone? They could of stung each other. If they were close enough.

 

[Kellyh14]

Is that hammer coral still next to the anemone? They could of stung each other. If they were close enough.

Maybe, I moved the hammer away from it. Has anyone ever seen an anemone recover after this? It doesn't seem to be getting worse, looks the same. :/

 

[Anemone12]

Maybe, I moved the hammer away from it. Has anyone ever seen an anemone recover after this? It doesn't seem to be getting worse, looks the same. :/

I've had to btas and this happens but they seem to recover fast. Just try feeding it 3-4 times a week and it should recover.

 

[Kellyh14]

I've had to btas and this happens but they seem to recover fast. Just try feeding it 3-4 times a week and it should recover.

Thank you for the reply, I fed it 2 days ago, I'll start feeding it that often

 

[Anemone12]

Thank you for the reply, I fed it 2 days ago, I'll start feeding it that often

No problem! Happy reefing!

 

[geckoejon]

Maybe, I moved the hammer away from it. Has anyone ever seen an anemone recover after this? It doesn't seem to be getting worse, looks the same. :/

i have a bta tank, and several of them have done this. one of them grew back new tantacles and looks better then before. another one faded away to the point that i tossed it out.

i'm not sure what causes it. i literally have acquired a couple dozen bta's from local sources. some look the same after months, some gain color, some change color, some lose color then gain it back, some lose tentacles then get them back, and several melted away. all in the same tank under the same conditions...

 

[Kellyh14]

i have a bta tank, and several of them have done this. one of them grew back new tantacles and looks better then before. another one faded away to the point that i tossed it out.

i'm not sure what causes it. i literally have acquired a couple dozen bta's from local sources. some look the same after months, some gain color, some change color, some lose color then gain it back, some lose tentacles then get them back, and several melted away. all in the same tank under the same conditions...

Thanks for replying that's really interesting! It seems to me that my BTA has a couple more tenticles than how it looked in the first picture. Fingers crossed for a full recovery, I want to rehome it in my 135 gallon I'm setting up right now, but not in this condition

 

[geckoejon]

Thanks for replying that's really interesting! It seems to me that my BTA has a couple more tenticles than how it looked in the first picture. Fingers crossed for a full recovery, I want to rehome it in my 135 gallon I'm setting up right now, but not in this condition

i would use caution if it's a 135g reef tank. bta's pick up and move whenever they want to. it would bite to have some coral melted away because of it...

 

[Kellyh14]

i would use caution if it's a 135g reef tank. bta's pick up and move whenever they want to. it would bite to have some coral melted away because of it...

Your right but I'm willing to take the risk and make my whole take around the nem. Lol I'll let it get settled in first and then add corals. I just love the look of the RBTA

I'm starting the tank with all dry rock and sand and seeded with dr Tim's one and only bacteria, I'm hoping I can add the RBTA after a couple months, if not I'm breaking down my old tank and it's gonna have to chill in a quarantine tank