Really in a pinch. Darn BTA's. Help?

[2Addicted]

If you can get to the foot just lightly rub at the base and the foot will start to release. Or you can get a credit card and try to rub the base of the foot towards the disk and they should let go. Try not to rip the foot. Did you inject them with aptaisiax?

 

[EMUReef]

If you can get to the foot just lightly rub at the base and the foot will start to release. Or you can get a credit card and try to rub the base of the foot towards the disk and they should let go. Try not to rip the foot. Did you inject them with aptaisiax?

Na i got a little ahead of my self saying i did when i didn't i was just a little worked up about this thread.

 

[2Addicted]

lol. well if you get them off you can pm me. Good luck.

 

[adam1980]

Sometimes if you hold the rock out of the water for a minute or two they will dislodge them self and just fall off. Good luck

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

For the record, there is no such thing as a mini BTA. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/inverts/cnidaria/anthozoa/bubbletipanemones.htm

Those are a type of pest anemone generally given the label mojano, which is a broad term for a variety of pest anemones. They multiply quickly and can take over tanks. For those of you who have been around for a while, remember the cute little "tulip" anemones that people were selling? Another pest anemone, labeled for quick sales.

 

[TDesaulniers]

In a nutshell, you got ripped off for buying majanos as "BTAs." The picture you posted is in fact not a mini BTA but a Majano "pest anemone." I've seen them come in various colors depending on the type of lighting they're under. Funny thread though.

Cheers

 

[2Addicted]

In a nutshell, you got ripped off for buying majanos as "BTAs." The picture you posted is in fact not a mini BTA but a Majano "pest anemone." I've seen them come in various colors depending on the type of lighting they're under. Funny thread though.

Cheers

Uhh... What? He didnt buy the anemones he was trying to get them out of his tank. And I would like to know how you classify them as a mojano from that one picture? It has all the bta traits that I look for when giving an id. Did you even read the thread?

 

[TDesaulniers]

Uhh... What? He didnt buy the anemones he was trying to get them out of his tank. And I would like to know how you classify them as a mojano from that one picture? It has all the bta traits that I look for when giving an id. Did you even read the thread?

Oops my mistake. For some reason I thought he bought them as BTAs. Actually this solidifys my opinion even more. If he didn't buy them, then they must have came as hitchhikers on the liverock I would assume. And that is why these are Majano anemones. Google it and you will see a plethora of images that will resemble exactly the picture the OP posted. There's no such thing as mini BTAs.

Cheers



Edit: 2addicted, they were sold to him as BTAs unless I missed something? EMUReef clearly says it in the first page. Also, read what Sugar Magnolia posted. Seems to me you didn't read the thread all the way through...

 

[2Addicted]

Yeah my mistake... Ok I looked at the google images. None of those resemble his bta's

 

[TDesaulniers]

Yeah my mistake... Ok I looked at the google images. None of those resemble his bta's

I'm just going to leave it with this. Here's another thread that resembles this one.

http://forums.saltwaterfish.com/forum/thread/303003/bubble-tip-anemone-hanging-upside-in-the-dark

Here's a Majano Anemone. The resemblance is uncanny.

and here's another majano with bubbled tips just like a "mini BTA."

There's no such thing as a mini BTA.


Cheers.

 

[2Addicted]

There's no such thing as a mini BTA.


Cheers.

Nobody on here is claiming that. :beer:

 

[EMUReef]

Just to clear some things up about 8 months ago i purchase them as BTA's.
How do majano's reproduce? do they split too or act like Aiptasia?

 

[EMUReef]

I'm just going to leave it with this. Here's another thread that resembles this one.

http://forums.saltwaterfish.com/forum/thread/303003/bubble-tip-anemone-hanging-upside-in-the-dark

Here's a Majano Anemone. The resemblance is uncanny.

and here's another majano with bubbled tips just like a "mini BTA."

There's no such thing as a mini BTA.


Cheers.

Do you have any hard evidence to support your claims other than pictures from other forums, where no definitive answer was given?

For darn sure my RBTA acts just like my GBTA's that i have.. the small ones that is obviously causing some talk in this thread.

Whats the difference between a majano and BTA? Anyone with scientific proof to distinguish the two?

 

[Enyo]

I would look along the rim of the oral disk (where the column meets the tentacles). BTAs have a frilled skirt of sorts.

 

[TDesaulniers]

Just to clear some things up about 8 months ago i purchase them as BTA's.
How do majano's reproduce? do they split too or act like Aiptasia?

I'm like 99% sure they act like aiptasia. I've never seen them split before.

Do you have any hard evidence to support your claims other than pictures from other forums, where no definitive answer was given?

It's hard to support my argument with hard evidence. Maybe if you supplied some more pictures of these "unknown anemones" I could give you a better answer. I'm just going off what you provided. You bought these anemones 8 months ago and they haven't grown at all? That right there tells me it's not a BTA. I have four BTAs and two of them have tripled in size in couple of months.

Whats the difference between a majano and BTA? Anyone with scientific proof to distinguish the two?

Well it's really an easy answer. One, majano anemones don't reach the size E. Quadricolor do. They stay small and reproduce differently. And if you really want to find your answer, put a clownfish in your tank that naturally hosts E. Quadricolor and see if it even goes to your smaller anemones. If it does, then they are BTAs, if it just stays with your RBTA, most likely you have Majanos.

 

[2Addicted]

And if you really want to find your answer, put a clownfish in your tank that naturally hosts E. Quadricolor and see if it even goes to your smaller anemones. If it does, then they are BTAs, if it just stays with your RBTA, most likely you have Majanos.

Thats really not a good way to id an anemone. Clowns will host anything. Im 99.9% sure that his anemones are bta's.

 

[TDesaulniers]

Thats really not a good way to id an anemone. Clowns will host anything. Im 99.9% sure that his anemones are bta's.

I never said it was a good way, I said it was a sure way of finding out. I think it is only fair if you give me an explanation of why you think they are BTAs. All you've done here is call me out yet you provide no backing to your argument whatsoever. Right now it's one-sided.

 

[2Addicted]

I have owned lots of bta's and his anemones posess the same traits as all of the bta's I have ever seen or owned. They like to have their foot in a shaded place and extend towards the light. They like to have their foot in a crevice. The picture he posted is a common bta color. The tentacles also resemble bta tentacles. What more do you need? Also if im not mistaken you called my id out. I didnt call you out. Since he posted the picture you are the only one that seems to think they are mojanos.

 

[TDesaulniers]

I have owned lots of bta's and his anemones posess the same traits as all of the bta's I have ever seen or owned. They like to have their foot in a shaded place and extend towards the light. They like to have their foot in a crevice. The picture he posted is a common bta color. The tentacles also resemble bta tentacles. What more do you need? Also if im not mistaken you called my id out. I didnt call you out. Since he posted the picture you are the only one that seems to think they are mojanos.

For the record, there is no such thing as a mini BTA. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/inverts/cnidaria/anthozoa/bubbletipanemones.htm

Those are a type of pest anemone generally given the label mojano, which is a broad term for a variety of pest anemones. They multiply quickly and can take over tanks. For those of you who have been around for a while, remember the cute little "tulip" anemones that people were selling? Another pest anemone, labeled for quick sales.

I'm not the only one who thinks they are Majanos. This doesn't matter to me anymore. You think they are BTAs and I think they are majanos. We can agree to disagree.

Cheers.

 

[EMUReef]

Just to add to this. He states that Majano's act the same way as aiptasia, they reproduce by releasing spores into the tank.

These BTA's split.