Rose bubble tip anemone Question

[korbynlehr]

We have Rose BTA for going on 3 weeks. She has positioned herself at the top of our tank near the overflow. She seems pretty happy there. About once a day she will suck the air out of herself and the tentacles will shrivel up all the way where they look like silly string. But after a little while she re-inflates herself and all is well. She is eating fine, we feed her 1 silverside head every other day. Is this normal for BTA to do, the schriveling up thing?

 

[lovethereefer]

yes it is totally normal

 

[korbynlehr]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8822909#post8822909 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lovethereefer
yes it is totally normal

Why do they schrivel up like that?

 

[timrandlerv10]

pooping? rebalancing water (inside)? mine did the same thing almost at the same time every day, and then would shrivel up at night. after i got new lights and better flow, he stopped doing it at night but still deflates to poop.

 

[45commando]

Hi,try not feeding for a few days or a week & see if the shrivelling stops.If it does,then as lovethereefer stated,it is probably just expelling waste.HTH

 

[illcssd]

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