aznflyfisherman
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So guys, can you tell me if my long tentacle ones are rainbow or rose?
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To bubble or not to bubble?
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Doge
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It's rainbow.So guys, can you tell me if my long tentacle ones are rainbow or rose?
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aznflyfisherman
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Thanks doge.. looks a lot different from the small rainbow above it. Guess my next bta will be a rose.
aznflyfisherman
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Ok this morning the other long tentacle rainbow bta is starting to get bubbles back. Nothing changed. Guess its good?
aznflyfisherman
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Ok this morning the other long tentacle rainbow bta is starting to get bubbles back. Nothing changed. So what happen here??? Guess its good?
Tank Info:110g mix reef (48x18x30), 1.5yrs old, two hydra 52s, never dose, sg-1.025/1.026, never test water parameters.
BTA INFO:
Two bigger rainbow = about 7 to 8 months , never recall it had bubbles when i got it.
Two smaller rainbow = about 2 to 3 months, always had bubbles
One gbta = about 2 months, always had bubbles
Tank Info:110g mix reef (48x18x30), 1.5yrs old, two hydra 52s, never dose, sg-1.025/1.026, never test water parameters.
BTA INFO:
Two bigger rainbow = about 7 to 8 months , never recall it had bubbles when i got it.
Two smaller rainbow = about 2 to 3 months, always had bubbles
One gbta = about 2 months, always had bubbles
D-Nak
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As previously mentioned, there are so many variables to consider here, and some may very well overlap -- light spectrum and amount of flow -- for example. It's not even proven if one state (bubble tips versus long tentacles) is better for the nem or not, and it's definitely not an indicator of health or "happiness" of the anemone.
For many, all it is is that bubbled tips are more aesthetically pleasing.
It would take an extremely controlled scientific experiment to gather any sort of evidence to support why/when/how BTAs change the shape of their tentacles. I highly doubt anecdotal evidence compiled from this thread will do much to further our knowledge on the topic.
For many, all it is is that bubbled tips are more aesthetically pleasing.
It would take an extremely controlled scientific experiment to gather any sort of evidence to support why/when/how BTAs change the shape of their tentacles. I highly doubt anecdotal evidence compiled from this thread will do much to further our knowledge on the topic.
rucnnefish
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What Water temperature is everybody keeping their BTA's at??
D-Nak
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79-82 degrees for me.
aznflyfisherman
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I will say mine is 78 to 81, depending time of year.
rucnnefish
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I was at 80-82, but I thought my news. we're looking a little pale, the tank has now been at 76 for a few weeks and it seems to me that the colors are getting a bit more richer. All my news have long tents., been making slight adjustments to flow, nutrients, and lighting to see if bubbles will return.
ginpang
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Ok i'll bite!
What do you feed it?
Liquid supplemental diet as for coral, fresh fish or shrimp , frozen fish or shrimp, frozen commercial fish food, live ghost shrimp or live bearers like mollies and such...?
Is it handed to them by you? A clownfish, crab or shrimp? Or does it have to hunt itself with live bait?
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ginpang
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So the idea that bubbling could be linked to cnidoblasts being stimulated by live bait has been beaten to death?
Wow give me those links so we can read them ...
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g_langley
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I have two and I feed them raw tuna, raw salmon, krill, mysis and any other stuff they get via the fish feed. They sit at the top of an island about 8" from the surface, good flow and 160PAR lighting. They are not hosting clowns and have no critters causing them bother.
ginpang
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So no live food or critters bothering.... That's interesting.
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rucnnefish
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I have been considering the reason for bubbles or no-bubbles has more to do with the environment around the foot and column of the bta. For example, my son and I got two clones of Sherman rose bta from a guy that had them in a tank with LED lighting, good flow and lots of live rock, they were both attached to the rock deep in the cracks and were bubbled up nicely. My son's clone attached it's foot deep in his live rock, is also under LED lighting and remains nicely bubbled. I don't use any live rock in my tank so my bta's must attach to some-what smooth exposed surfaces, they have long tentacles.
Pictures I have seen of other reefer's BTA's seem to support this theory in 8 out of 10 instances when the nems. have been in the tanks for a certain length of time. The BTA's that are half bubbled could be observed to have a portion of their foot or column exposed to the rough surface of rock which may irritate the column enough that the nem. responds by bubbling which limits the amount of tentacle movement, but maximizes surface area for the zoox. to receive the needed light. I could be way out in left field though!
Pictures I have seen of other reefer's BTA's seem to support this theory in 8 out of 10 instances when the nems. have been in the tanks for a certain length of time. The BTA's that are half bubbled could be observed to have a portion of their foot or column exposed to the rough surface of rock which may irritate the column enough that the nem. responds by bubbling which limits the amount of tentacle movement, but maximizes surface area for the zoox. to receive the needed light. I could be way out in left field though!
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