Weird Anemone Behavior

[Henryreef]

I have a good sized BTA in my 55 gallon reef tank under T5's. For the most part it is doing great, but i have a strange problem: My BTA looks great almost all day, especially in the mornings, but towards the end of the day it shrinks and retracts for an 1/2 hour or so and then fills back up and looks great again. I have no idea why it does this, i am not adding a buffer or feeding the tank at this time. My water parameters are fine (salinity 1.025, Nitrates 0, Calcium 400, kH 10) and I think it is getting plenty of light , as it is high in the tank. I was wondering if anyone had heard of this before. Any suggestions and comments are welcome!

 

[mltmtascp]

Mine does this sometimes. It doesn't seem to bother it. As long as it is sticky and eating good, I just let it do its thing.

 

[tufacody]

Generally this is ok behavior for a BTA, but the beginning of the end for anything else.

 

[Henryreef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13965768#post13965768 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mltmtascp
Mine does this sometimes. It doesn't seem to bother it. As long as it is sticky and eating good, I just let it do its thing.

sigh of relief.......

Mine is sticky and eating well, so I won't be freaked out the next time it does that, I will keep an eye on it though.

 

[NirvanaFan]

My BTA inflates and deflates every once in a while. Just out of curiosity, what is the flow like in your tank?

 

[livingcorals]

Check out this site about BTA.
http://www.karensroseanemones.com/

Hope you find it knowledgeable.

 

[Henryreef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13969525#post13969525 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NirvanaFan
My BTA inflates and deflates every once in a while. Just out of curiosity, what is the flow like in your tank?

I run 2 Tunze Nano Stream 6045 and a koralia 3. This is plenty of flow.

EDIT: Right now one of the impellers on my Koralia 3 is broken so I am not using it currently. I am i the process of getting a new impeller from Hydor.