Hopestar075
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I have had it about 3months and I believe it is heathy!?! It is a pig i have been feeding it about 1 tiger shrimp every other day.
what do you guys think?? what type BTA is it exactly? thanks in advance....:rollface:
What type of BTA is this and is it healthy?
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I have had it about 3months and I believe it is heathy!?! It is a pig i have been feeding it about 1 tiger shrimp every other day.
what do you guys think?? what type BTA is it exactly? thanks in advance....:rollface:
Bleached.
Unknown what color it may develop if any returns.
Keep it fed a variety of foods and it should be fine, but it may remain colorless permanently.
Unknown what color it may develop if any returns.
Keep it fed a variety of foods and it should be fine, but it may remain colorless permanently.
Hopestar075
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aww ..... What other types of foods should I feed it??
I have T5 lighting in a 65gal. It has stayed in one spot since I put him in.
I have T5 lighting in a 65gal. It has stayed in one spot since I put him in.
Ciarán
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T5 IMO is insufficient. I hope it is near the top of your aquarium? Did you purchase it devoid of colour or is that a recent development? Very hard to identify a species given the absence of any colour or pigment. Looks to be open and if it is eating well, that is a positive sign. More pics may help identify it better.
Fish based. Hopefully you can find Lance Fish, under the Gamma Foods label, packaged by Tropical Marine Centre. When I can't get them, I fall back to Silversides from Pro Salt.
Depending on the wattage, Kelvin rating, and number of T5 bulbs: you can either have plenty or not enough
fwiw: Mine are under everything from 28wt PC's to 400wt Metal Halides. It all depends on distance, Kelvin(PAR), reflector, and clarity of water. Too many variables for lighting rules to work well.
tentacles
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I have a bubble tip that looks very similar. It's been a nice flourescent green since I purchased it. I'm not sure what t-5 set up you have, but it is most likely enough. I have mine in a 58g under 2 39w T5, 1 blue+ and 1 aquablue, about 1/2 way from the top. It's a cheapo oddysea ballast too. I had it on the bottom of the tank under a 150 phoenix and it hated the light, and it bleached out no matter where I put it. It looks better now being under the t5 than it ever has. I ocassionally feed silversides.
Ciarán
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Indeed you are right, i made a generalisation and i apologise for the misleading point. T5s will keep SOME Spp. of anemones without any problems, but personally IMHO, I wouldnt even consider keeping Stichodactylia Spp. (carpet anemones) under 39W T5s or even Heteractis malu (the delicate or "Malu" anemone). Its only a personal belief, i wouldnt keep a BTA under anything less than a halide, but that's just me. Technically they should do fine under T5.
Good point tjay in that respect.
Ciaran
Hopestar075
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It looks exactly the way i baught it but bigger, it has grown a lot since I baught it.
I have 4 39 watt T5 bulbs
I have 4 39 watt T5 bulbs
Hopestar075
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also my camera does not do it justice it is greener in person
bureau13
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IMO, if he's eating, growing, not deflating and reinflating every day...and he's not wandering around the aquarium...then he's happy with the light, flow, etc. If they don't like their surroundings, they will find a better place (assuming that it is in fact a BTA, sometimes its hard to tell).
jds
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Hopestar075
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thank you guys!!! I appreciate the kind words of encouragement.
55semireef
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I have seen tons of anemones under PCs which are much less efficient than T5s. Infact, there are members on this forum that had their BTAs hide from metal halides. I also know a few that keep Sebae anemones under T5s too. Unless you meant that T5s didn't have reflectors because its the reflectors that give T5 that extra punch almost comparible to MH in that regard.
Ciarán
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Good to hear that semi-reef. My experience must be the exception rather than the rule, my BTA did poorly under T5s with a reflector right at my tank top, even now with 150W MH its only happy in the upper half of the tank. It is thriving and healthy now (too much so! Its growth is phenomenal) but under T5s it was a different story, hence the haste i had in criticising them. I must have a very light hungry BTA!
55semireef
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Oh, I guess you did have a very demanding BTA. WAs it a clone or was it harvested from the wild?
55semireef
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Exactly. There is no way a BTA would not get enough light under that. Probably too much light.
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