Two years ago my friend gave me my first green BTA. It grew great and eventually split and both splits grew pretty big and beautiful. About 6 months ago both splits split so now I had 4 of them. Two of them eventually settled under a cave rock I have and eventually wasted away and died. Two of them ventured into the tank and now 1 is in good shape although not nearly as large as the original and 1 took to hiding again. I flipped the rock it was on over so it was in the light again and it has started to recover somewhat, nice bubbles but whiteish. When I noticed things going south for the 2 under the cave, I found my nitrates were high (40) and my phosphate was around .009 based on a Hannah low range phosphorus tester. Had a massive invasion of GHA due to a auto feeder amount mistake. I have done water changes, cleaned my substrate, even took half of it out, added an external refugium with chaeto, have an ATS running and added bio pellets to a BRS dual reactor I already had to get these nutrients down.
My tank is a 120 DT with a homemade 55 gallon sump with 30 gallons in it at all times. I have 2 300 watt black box led lights, the light output hasn't been changed in almost 2 years. PH 8.0, Ammonia and Nitrite zero, Nitrate getting better (I will test again tonight), all other parameters are good. I have a 950 gph return pump and 3 powerheads. I added the powerheads to help get the water moving around and I think I started them too high and ticked the Nems off, since I have lowered the powerhead levels.
About 4 months ago I happened upon a deal on a Rose BTA I couldn't turn down so brought it home, quarantined it for 2 months and put in the DT. It is growing great and it split 2 weeks ago and both splits look great and healthy.
The nutrients are coming down based on my GHA retreat.
Could the tank be too clean now and the nems don't like it. I am concerned about my original green nem. The new Rose nems seem to be taking off great but the one green is pretty small and just seems delicate.
Any insight is appreciated.
Thanks
Troy.
P.S.
The last pic is the first green nem I got on the day I got it home. Second and third to last pic is after it split and grew (really loved the look of the two when they were long and thick). 3rd pic is when the 2 splits were wasting away and eventually died, 2nd pic is of green that was hiding and I turned rock over into the light again, seems to be recovering slowly. 1st pic is of one of my Rose nem that split, other split looks the same.
My tank is a 120 DT with a homemade 55 gallon sump with 30 gallons in it at all times. I have 2 300 watt black box led lights, the light output hasn't been changed in almost 2 years. PH 8.0, Ammonia and Nitrite zero, Nitrate getting better (I will test again tonight), all other parameters are good. I have a 950 gph return pump and 3 powerheads. I added the powerheads to help get the water moving around and I think I started them too high and ticked the Nems off, since I have lowered the powerhead levels.
About 4 months ago I happened upon a deal on a Rose BTA I couldn't turn down so brought it home, quarantined it for 2 months and put in the DT. It is growing great and it split 2 weeks ago and both splits look great and healthy.
The nutrients are coming down based on my GHA retreat.
Could the tank be too clean now and the nems don't like it. I am concerned about my original green nem. The new Rose nems seem to be taking off great but the one green is pretty small and just seems delicate.
Any insight is appreciated.
Thanks
Troy.
P.S.
The last pic is the first green nem I got on the day I got it home. Second and third to last pic is after it split and grew (really loved the look of the two when they were long and thick). 3rd pic is when the 2 splits were wasting away and eventually died, 2nd pic is of green that was hiding and I turned rock over into the light again, seems to be recovering slowly. 1st pic is of one of my Rose nem that split, other split looks the same.
