Any ideas on how to get my BTA back to his old self again?

[mochaclownlover]

Ive had this GBTA for almost a year now and then something went wrong while our friend was watching him(also owns a reef tank). He was not doing too well for awhile,but i thing he is finally doing better. The biggest reason i'm worried about him is because his tentacles aren't as sticky as they should be and he can't grasp food well. This is him now(bellow the clowns)

This was him before

This was my favorite nem so any ideas you guys can give me are appreciated. Thank you

 

[saltyphish]

When mine started shrinking and not looking as happy as it was started feeding mine a piece of squid every other day.

 

[mochaclownlover]

Ive tried that but his tentacles are only sticky enough to catch small pieces of food

 

[mochaclownlover]

Anybody

 

[mochaclownlover]

If any of you guys were going to say he isn't going to make it, i'm ready for it

 

[Tahoe61]

Try turning off flow and placing a piece of raw shrimp/fish/scallops, small pieces directly on the anemone, put a cherry basket or plastic colander over the anemone to prevent the fish and shrimp from stealing the food and harassing the anemone while it eats. Give the anemone like 30 minutes to move the piece of raw sea food to the oral opening.

Other than keeping water parameters good and providing excellent lighting it's pretty much up to the anemone. Try some carbon in the tank just to decrease any allelopathic responses going on in the tank.

You could also try a course of Cipro, not sure if it's indicated here, but if you continue to see a decline, not much to loose.


Sure are pretty anemones, hope it turns out well.

 

[mochaclownlover]

Thank you so much, I'll try that this after noon.

 

[TheBiddys]

It looks better than mine did. I had a bad experience with one (but it was my own fault). I didn't do my research and bought one from Fish Mania in Chattanooga, TN. They told me it was a white, green bubble tip anenome. What I didn't realize was that it was bleached except for the tips. I didnt know any better and bought it(always research in this hobby first, I was a newbie then). Needless to say I had a huge Diatom bloom a week later when it started to rot in my tank I tried to feed it but it would spit the food back out (before it died). I still wont buy an anenome to this day due to that experience, but yours looks like it should be fine.

 

[RareEarthCorals]

Just looking at it seems that he was pushed for space. Those mushrooms have doubled in
size and the BTA shrunk in same.

 

[mochaclownlover]

He moved into a better spot two days ago and after i feed him a little bit of shrimp, he perked up a bit. My mocha clown loves him to death and has been keeping my annoying cleaner shrimp away from him while he eats.

 

[reefhobby]

Where did you get the squidb

 

[mochaclownlover]

What squid?

 

[reefhobby]

One of my bta is doing the same. It's about the size of a baseball

 

[Shahin Ruyani]

Melev told me give it less light if it bleaches, not more. Is it getting its trace elements?

 

[mochaclownlover]

My anemone or reefhobby's anemone?