BTA shedding tentacle?

[F i s h y]

Have multiple types of BTA nems. Have had them all for quite some time. One of my rainbows appears to have randomly lost a tentacle a couple times in the last couple weeks? Any one else have experience with this? Didn't get a haircut in the wave maker.... just randomly dropped one...

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Mine was doing that for about a month, changed some flow and light perameters and it's now growing new ones. It looked like it was going to die, I spot fed it once a week, and it's all good now

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Not sure exactly why it happened though

 

[F i s h y]

Not sure exactly why it happened though

Thats kind of what I'm wondering... why its happening... Hopefully it doesn't drop to many. Never had this happen before.

 

[ScubaFish802]

Nothing living in the tank that would be doing this? (Fish, invert, etc)

 

[F i s h y]

Nothing living in the tank that would be doing this? (Fish, invert, etc)

Nah, my clowns aren't even hosting it. Everyone else stays clear of them too.... definitely a good thought though.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I've watched it twist them off and nothing attacking it

 

[F i s h y]

I've watched it twist them off and nothing attacking it

I thought maybe that might be the case with this one too.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

The tenticals fell off in the substrate, stick to things, then die off. New tenticals start growing immediately.

 

[ThePhoReefer]

If too crowded it twist to make room

 

[gh0st]

Sometimes the flow might get them tangled and to the point where it is so tight it might fall off. I haven’t seen this with my bta but my ritteri does this. My clowns help untangle it or bite it off. Good luck.