Why do bta’s lose the bubble tips?

[Iant419]

I will make it my mission to get rich off this haha. Mine is sitting directly under a ai prime. Although it was under an eco tech before I got it. So maybe it is lights.

What have you discovered my man?

 

[Doob]

I had mine for a few months and it was all bubbly, then i was told they should be fed or they could starve and die, was told to use a chunk of silversides. So i thawed one, cut in pieces maybe 1/2" long and fed it. One time i fed it. It lost all its bubbles within a couple days. Two years later, and 2 splits, it still has no bubbles. Just my experience.

i had the exact same experience! except I fed it a chuck of a brine/bloodworm cube.

 

[Spalloner]

If you figure it out you may be able to make millions

It's 100% light. I've had the same bubble tip anatomy for over 7 years it split multiple times it had the wavy arms when I bought it in the local fish store. It has had wavy arms the entire time I have had including all of its offspring. I have not changed anything in my tank including water chemistry I recently had to change light fixtures and all of my BTA'S now have bubble tips

 

[Spalloner]

It's 100% light. I've had the same bubble tip anatomy for over 7 years it split multiple times it had the wavy arms when I bought it in the local fish store. It has had wavy arms the entire time I have had including all of its offspring. I have not changed anything in my tank including water chemistry I recently had to change light fixtures and all of my BTA'S now have bubble tips

Anemone

 

[sfin52]

It's 100% light. I've had the same bubble tip anatomy for over 7 years it split multiple times it had the wavy arms when I bought it in the local fish store. It has had wavy arms the entire time I have had including all of its offspring. I have not changed anything in my tank including water chemistry I recently had to change light fixtures and all of my BTA'S now have bubble tips

Its not. I have bubble tips in the same light sitting right next to each other some are bubble and some aren't.

 

[Reef.]

Do the bubbles come and go? Or once they go that’s it?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Its not. I have bubble tips in the same light sitting right next to each other some are bubble and some aren't.

Is the one without the bubbles hosting any fish?

 

[sfin52]

Is the one without the bubbles hosting any fish?

None of them are. My clowns look at them with interest but no go. They do feed them which I find odd

 

[sfin52]

Do the bubbles come and go? Or once they go that’s it?

Mine come and go.

 

[sfin52]

My last pic look bottom right its half bubbled half long go figure

 

[paintman]

I would be willing to bet it's a certain trace element that makes them bubble. My RBTA's never bubbled until I started Dosing Reef Moonshine.

 

[sfin52]

I would be willing to bet it's a certain trace element that makes them bubble. My RBTA's never bubbled until I started Dosing Reef Moonshine.

If it was a missing element how does that explain some of mine bubble and ones right next to them dont