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04-05-2008, 08:21 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 24
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 |  BTA question
My bta that I just added two days ago is sucking in has really small tenticals and is oozing. It was a clear ooze whitch I heard is ok. I fed him early today he oozed then went back to normal and now is oozing agian but there is some brown in it. Is this normal? | 
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04-05-2008, 09:10 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
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Post some picks. It's hard to tell from your description. Some BTAs just change size, shape, shades of color, move around, and do strange stuff all the time. Could be normal, but it could be bad news.
What are your water parameters?
What's your lighting and hours of light per day?
What did you feed the BTA? _________ 55gal, 65+ lbs LR, 60Lbs LS, Coralife 125 ss, Fluval 305, HydorKoralia 2 + 3, 2 YT Damsels, 2 Misbarred Clownfish, Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, Leopard Wrasse, Asstd snails and hermit crabs, skunk cleaner shrimp, 3 peppermint shrimp, emerald crab, goniopora stokesi, frogspawn, and some other corals.  | |
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04-05-2008, 11:51 PM
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#3 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ohio Age: 30
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Might just be acclimating | |
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04-05-2008, 11:55 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
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Yep, post some pics.
Oozing stuff probably just anem poop.
If water params not pristine or relatively new tank it is probably not going to make it.
(Also, if lighting significantly different then where it came from...)
Hope I am wrong.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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04-06-2008, 02:43 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: flint, michigan Age: 28
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I agree with all the above comments also do you know when the last time it was fed beofore this last feeding you somtimes have to be cautios with over feeding
I have not seen mine ooze at all but that dosn't mean it dosn't as it is in fairly strong flow (it chose the spot not me) so I probly just dont see the oosing aka sliming
take a close look at the bta is the mouth of it open and you can see inside of it if not then you are probly in fair shape
also how did you aclimate this to your tank and lights bta's need extreemly slow aclimation especialy to light
I hope this guy survives as way too many of them die | |
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04-06-2008, 02:47 AM
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| | Caribbean Reef Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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I fed mine mostly 2 times a week. Sometimes even less.... How old is your tank?????
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04-06-2008, 10:35 AM
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#7 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
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the tank is only a few months old but everything in it is great. He is open and ready to party today. The only thing is he footed under a rock where he does not get a lot of light. I will post some pics | |
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04-06-2008, 10:39 AM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
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if he isn't getting enough light you can hold off on feeding and he will move to a better spot | |
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04-06-2008, 10:49 AM
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#9 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
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Here are some photos | |
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04-06-2008, 11:00 AM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Caribbean Reef Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Your tank is kinda young for a bta.... You'll have to keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best... I lost a rose tipped bta I had bought at around 4 months... I bought another one at a year and it lasted until I traded it in for something else.... | |
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