Back when I was a newbie and had no clue what I was doing I purchased a BTA and threw it in my tank. Within a few months I had many, many anemones and was giving them away. The original one was HUGE - at least 12" across. I never checked water parameter and never fed it. That was years ago and recently I decided I wanted anemones again. Purchased a BTA and acclimated it to one of my tanks. It looked beautiful for about a month and I fed it regularly. I never moved so I assumed it liked the spot I put it in. For the past few weeks, however, it's been shrinking and shriveling up. I can't feed it when it's in this condition so hoped he would just "get over it" and be his beautiful self again. But he's not. He's now staying totally retracted.
I checked parameters just now:
Salinity 1.022
PH: 8.2
Phosphate: .25
Nitrates: .5
Alk: 10.5
Is my tank TOO clean for him???? When I neglected my tanks they seemed to do better.... very frustrating.
Sue
I checked parameters just now:
Salinity 1.022
PH: 8.2
Phosphate: .25
Nitrates: .5
Alk: 10.5
Is my tank TOO clean for him???? When I neglected my tanks they seemed to do better.... very frustrating.
Sue