uscgbeachbum Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 So I picked up a sweet looking glowstick BTA about 2 weeks ago. Looked identical to this: So I dimmed my Kessil A360Ws down to 20% and placed him about 5" under water directly below one of the Kessils. It sat there the entire day just sunbathing. Over night it moved about 5" over and down about 2" so it was peeking up between 2 rocks. It stayed there for nearly a week before it went to the underside of the rock. Its stayed there since. Initially it'd still open up to a nice, bubbly size, but over the past 5 days or so it doesn't inflate at all. Just sits there looking rather droopy, clinging to the bottom of the rock. At night he definitely retracts more, but this is as "opened" as he gets lately. http://s280.photobucket.com/user/caseylconnor/media/Reef%20tank%20build/20140728_175641.jpg.html'> http://s280.photobucket.com/user/caseylconnor/media/Reef%20tank%20build/output.jpg.html'> Link to comment
janussolutions Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Sorry to hear that your BTA is not doing well, I just went through the same scenario and ended up loosing my RBTA. My advise would be to check your water parameters and to keep a vigilant eye on it, they are resilient creatures, but when things go bad they go bad rather quickly. Good luck Link to comment
uscgbeachbum Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Not sure how much help this is, but: SG = 1.023 (yes, a little low, but i attribute this to doing some acclimations recently and didn't replenish the removed volume with sw) NH4 = 0 NO2 = 0 NO3 = 0 PO4 = 0 pH = 8.1 to 8.3 (usual daily swing as stated on my Apex) Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 The exact same thing happened to my glowstick. Eventually, it died. All of my other BTA's were happy and fine. I think it might have been a long term effect of shipping. It arrived not too happy and never really seemed to fully recover. Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Not sure how much help this is, but: SG = 1.023 (yes, a little low, but i attribute this to doing some acclimations recently and didn't replenish the removed volume with sw) NH4 = 0 NO2 = 0 NO3 = 0 PO4 = 0 pH = 8.1 to 8.3 (usual daily swing as stated on my Apex) What are you using to test? IMO these are a weaker strain, call coral collection and ask them how the nem was housed when they had it it may provide for some assistance. Link to comment
malady Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 my glowstick died as well melted away, waste of 150 >_< I can keep most sps and any softcoral but my bta always melt away. Link to comment
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