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Weboh
10/27/2017, 10:23 PM
I got a new BTA on the 26th. I've learned a lot about BTAs, so I've done the follwing to acclimate it:

Switched to reef pro salt (instead of the regular Red Sea salt I was using before).
Made sure the water was pristine at 1.026 salinity before thinking about getting one.
Drip acclimated it for an hour.
Lowered the brightness on my lights by 50% and gave it 3 weeks to ramp back up. It opened up and streched towards the light initially.
Moved the powerhead to give it more flow, but not direct flow. It seemed to like that. It opened up soon after.
Haven't fed it yet, and won't for a week or so to not stress it.


Right now it doesn't look so good. It's kind of upside down, kind of touching the ground and it doesn't look fully inflated. Here's a bad picture: https://imgur.com/cKTQ5MO

Can you tell anything by the picture? Can you think of anything else I could be doing? Is is too early to tell anything yet? I don't want another BTA dying on me, (I didn't have a good enough light for the others; the last one I lost in a power outage) so I'm trying to do whatever I can for it as soon as I can.

Kinetic
10/27/2017, 10:34 PM
That is the worst picture. Sorry, I'm not trying to be mean. I can't see anything in there but algae.

Kinetic
10/27/2017, 10:35 PM
What else you can do:

Check your ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, ph, and phosphates. And make sure they're in check.

Weboh
10/28/2017, 09:22 AM
Daytime lighting is on now so here's a better picture:
https://imgur.com/QrvdxNY
I think its mouth is open, which would mean its stressed. Although maybe its just pooping...

Here's a picture of the powerhead placement:
https://imgur.com/oGnYin9

Should I move the powerhead to give it more or less flow?

Ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, and ph all read 0. Is there something I should be doing? Do you think it'll get better in time?

WatDatThing
10/28/2017, 01:38 PM
How is your pH 0?

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Weboh
10/28/2017, 03:37 PM
Heh. 8.4. I was trying to save time time by typing them all out together but...