Flame anemone issue urgent!!!!!!!

Sohal Tang Tim · 05/16/2018, 03:21 PM

My flame anemone is driving me crazy!!!
One minute it is looking the healthiest on the planet could win beauty prize
and the next minute it is shrivilled up looking dead...
This keeps repeating itself?

Whats up??? Any ideas?

Parameters are all good..nothing wrong with water
Lighting is good...
Current is good...

Is he just taking a dump? lolol What is causing him to fade to nothing
and then next few hours he is 10 times the size looking great?

thx, Tim

j.falk · 05/16/2018, 04:03 PM

All of my BTAs and GBTAs do this all day long...they expel their water and then refill.

Sohal Tang Tim · 05/16/2018, 05:15 PM

So weird..i mean it looks like it is on deaths row...
when I posted this it looked dead
now it iw in full bloom again sooo weird

Tim

top shelf · 05/16/2018, 07:29 PM

How long have you had it? It could still be settling it, if it's staying put and not moving around it's a good sign. They are a rather odd nem at times. Like trying to figure out why some tentacles are nice and bubbled up and some are just stringy.

Sohal Tang Tim · 05/16/2018, 08:58 PM

Ive had it about a month and it has settled nicely into a spot that it found...
Has not moved from that spot since it found it...

Weird how they fade to nothing and then bounce right back....

I hope its ok

Thx
Tim

top shelf · 05/16/2018, 10:58 PM

BTA are just wierd like that at times, as long as it isn't moving about the tank and has good color I wouldn't worry to much. It could still be settling some, a month is still a fairly short period of time for a nem. Usually you can see them do this at night then they expand during the day.

Sohal Tang Tim · 05/17/2018, 06:48 AM

K thanks everyone for your input and help

Cheers

Tim

05/16/2018, 03:21 PM	#1
Sohal Tang Tim Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Collingwood , ON, Canada Posts: 928	Flame anemone issue urgent!!!!!!! My flame anemone is driving me crazy!!! One minute it is looking the healthiest on the planet could win beauty prize and the next minute it is shrivilled up looking dead... This keeps repeating itself? Whats up??? Any ideas? Parameters are all good..nothing wrong with water Lighting is good... Current is good... Is he just taking a dump? lolol What is causing him to fade to nothing and then next few hours he is 10 times the size looking great? thx, Tim __________________ "My God Reefs are Gorgeous!" Current Tank Info: 160 gallon reef

05/16/2018, 05:15 PM	#3
Sohal Tang Tim Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Collingwood , ON, Canada Posts: 928	weird So weird..i mean it looks like it is on deaths row... when I posted this it looked dead now it iw in full bloom again sooo weird Tim __________________ "My God Reefs are Gorgeous!" Current Tank Info: 160 gallon reef

05/16/2018, 07:29 PM	#4
top shelf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,022	How long have you had it? It could still be settling it, if it's staying put and not moving around it's a good sign. They are a rather odd nem at times. Like trying to figure out why some tentacles are nice and bubbled up and some are just stringy. __________________ Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad. Philosophy is wondering if that means ketchup is a smoothie. Current tank info: 45g SCA Cube

05/16/2018, 08:58 PM	#5
Sohal Tang Tim Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Collingwood , ON, Canada Posts: 928	settled Ive had it about a month and it has settled nicely into a spot that it found... Has not moved from that spot since it found it... Weird how they fade to nothing and then bounce right back.... I hope its ok Thx Tim __________________ "My God Reefs are Gorgeous!" Current Tank Info: 160 gallon reef

05/16/2018, 10:58 PM	#6
top shelf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,022	BTA are just wierd like that at times, as long as it isn't moving about the tank and has good color I wouldn't worry to much. It could still be settling some, a month is still a fairly short period of time for a nem. Usually you can see them do this at night then they expand during the day. __________________ Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad. Philosophy is wondering if that means ketchup is a smoothie. Current tank info: 45g SCA Cube

05/16/2018, 04:03 PM	#2
j.falk Registered Member Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 632	All of my BTAs and GBTAs do this all day long...they expel their water and then refill.

05/17/2018, 06:48 AM	#7
Sohal Tang Tim Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Collingwood , ON, Canada Posts: 928	Thanks K thanks everyone for your input and help Cheers Tim __________________ "My God Reefs are Gorgeous!" Current Tank Info: 160 gallon reef