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I've had a rose BTA for about a week. The first few days it did really well, moved around a lot, and finally settled on a spot under the edge of a rock right in the front of my tank
The last 3 days it's been strange. ??? During the day it seems to be fine. Around 8:00 PM it looks like it must dispel the water out of its arms/tentacles/polyps and shrivels up. At first, I freaked :shocked: and thought my maroon clown was hosting a little too agressively and tried to move the BTA to a specimen container, but he wouldn't detach his foot from the rockwork. I finally gave up, but the next morning he looked fine. This process has continued each of the last 2 nights.
I'm not sure if I need to be concerned? When he shrivels, his mouth gets large, and he looks majorly stressed. However, the next day he tends to look fine again. Maybe not as good as the first couple of days in the tank, but much better than the night before.
I read many of the rose BTA articles in this forum before purchasing my BTA, but not sure if this is a normal behavior.
Looking for advice from those experienced in keeping rose BTAs....]
I've had a rose BTA for about a week. The first few days it did really well, moved around a lot, and finally settled on a spot under the edge of a rock right in the front of my tank
The last 3 days it's been strange. ??? During the day it seems to be fine. Around 8:00 PM it looks like it must dispel the water out of its arms/tentacles/polyps and shrivels up. At first, I freaked :shocked: and thought my maroon clown was hosting a little too agressively and tried to move the BTA to a specimen container, but he wouldn't detach his foot from the rockwork. I finally gave up, but the next morning he looked fine. This process has continued each of the last 2 nights.
I'm not sure if I need to be concerned? When he shrivels, his mouth gets large, and he looks majorly stressed. However, the next day he tends to look fine again. Maybe not as good as the first couple of days in the tank, but much better than the night before.
I read many of the rose BTA articles in this forum before purchasing my BTA, but not sure if this is a normal behavior.
Looking for advice from those experienced in keeping rose BTAs....]