VooDoo Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I fed it a piece of silverside last night, and this after noon i found him like this. should i worry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lamont Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I have a GBTA and it has done that a couple of times after feeding it. The only time I was worried is when it shriveled up like that after producing a clone. Then it detached itself and got caught in my wave box. That was the end of a that!!!! I think yours will be okay unless it detaches itself. It may be trying to get rid of some waste. Good luck though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDoo Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 thanks man. kinda figured cuz everything around it seems to be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Yeah, it is fine. It is just expelling the waste from eating. You'll probably see some brown slime coming out of the mouthanus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 What they said, by the way all my GBTA and BBTA are prolific enough without being fed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Yeah, it is fine. It is just expelling the waste from eating. You'll probably see some brown slime coming out of the mouthanus. mouthanus ha ha ha :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I totally did a double take the first time I saw it called that in "Clownfishes". mouthanus ha ha ha :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Keep in mind if you do feed silversides to only give small pieces. I was originally overfeeding mine with too big of a piece and the BTA struggles with it. You should only be feeding them pieces approx the same size as the mouth. I've found mine have a harder time expelling the waste from a large feeding. The benefit to target feeding is that you should see faster growth/faster splits, but it shouldn't be required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDoo Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 ok, so last night he was excreting some nasty s***. halfway out my cleaner shrimp grabbed hold of it, yanked it out, and started eating it. my flameback and blenny were also fighting over it. i was like but it's looking good now. trying to get my perc to host it. Keep in mind if you do feed silversides to only give small pieces. I was originally overfeeding mine with too big of a piece and the BTA struggles with it. You should only be feeding them pieces approx the same size as the mouth. I've found mine have a harder time expelling the waste from a large feeding. The benefit to target feeding is that you should see faster growth/faster splits, but it shouldn't be required. if that's the case, man, i overfed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Mine ate my peppermint shrimp the other day. Came home to see the tail sticking out of the BTA mouth. Hasn't expelled anything yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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