Mindflux Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 My GBTA has done surprisingly well in my tank despite the newness of my tank. (4 months?).. though the live rock came from a well established system. The last week the poor thing has been completely deflated and just hanging on by it's foot. It's coloration still seems good and it's still hanging on to the rock it's been on for months. I haven't seen it inflate in almost a week now and it's been too deflated to feed it (I usually give it krill or broadcast feed the tank). Lighting on the tank is only a couple months old with new bulbs so lighting should be adequate. Is there anything else I can do to help remedy this poor fellas disposition? I just did a water change today as well, hoping that would perk it up (it usually makes my other corals perk up) but no change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmthree Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Do you add Iodine to your system? My RBTA was acting weird for a little while and I started dosing iodine and that seems to have fixed the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbharlan91 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I have some iodine that they gave us at RCA if you want to try some.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Do you add Iodine to your system? My RBTA was acting weird for a little while and I started dosing iodine and that seems to have fixed the problem. No additional iodine dosing, no. I just did a WC which should have replenished what trace iodine might be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Came home today to a detached anemone. Picked it up and it literally started falling apart in my hand. R.I.P Greenie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizzy Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Sorry to hear it -- was following your thread because I had the same thing happen to me early on. You'll want to do a water change right away if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Sorry to hear it -- was following your thread because I had the same thing happen to me early on. You'll want to do a water change right away if you can. I got most of it out, just some little bits floated off presumably the hermits and other creepy crawlies will get to them. Though looking at the tank almost all of my yellow eyelash's are closed up. Wonder if that was a hermit crab cruising through or related to the anemone pollutants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua Girl Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 That stinks. How long have you had your bta. Just curious. Keep us posted on how the rest of your critters are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 That stinks. How long have you had your bta. Just curious. Keep us posted on how the rest of your critters are doing. 4 months or so? It was doing really well until about a week ago, then it just started to stay constricted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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