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[meowzer]

Originally Posted by MR.reef
http:///forum/post/3083766
ok i bought what i thought was a long time but its a bta and i got some sunks colwn fish to go with it and the thing will not attach to anything it lays in the sand on its side and floats around whats wrong with it??
WELL...w/o knowing anything about your tank...who knows..SOOO
What size tank....how old is tank....what are your water parameters...what type of lighting do you have?????

 

[mr.reef]

well i have a 125 gallon tank, it is a about 6 months but all the rock and water came from my 90 gallon i have sit up for 2 yrs and i have 250w 15k sunpod mh lighting and my and my parameters are all at 0 but my ph is a little low at 7.5... and it has not attach i have had it for almost a month and nothing.. its sits in the back of the tank on its side.

 

[meowzer]

ODD...IDK a lot about anemones...BUT your p.h. is too low....you may need to find out why, and get it up....SLOWLY from what I understand
Based on what you said...that's about all I could think of
Does the anemone stay inflated???

 

[mr.reef]

ya it really nice and inflated but it lays on its side and its hard to get to i took the clown out and i am going to see what happens i really hope it says alive..i feed it three feeder fish but it only ate two so...

 

[salt210]

Originally Posted by MR.reef
http:///forum/post/3083766
ok i bought what i thought was a long time but its a bta and i got some sunks colwn fish to go with it and the thing will not attach to anything it lays in the sand on its side and floats around whats wrong with it??
what does it feel like?
if it isnt sticky at all I would take it out

 

[mr.reef]

it is still sticky but not like when i got it and this morning when the lights came one it is open all the way...

 

[hlcroghan]

You can try moving it somewhere so it can attach itself. I actually put the foot of mine into a rock and turned the PH's away from it so that it would be able to attach itself.
Oh and FYI I have handled my anemone several times to move it into the tank(once) and feed it and it has never stung me or even given me a rash. BTA's are known for not being very aggressive or venomous. I have seen my fish brush up against it accidentally and they jump big time when they do so I am sure it still has some sting to it. Prolly nothing to worry about unless you have known allergies to bees or spider bites.
Congrats Miss Kitty!! It makes you feel so good when you accomplish something like this huh? Your BTA looks fantastic. Mine is almost the same exact color as yours. Mine almost never has the bubbles but it gets HUGE sometimes. It is amazing how much they can expand huh?

 

[mr.reef]

well i have tryed this to and nothing i dont think it like me... ya and i have had a carpet sting me one time when we had it...

 

[hlcroghan]

Oh yeah...capet anemones are a different story entirely. I think they are one of the only ones aggressive enough to actually attack a human. A friend of mine was moving a large one (12 inches) from one tank to another and it latched onto his arm and started actually pulling the skin off. When they pulled it off it took some skin with it although just the top layer. His entire arm swelled up and he had little red spots all over where it had stung him. He almost went to the hospital but ran it under hot water instead and the swelling went down over a period of a couple days.

 

[mr.reef]

ya it rapped around me and stung me left little red spots for a week it hurt.. felt like a bunch of bees stinging at the same time.

 

[hlcroghan]

That would be the EXACT reason I do not have one. I don't need any pets that can actually cause me serious harm like oh say a blue ring octopus or something silly like that...lol. No crazy attack anemones or anything, thank you.

 

[mantisman51]

Vinegar. For anemone and jellyfish stings, it stops the stinging cells from continuing to contract and injecting more venom. It was on Discovery last night. It's the only thing they know that stops the iracanji(?) jelly stingers and they said it works for the other stinging animals, like jellies and anemones. Don't rub the vinegar in, just poor it over the affected skin and the tiny stingers fall out.

 

[dingus890]

^ Gloves people...Gloves...lol
Well my BTA did not make it.I went away for the weekend and the power went out. I have a generator but for some reason my powerhead did not come back on. This led to more algae which I believe is Cyano now. I think the algae had something to do with it the death as my water quality otherwise was till fine.
PH 8.2
Specific Gravity 1.023
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
Temp. 78
Ohwell.. I feel sad for my tomato clown. He misses his buddy and looks for the BTA.

 

[dingus890]

Originally Posted by hlcroghan
http:///forum/post/3085099
That would be the EXACT reason I do not have one. I don't need any pets that can actually cause me serious harm like oh say a blue ring octopus or something silly like that...lol. No crazy attack anemones or anything, thank you.
I aggree with you...lol And with Blue Ring Octopus you don't even need to touch the thing to get poisoned. Just touching the water it is in can give harmful effects. I always wore gloves even with my BTA. I never wanted to chance getting stung and finding out I am deadly allergic to the sting...lol

 

[spanko]

Originally Posted by dingus890
http:///forum/post/3091796
I aggree with you...lol And with Blue Ring Octopus you don't even need to touch the thing to get poisoned. Just touching the water it is in can give harmful effects. I always wore gloves even with my BTA. I never wanted to chance getting stung and finding out I am deadly allergic to the sting...lol
I would really like to read the information that you got this from.

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by dingus890
http:///forum/post/3091795
^ Gloves people...Gloves...lol
Well my BTA did not make it.I went away for the weekend and the power went out. I have a generator but for some reason my powerhead did not come back on. This led to more algae which I believe is Cyano now. I think the algae had something to do with it the death as my water quality otherwise was till fine.
PH 8.2
Specific Gravity 1.023
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
Temp. 78
Ohwell.. I feel sad for my tomato clown. He misses his buddy and looks for the BTA.
Sorry to hear about the BTA....