Size of a BTA.

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tizzo

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How large will a BTA get?? I have had mine for about 8 months now (give or take) and he is HUGE compared to others I have seen. I would guestimate that he is at least 10" in diameter when he is "sun-bathing". He got caught in the PH's a while back, and I thought for sure he was doomed cause it ripped and crinkled his tenticles. But like your hair they are coming back and the crinkly part is moving further & further to the ends. He hasn't split, but he is SO stinkin big.
When can I expect him to stop growing?
 
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from what i'v seen and read, i'd say he'll only get about 1-2 inchs. bigger, maybe and that's a big maybe. Got a picture of it? Maybe its not just a BTA, maybe its like some kind of BTA that grows really big(10-12inchs.)
 
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tizzo

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I got pics, but I posted them before. I didn't wanna seem redundant, but since you asked...
 
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tizzo

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Thats an old pic, lemme see if I have a newer one... Here, you can see that his mouth is on the far right, so he is that much bigger...
 
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tizzo

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And real close, if there are other opinions as to his identity...
 
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tizzo

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Here he is shriveled up to sleep, and he's still big. That clown is about 4 inches long... (not the orange one on the right... I was referring to the one "in" the anemone...)
 
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Doesn't look like an BTA to me. That's probably the reason why it hasn't split. Looks more like an LTA to me.
 
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I'm not 100% certain it is an LTA either, but that is what I think. LTA's do stay both on the rocks and substrate depending on what's better in your tank. The tentacles are very long to be a BTA, IME.
If it is indeed an LTA, it can grow up to 1 1/2 feet in diameter with 6" tentacles. LTA's are also not known to split in captivity.
 
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tizzo

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Foot and a half huh??? NNOOOOOOOOO!!! Don't make me hafta find him another home... Guess I'll know soon enough.
His foot has never touched the substrate, he cruised the tank a couple of times, but he seems to like where he's at...for now. He planted himself right in front of the PH. When I had my PC's set up, he climbed the glass all the way to the top for more light. That's why I got MH's. (I love my nemone)
Can a LTA scale the glass? Or will it just die due to insufficient lighting? I am trying to troubleshoot this, I am not disagreeing with your "diagnosis". I am trying to find something he does or doesn't do that is not typical of one or the other, besides the substrate thing. If I can't find anything, I guess I'll just wait to see how big he gets.
 
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That's what i was about to bring up.....i had a LTA and it never climbed the glass, it pured itself in the CC and moved once but not up on the glass any
 
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thomas712

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LTA's still prefer a sand substrate, not the rocks. Tiz - why so much difference in color? or did my eyes skim over that part?
I've seen some pretty large BTA's the size of a man's head.
Thomas
 
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i'm guessing she just had her flouresent lights on or something? Or maybe its her lunar lights?.......strong lunar lights:yes:
 
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tizzo

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Originally posted by Thomas712
LTA's still prefer a sand substrate, not the rocks. Tiz - why so much difference in color? or did my eyes skim over that part?
I've seen some pretty large BTA's the size of a man's head.
Thomas
The brighter ones were under my actinic vho's. The blah ones were under 2 65w daylight/2 65w actinic PC's. And I upgraded my camera to a real one. :)
 
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