RBTA CLOUDING WATER

[kryptic4l]

just picked up a healthy well colored nice mouth rbta yesterday at the store. put him in my tank and it has gone into hiding, i have also noticed my water is now cloudy still as of this morning. Just wondering what could be going on as I have not had cloudy water like this since I added sand. Havent had time to check parameters just yet, just noticed it on my way out to work today any ideas?

[archer772]

I have never seen a BTA itself cloud the water, are you sure its still alive because I have seen water cloud up real bad if one dies depending on the size.

[kryptic4l]

Ill have to take a look later tonight when i get home, I hope it didnt die. The only other thing i can think of is I somehow stirred up some sediment in my filter chambers perhaps sending it into a cycle of sorts i think either way a bit of a water change is in order for the night

[Amphiprion]

Actually, stress can induce spawning and even emptying of stomach contents, both of which can cloud the water quite a bit. I'd look to see if it is still alive, however, and do a water change if possible. Also, an addition of fresh activated carbon won't hurt.

[kryptic4l]

well figured out the problem, I have a powerhead buried in my rock structure, it found its way down into it and its toast........ frackin heck, it "was" a nice specimen....

[Catpicklesdog]

Ouch! Sorry to hear that:(

[GregAW]

Dumb question... What is a RBTA?

[Catpicklesdog]

Rose Bubble Tip Anemone;)

[GregAW]

Thanks CAT, I'm still learning the jargon. :)

[kryptic4l]

actually in my case it was a bulb tipped :) , but anyways....... tank has now crashed, lost my perculas, trying drastically to get my nitrates down, so my clowns are the big part of my losses nitrates were over 40 last night, woke up had to do a waterchange before work, now im typing this as a see the results from this morning before i do the next water change

[Amphiprion]

Terribly sorry to hear that. These things are unfortunate, but I certainly understand how you feel. Just get things corrected and start again :).

[kryptic4l]

so ensues a new chapter in my tanks life, only lost the clowns, found resonably priced replacements
took the oppertunity to change out the sand because i hadnt really been happy with it since i put it in , it was like a sand/ cc mix so now i got nice uniform oolite back in my tank. As a side note I found sand sifting snails that ive been looking for forever. dumb luck that i also raised the height of my sand bed on top of that, so they have dissapeared and i also have my 12 galon empty up and running right now so it makes moving things around in my tank easier as i am gonna go to a more u shaped rock structure as my mound is getting very difficult to find flt spots to put coral on