BTA Interesting Observations

[mike31154]

Just wondering if anyone has had similar experiences with their BTAs. I've had several health issues with my GBTA, but currently it's doing well, good colour, growing, hosting a pair of Maroon clowns. Most tentacles are currently long & fairly straight/tapered. No bubble tips since the last time it recovered from lack of light after moving under a rock shelf. I know that they can have erratically shaped tentacles (karen's rose anemone web site illustrates this). Mine has a several very 'fat' tentacles as well as a number of thinner ones with branches and spurs.

A few weeks ago one of the fat mutant tentacles (sounds like a theme for a new cartoon series) had a small hole in it and I figured maybe it was developing into a new nem that may separate. As it turns out the hole disappeared and now it's just a big fat mutant tentacle again.

Yesterday afternoon a second fat mutant tentacle (FMT) was developing a small protrusion which seemed to be pushing something out. This morning the same FMT appeared to have expelled a fair sized, white blob of something. My guess is a partly digested food particle. It was stuck on there for a while until the water movement finally dislodged it and now the hole has closed up again as was the case with the first occurrence. Whenever it expels waste from its normal orifice, it's usually dark as opposed to the white blob that popped out of the FMT.

Anyone experienced something like this or can elaborate on what the deal is??