Bubble Tip Problems

[ScubaSteve]

Feed it and feed it well. That's the key to a happy nem. What light are you using?

Ask BlazingArrow how he keeps his RBTA. It's amazing!

[Money pit]

Its bleaching, thats why the color change went from a nice orange to a florescent red, Im betting its getting close to a pinkish color. The white base is a dead give away. Don't know what caused it to bleach but if it went from on top the rock to under the rock, its hiding from something. Like what was pointed out by other posters, try feeding it. If its not sticky anymore or wont take food, the only other thing you can do is up your nitrates, get them up between 5-10. If there are any SPS in the tank they wont like this, but LPS, Zoas and softies should be happy with it. With higher NO3 the Zooxanthellae
{ algae that gives it color ) will absorb it as nourishment and hopefully be enough to let the BTA pull through. Ive kept BTAs under regular florescents using this method, plus feeding. Good luck, this may take some time.

[CandyCane]

Okay so yes I meant 1.0252 the .ooo2 just a guess with my eye's. I've got a coralife deep six hydrometer.

The tank is a 20gallon tall with about 20lbs of live rock and 2" of fine live sand.

10gallon sump with rubble for a bio filter along with some small corals living in it, tuns of filter snails, a hermit crab, and cheato. Also have some carbon and purigen to keep any chemical warfare down.

The light is a wave point 4 bulb fixture with:
-2 white 10,000k bulbs
-1 actinic
-1 blue wave
I tried flipping the rock once and thats when it moved from the top of the tank to the very bottom.

I've got a stupidly aggressive little maroon clown thats about 2". The BTA when spread out in the biginning was 3" across. I fed the BTA krill this morning and it ate some so its still grabs onto food! The tenticles have also come out a lot more since feeding.

I have some corals in the tank that would probably die from a nitrate increase as well as a sensitive blue tang.