GBTA Staying Shrunk Offen

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Hello, I have been keeping a GBTA that my pair of maroon's have been hosting for now nearly 4 months +. Recently (last 3 weeks) it has been acting quite odd though; generally staying shrunk during daylight hours and fluffing up at night time until daylight the next day. I tested my water multiple times and nothings out of the ordinary. I have many other corals and fish and none have showed any signs of stress during all of this. Prior to all this weirdness it ate fine, I usually fed it a few pieces of krill once, sometimes twice a week. The only thing I could think of is that maybe my lights (used) are starting to run their lifespan??? I wouldn't think this would be the case though as I have other corals and a large RBTA that is doing absolutely awesome under the same lighting. On occasion every few days he will actually stay swollen for more than half the light schedule (but still smaller than he used to be). I did manage to get him to eat a half inch piece of silver-side about 3 days ago. Any ideas?? any help appreciated! Thanks guys!
 
Bet he is about to split in two. :-) Almost the exact scenario that mine went through before splitting.
 
Good luck mine has been trying to split for 2 months but he won't get on a rock to do it
 
Hope thats all thats going on lol... Been pretty worried about it lately, stays shrunk up about the size of a half dollar and when it was at its peak about 3 weeks ago it was like 3 inches across.

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~1 Month Ago
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February 27th
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Edit: BTW he is in the same exact rock and hole he has been since before the beginning of this yr
 
Ok so a little update, about 4-5 days after my last post it actually moved out of the rock that hes spent 6 months in and moved down underneath my pink bta. In the last day or two its made his way up under a rock (where he gets no light unless i shine it up in there to check on him). Any ideas? and does anyone know if maybe i should try shooting some mysis or brines up in there for it to eat? Currently his foot is still very vibrant red.
 
I would try squirting the myisis and brine. I have had a similar issue with one of mine and brine made it quickly improve. Generally speaking if they start roaming they are not happy about something.
 
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