Days ago my 8-year old and her friends put their hands to catch a bunch of Spaghetti worms under the sand bed for good 20-30 minutes while I was in another room. After that, my 2 RBTAs start to move and retrieved behind the rocks since. All other corals looks OK. Any advices on what cause to these amemones stay put on same spot for more than 2 years to move and shrink to 1/4 their normal size ? I guess that they stired the sand quiet a bit and it must be have some negative effects on the nems ? Thanks.
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Not a good thing to have anybody put their hands in there in the first place. I would make sure you let them know to keep out. (ie: if they had cuts or rubbed their eyes/noses they could be in a world of hurt)
As for the BTA's - could be anything from all the sand kicking up, to heat going up from their bodies, to any soap/oils/chemicals on their hands/arms. They could have also changed the water flow enough to tick off the BTA's enough for them to move.
How big is your tank? All you can really do is just leave them alone. Sooner or later they will move to a spot that they like. Are they in a dark spot?
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Maybe your lights are just too bright for it? Is the flow any weaker in the dark areas? (ie: caves, corners...ect) How old/big is it? If new/small I would just keep an eye on the color. Good, bright coloring should mean that the zooxanthellae are doing ok. Does it look like the tentacles or short bubble or long and streatching out? (ie: streatching out to the light) In the wild you have some that live deep with little light and some that live near the surface with alot of light.
My tank is 75 gal. and these 2 nems always stay side by side on same spot in 1/4 left side of the tank. Now, one is still in the back (dark) and the other one start to crawling out a bit for the light. I checked the parameters is Ok, so I am hoping they will gradually recover from the "shock" and come out. Thank you for your input.
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