It is now 3am & I am losing sleep over my green BTA...
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This crazy thing looks terrible, it's tentacles look like they're all melting, the mouth is gaping, white & puffy, & it won't eat (krill/myosis shrimp). It keeps moving, is not bleached & doesn't smell so I've kept it in the tank. 15-20% water change every week with water from the store, yesterday was most recent and all param in line-salinity 1.024, Nitrate/Nitrite/Ammonia, Calcium 480 . Tank is approx 6 mos & was started with all live rock/sand/water from store. 36 gallons w/ AI Sol Blue. We cycled empty for 2 mos before slowly adding corals.
I've read everything I could online, Karen's rose nem, Carlos's Reef, various websites, all mention melting, removing, etc. No one really tells you how to know for sure it's dead & how to move it. Should I put it in a bowl on top of the tank? Does it need me to run bubbles/oxygen?
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Any specific pictures or things to check if dead nem (besides smell) would be helpful, i.e. when would you pull it? If no quarantine tank, what then?
Your advice welcome, thanks!!!