Bali RBTA

[JeffReef]

Are the Bali Rose or True RBTA prone to loosing the bubble tip? Does anyone know why they loose the bubble tip after a while in captivity?

 

[redvipe2010]

It is not completely understood why some loose their bubble tips in capitivity.

 

[JeffReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9854920#post9854920 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by redvipe2010
It is not completely understood why some loose their bubble tips in capitivity.

That's what I thought.

If I do purchase an RBTA, how long can I expect the bubble to stay?

It would be interesting to hear from someone who has kept a Bali RBTA for a few years without loosing the bubble tips.

Sorry for the dumb questions. I just never had an RBTA before and so I don't know what to expect.

 

[redvipe2010]

There is no definate lenght of time. The bubbles may also return from time to time.

 

[JeffReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9855515#post9855515 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by redvipe2010
The bubbles may also return from time to time.

That's good news. I wonder if high lighting can promote the bubble to stay longer.

There was a Rose RBTA at my lfs that came from a trade by a local reefer. The anemone was sitting high below a 400w MH pendant and the bubble tips were full.

 

[redvipe2010]

Its a mystery to me. I have several BTAs in 3 different tanks. In my 55g tank, I have two RBTAs under 175 watt MH. They are of the same clone, the one up high does not have bubbles, the one on a rock down by the sand has bubbles. It did not have bubbles when I got it and it was kept under high MH by the previous owner.

 

[JeffReef]

Hmm,...I guess there's really no way of knowing. I might just have to take the $89 plunge and see for my self.

Thanks for the replies redvipe!

 

[redvipe2010]

You're welcome!

Yikes, those are expensive where you live!

 

[phender]

There doesn't seem to be any constant factor. I never had a BTA loose its bubbles when I was still using normal fluorescent tubes over my tanks. Others have said that more intense light caused bubble tips in their BTAs. Still others have said that they have two clones right next to each other in the same tank and one always has bubbles and the other never does.

Seems to me it would be a way of exposing more surface area to the light, therefore it should happen more in lower light conditions, but that is just a hypothesis.

 

[JeffReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9855993#post9855993 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by redvipe2010
You're welcome!

Yikes, those are expensive where you live!

Yeah. The $89 ones and the True RBTA or the Bali RBTA. The regular RBTAs are just $39.

Actually, $89 for the True RBTA is the cheapest I've seen so far. They sell upwards of $140 in the Bay Area and about $150 on eBay.

 

[JeffReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9855994#post9855994 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender
There doesn't seem to be any constant factor. I never had a BTA loose its bubbles when I was still using normal fluorescent tubes over my tanks. Others have said that more intense light caused bubble tips in their BTAs. Still others have said that they have two clones right next to each other in the same tank and one always has bubbles and the other never does.

Seems to me it would be a way of exposing more surface area to the light, therefore it should happen more in lower light conditions, but that is just a hypothesis.

I just hope we can understand these critters better so we can provide the appropriate care.

 

[ryan_reefer]

Yeah it sure is a mystery, my therory is they produce bubble tips when the are trying to increase the surface area on the tentacles in which they can recieve light and photosynsise just my theroy of it!!!

 

[redvipe2010]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9856064#post9856064 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JeffReef
I just hope we can understand these critters better so we can provide the appropriate care.

Bubbled Tips on a BTA is not a indicator of health. Proper water parameters, lighting, feeding and tank mates will keep an anemone happy.

 

[GSMguy]

BTA is a hardy creature the bubble tips dont seem to have any ryme or reason but; buying one with buble tips already will help your chances of getting a bubbler.

it seems to me that there is much more diferentiation in the different kinds of BTA than say the kinds of haddoni. some bta split when small some when large. some bubble tip some dont.