Come on out of there anenome!

[rppvt]

Got a healthy new Bulb from the LFS, with his own little crab, acclimated well, no panicing, no shriveling up... all puffy, happy and eating and and all was well for the whole day--- untill...
middle of the night he snuck back into the rocks and is now hiding in the dark!
I'd placed him in a secluded cove with a cupped depression in the sand, so he could feel cozy and all- the water's good, all filtered through the sump and lots of LR. I'm just beginning to feel like this anenome thing is a big waste of money.

 

[James77]

Give it a few days- they always move around

 

[finding nemo]

RPP. That is totally normal, don't give up and let him rest and in due time he will come out of hiding.

 

[rppvt]

Thanks folks... I sure hope so. I had one in the previous (25) gal tank and he(she?) never did come out of hiding and just got paler and paler and the sebae kept trying to get he/she to come out of there...
I figured it was my water and kept checking it... but I had a 55 gal sump (don't ask!) and it checked out okay...
I'm the kind of guy who'll change water and just wait... so we'll see.. the rest of the tank is going like gangbusters... so
thanks again!

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7574090#post7574090 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rppvt
Thanks folks... I sure hope so. I had one in the previous (25) gal tank and he(she?) never did come out of hiding and just got paler and paler and the sebae kept trying to get he/she to come out of there...
I figured it was my water and kept checking it... but I had a 55 gal sump (don't ask!) and it checked out okay...
I'm the kind of guy who'll change water and just wait... so we'll see.. the rest of the tank is going like gangbusters... so
thanks again!

Not to go against the grain here, but I had the same experience. I nice healthy RBTA for over a year. Then one day it moved to the back of the tank, away from the light. Everyone kept saying, it'll come out on it's own. But it did not. It got paler and paler. Finally I moved the rock it was attached to. It then began to open and regain color. IMO, it would have either died or bleached to nothing had I left it. Just my 2 cents.

 

[finding nemo]

Rp, be sure to feed it silversides to keep it happy, brine shrimp and mysis is not enough to keep it alive. My web site will show you how to care for it and good luck to you.

 

[jtemple42000]

Maybe I missed it, but what kind of lighting are you using?

 

[dantodd]

Re: Come on out of there anenome!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7572594#post7572594 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rppvt
I'd placed him in a secluded cove with a cupped depression in the sand

Could be part of your problem. BTA don't typically live with their foot in the sand. My experience is that they will move where they want to be. I'd give it a week or so, it CAN move and get into the light if it's ready and likes the environment. If it takes more than a couple weeks you might try moving it.

I recently had my large BTA split into 3 clones. Two wandered to the back of the tank. One attached to my seio twice. I moved them out from behind the rocks after 2 weeks. They moved right back to their "bad" spots within one day. I just gave up and now I spot feed them where they are. One is now moving more into the light about a week after I forcibly moved him.

 

[Thurge]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7574350#post7574350 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by finding nemo
Rp, be sure to feed it silversides to keep it happy, brine shrimp and mysis is not enough to keep it alive. My web site will show you how to care for it and good luck to you.

I would have suggested the opposite. If I feed my RBTA the next day it hardly comes out of the rocks (mine shrivels as the lights go out and reemerges teh next day as the lights come on). If I feed it every day for a week by the end of the week it has moved totally into the dark recesses of it pearch.

If I don't feed it, it fully inflates looking georgous.