HELP! Should I isolate my RBTA?!

[msuzuki126]

Ok so my bleached RBTA the I acquired from my friend isn't doing well. It's foot is no longer attached to the rock and the anemone is just rolling around the tank. I turned flow way down and it's still happening. Also, my clownfish keeps bumping into it and moving it more. Should I isolate the RBTA in a cage in my tank or just let it be?

 

[garygb]

If you can isolate it in the tank, still providing good light , live rock to attach to, and water flow, then isolate it. Water parameters? The reason I ask is because even a bleached BTA will attach, maybe something doesn't suit it in the tank.

 

[dc]

It can't hurt to try, the clownfish isn't helping matters by bumping into it. I've seen people use strawberry crates for this.

 

[msuzuki126]

My parameters are fine. If anything my phosphates are a little high...

So I isolated the RBTA to a "hospital area" and it attached its foot to the bottom, so that's a start.

 

[kar93]

Ive heard that every once in a while BTA's like to take a tumble in the water column for about 10 mins then just reattach themselves?
Anyone else??

 

[garygb]

"Ive heard that every once in a while BTA's like to take a tumble in the water column for about 10 mins then just reattach themselves?
Anyone else??"

No, I've never heard that one.

 

[kar93]

http://www.karensroseanemones.com/takingatumble.htm

Heres where it says it and theres a couple more i saw it on but cant remember what they are

 

[dc]

Reading it may not make it so. I have no idea myself, mine hasn't even moved in over 3 years. I'm not sure they 'like' to do it, over there's some other reason they detatch.

 

[msuzuki126]

Well this one isn't in good shape, so I doubt it's going for a "tumble".

 

[garygb]

After they split I've noticed it seems to take the smaller clone a while to find a niche that it likes. It will go somewhere and then it will stay a few days and wander to another spot, until it finds just the right place. But the "daddy" to all of mine has been pretty much stationary since I got it between 3 and 4 years ago. When it has split, the smaller clone goes wandering and the larger one stays put.

 

[msuzuki126]

It hasn't split..