How to get a RBTA to be bubblious

[duastina]

Does anyone know how to get a bubble tip to be bubblious instead of stringy?

 

[iamwhatiam52]

nope

 

[Toddrtrex]

Luck.

No one has been able to come of with a "trick" that works the majority of the time. Back when I kept them I tried;
Less light, more light.
Less food, more food.
Hosting a clown, not hosting a clown.
Low flow, high flow.

The results were always the same -- long tentacles.

 

[vanillagorila]

I've taken one out of my main tank where it didn't have bubbles on its tips and put it in my nano and it got bubbles on its tips. then a couple of months later it went right back to no bubbles.

 

[gweston]

My RBTA had bubbles when I purchased it. It was in a frag tank with bright Halides. It moved to my temp/small tank at home with T5HO's over it. It is healthy and happy, but less bubbly. The tentacles did however become a bit longer (thus losing bubbliness) in order to give itself more area for photosynthesis. It will be going in to a 125gal halide lit system in a few months time. I am hoping it bubbles back up then.