iamwhatiam52
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Perhaps they simply cannot be understood.
My new theory is that they are all females!
My new theory is that they are all females!
Keeping Bubble Tips Bubble Tipped?
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BonsaiNut
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davelin315
10 & Over Club
Probably the best answer I have ever heard!Better even than my football analogy
Seriously? People asking for help and you can only offer sarcasm? You seem to be very knowledgeable, but you don't like it when people ask a question instead of using the search button... I see that you wrote the FAQ section, but things change every day and when a thread gets longer than a page or two, it becomes very difficult to read through it. Sometimes it's simply easier to just ask the question again rather than plod through a long thread. I agree that when someone doesn't even look at the page that they're on and ask the same question that was already asked on the same page the same day it can get annoying, but I'm fairly sure that the people asking aren't doing it just to annoy you.
Someone that I know thought that it might be stress related - when they are stressed out a bit they tend to bubble at the tips. He has been splitting them for years and has a tank full of red bubble tips. After I got one from him I decided to try and stress out the green bubble tips in my tank by directing flow at them and poking and prodding them and trying to peel them off the rock they were on. The two that were in the direct path of the flow ended up with bubble tips again and the two that weren't directly in it didn't. I also have a pair of black ocellaris that live in them and are constantly switching back and forth between the 4 that are in this clump as well as a pink skunk that lives in one on the other side and those don't bubble up at all.
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BonsaiNut
Premium Member
I guess I get a little punchy after seeing the same question asked so many times. You're right; I have nothing more to offer on the subject that hasn't been said dozens of times in the last 7 years...
This thread: started 12/22
Is there a way to make BTA bubble? from last month 11/17
How to make rbta tentacles bubble from last month 11/9
Bubble-Tipped Anemone Bubbling and Splitting from 6/25
Has anybody had a BTA that DIDN'T lose the bubble tips? from 5/18
Bubble Tips from 4/27
Bubbling bubble tips from 4/13
Could low light increase bubble tip on BTA? from 2/23
Etc...
People think I am mean by pointing this out - I'm not sure why. There is obviously a contingent here that doesn't care that people have been asking and answering these questions for almost ten years. I'm not trying to flame people, but is it really that hard to use search or read the FAQ?
The reality is that about once a month, someone starts a thread on this forum about bubbling bubble tips. People all post their theories. And then they do it all over again the following month. No one actually tries to prove or disprove anything. Hey, if people just want to hang out and chat for companionship, that's cool with me. But don't get mad if I quip a few jokes along the way - it's not like anyone is taking this subject seriously after the 100th time...
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Financial Panth
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Same here. I saw a few partial bubbles but nothing great.
davelin315
10 & Over Club
I help moderate the website for my own club, WAMAS, and appreciate the time and effort that people put into the forums and policing them. Joking is one thing, but you have shown a tendency to get irritated about when people choose to start a new thread. If they don't start new threads, think about how little there will be on this forum. I've seen people arguing over bandwith, etc., but it's a forum website, it's made for dialogue, repeated or not. If I answer a 42 page thread (and I don't know if any of these threads are even over a page) the likelihood of someone finding that answer goes down with each and every page that is on there. Last time I read a long thread, I read the first 2 pages, then skipped to the last few pages.
As far as the search button, I will be very honest and say that I stopped using RC a few years back when I found that there were too many people who were just downright rude and also at a time when I found that the search tool was useless unless I was a paid subscriber as it didn't let me search. I did become a paid subscriber but then when the site went downhill because of the behavior I decided not to remain a paid member (I think my account was still a premium account for a year or two before I removed that aspect without logging in).
Long story short, I think that new threads benefit a site like this. When traffic goes down, so does the site. If people don't post, then it loses its community feeling. It's not that I don't appreciate a good joke, I certainly do, but I also understand that there's a time for being patient and just answering the question again. We have the same issues on our website with people asking again and again, but that's life for you.
As far as proving something, I would think that the more people who post here that they are having issues the more easy it is to see why and divine a reason for those problems. Of course, you'd have to use the search button to do gather it all together...:hmm3:
FYI, I have read the FAQs and think that you did an awesome job on them. It would be good for people to read them, but as far as BTAs becoming STAs (Stringy Tentacled Anemones), you said it yourself, there's no explanation for it.
BonsaiNut
Premium Member
Irritated is too strong of a word. Mystified is more like it. It's probably one of the reasons why it is so hard to get human customer support nowadays. In the tech industry it is called "RTFM" syndrome. No one wants to try to exert the smallest amount of effort to try answer their own questions, no matter how basic. Half the time I'm not even sure about how interested they really are in the answers
It's one of the reasons why, in my opinion, much of the real discussion about anemone care and clownfish breeding go on behind the scenes via PM and emails. It's also a reason why you don't see any of the big names on this board as much (if at all) any more. Where are the commercial breeders? Where are the teachers/professors? Where are the importers/collectors? They have all been snowed under by an avalanche of "how can I keep my BTA tips bubbled" posts.
I know I am howling at the moon and that it is easier to accept human behavior, however flawed, than to try to change it. But I can't stop howling.
And don't think I harbor any animosity toward anyone on this board, because I don't. I love reefers and love talking about reefs. But I fail to see how posting another thread about the same subject with the same content and the same conclusion provides any benefit to anyone. In fact, I find it detrimental because it clogs up the forum with empty repetition.
Unless, of course, the whole point of this forum is just to talk. Then, I guess it doesn't matter WHAT you post - in which case I shouldn't be getting dinged for my jokes
The ultimate irony in all of this: you and I are the only ones reading this thread.
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clownman77
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it can be for many reasons and sometimes we dont know why they dont but the best thing to do is to keep their water conditions as best as can be OK!!!!
MarineFlake
Member
My $0.02...I have seen a couple posts about people moving to T5's from MH and their bta's suddenly bubbled up. However, I have to agree, its an age old question with no real concrete answer, only random musings, observations and self induced rationalization. In my mind, it is as ageless as 'why do nems split' or 'how do I make a nem split'.
Unlike some others, I will keep my off topic, superfluous opinion to my self about other peoples responses to your question. Needless to say the answer, is quite frankly, we don't know.
GL!
Unlike some others, I will keep my off topic, superfluous opinion to my self about other peoples responses to your question. Needless to say the answer, is quite frankly, we don't know.
GL!
yeah this is an interesting topic which really doesn't have a known answer (probably why there are so many threads ). My BTAs shows bubble when ever it wants! I have woken up one day and saw it bubbled up, went for breakfast and come back and they were gone. I have also seen it bubble when my clowns were in but I would say that 90 percent of the time it is just straight.
). My BTAs shows bubble when ever it wants! I have woken up one day and saw it bubbled up, went for breakfast and come back and they were gone. I have also seen it bubble when my clowns were in but I would say that 90 percent of the time it is just straight.Similar threads
