Lets See Rbta
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crpeck
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Not as good of a picture, but gives an idea how big it has grown:
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crpeck
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Feeding time must be interesting. Are they all cloned or descended from one parent or did you collect multiples? Guess with splitters like that, you'd need to just give them their own tank. It really makes a DRAMATIC display. Very cool!
My one RBTA came from Alvin in SF over 5 years ago. Crawled right up to his spot and has never split or moved since. It takes up 1/3 of my 55 gallon so am kind of relieved he hasn't propagated or spread any more.
Thanks for the pic. Definintely an anemone picture that will trump all anemone pictures.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15150638#post15150638 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crpeck
Definintely an anemone picture that will trump all anemone pictures.
Thanks for the kind words. I got the original RBTA in 1995. Back then, my tank was a mixed reef (you can see how that's gone). The RBTA has split somewhere north of 150 times since then. Most of the clones are from the original RBTA, which was a female (and so are they), but I have two clones from a male I got from Sanjay several years ago.
Kevin
crpeck
Premium Member
Cool. I have always wondered whether mine is a male or female. A couple of times it has spewed out some white smokey stuff and one time, while it was doing that it was releasing little black spots that looked about like poppy seeds.
How do you tell which is which?
It makes me really sad because I've had this same anemone and clownfish pair for over 5 years and now am having to break down the tank to move to CA. I've thought about trying to ship them and get someone to hold them for me, but I'd really be afraid to stress them that badly. Have you ever had experience shipping a large, full grown anemone? I wonder how they do?
How do you tell which is which?
It makes me really sad because I've had this same anemone and clownfish pair for over 5 years and now am having to break down the tank to move to CA. I've thought about trying to ship them and get someone to hold them for me, but I'd really be afraid to stress them that badly. Have you ever had experience shipping a large, full grown anemone? I wonder how they do?
Males release only sperm (white cloud), females release a white cloud with lots and lots of small ovals (eggs). None of my females have ever done a "white cloud" without the eggs.
BTAs ship fine. I've shipped clones to Washington, Missouri, Wyoming, Ohio, Michigan, New Hampshire, Texas, Florida and probably other places I've forgotten. Overnight shipping is expensive ($60-$80 with FedEx), and you have to add in some styrofoam (either make your own insulation or buy a cooler box) and a couple of chemical warmers (hand warmers from a ski shop are fine), but it's definitely doable. Me, I'd be more worried about the fish (since I've never shipped fish before).
(and other readers, please don't ask, this wasn't an ad for anemone sales, shipping is too much of a PITA to be really worth it to me - sorry)
Kevin
crpeck
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At the beginning of this forum are some great sticky threads. From the Anemone FAQ under Clownfish and Anemone FAQ ......
"How come my BTA doesn’t have ‘bubble tentacles’?
The short answer is that no one knows. There have been lots of theories about why BTAs have bulbs or lack them, but no one has been able to prove one theory or the other. The
factors that do not appear to have any impact include: presence or absence of clownfish, frequency of feeding, or brightness or quality of lighting. To confuse matters further, there have been instances of some BTAs that have had tentacles with bubbles and
tentacles without bubbles at the same time. The presence or absence of bubble tips does not appear to affect (or indicate) anemone health."
seattleguy
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Rats, So the bubbles don't have anything to do with being fed recently. That was just to simple an explanation to be true.
