My very first RBTA

[Thai Guy]

Hey there,

so this is my first RBTA that I just got recently. I decided to get it cause it has a beautiful color and I got it for a pretty good deal, not to mention, he's HUGE! :eek2:

Another reason is because I previously bought another clown for my tank with hopes that he wouldn't fight with my original clown, they both ended up pairing in less than a day, so Im really happy about that and I decided to buy em RBTA.

Excuse my pix quality. Just wanted to post them up ASAP, will try to get a better shot soon.

My Original Clown + Eibli Angel

My newly paired Clowns

 

[Dub1173]

congrats man

 

[Thai Guy]

Thank you~

Thank you~

Thank you, I know it's nothing special, just feel like a big accomplishment since my first few tanks has always been reefs.

Doing Anemone is a new challenge for me... I never had to deal with a walking coral before. haha. Anywho, Thank you for your support, any other comments are also welcome.

Another thing I want to mention is that, I currently have PC, although Im planning to upgrade it to T5 soon, any particular spec or brand or wattage I should get?

Thanks a bunch in advance. :rollface:

 

[InsaneClownFish]

Very nice..grats!

Just make sure you get HO T5s. How long and deep is your tank? Aquactinics makes a nice fixture, their are retro solutions, and there's even the higher end ATI powermodules. Give us some more details about your system..

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

ooo pretty..it looks very healthy..dang another ocellaris hosting a bta, I hope some day my ocellaris will host a bta, since I don't want to try a carpet anemone. Maybe people have a better chance getting a ocellaris to want a bta if its a really big one? Did you get yours from your lfs?

 

[pasenah]

nice nem. this site about bta's is fantastic.
http://www.karensroseanemones.com/

 

[dc]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11194167#post11194167 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wicked_NaCl_h2o
ooo pretty..it looks very healthy..dang another ocellaris hosting a bta, I hope some day my ocellaris will host a bta, since I don't want to try a carpet anemone. Maybe people have a better chance getting a ocellaris to want a bta if its a really big one? Did you get yours from your lfs?

It does happen, mine went in fairly quick, now my percs are partial to the powerheads.

 

[shibumi]

Re: Thank you~

Re: Thank you~

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11193532#post11193532 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Thai Guy
Thank you, I know it's nothing special, just feel like a big accomplishment since my first few tanks has always been reefs.
:rollface:

Nothing special? it is special .. they look awesome and I cant believe they host it so fast. Mine dont even look the anemone grrrrr

Congrats

 

[mksalt]

Has the bta moved around at all yet? Are the ocellaris wild caught?

 

[Thai Guy]

wow.

wow.

Yeah, Im actually really surprise that both of them went in really quick. I got the anemone about 7pm and by 9am the next morning, both of them are rolling around inside RBTA already.

Mksalt, the RBTA did moved. I tried to put him right at the top of the tank, around where my clowns sleep. He jump off the rocks and moved around at the bottom for a bit until he went inside a cave and stick his tentacles out. Which im glad cause I dont want him to walk around the tank.

wicked_NaCl_h2o , I did get both clowns and RBTA from LFS, Im usually a picky buyer, but sometimes I see a good deal that I just can't miss like this RBTA

Insaneclownfish, thanks for the info, my tank is bowl front with about 50cm in height. I will have my friend who works at LFS to come take a look at my tank to see what light is appropriate because it's in such an odd shape (half circle) and there isn't really any place for me to put my light. I currently run a skimmer and a filter, I want to set up sump but currently doesnt have any room maybe when I get a bigger tank, i will. My tank is also 40g.

Pasenah, Thanks for the website, I was actually looking for that website cause I lost the address long time ago.

My parameter of the tank is ok... except for Ph.. for some reason it went so low... no idea why, everything else is 0, just bought Kent buffer and try to bring it up to 8.2 or so... currently it's at 7.8.
I also bought Purple up to try out... not sure if it works but I've heard great thing about it.

Will get an underwater cam later today and try to take more pixs.
Thanks guys for the comments.
:rollface:

 

[mksalt]

Sounds like you have a well behaved BTA so far.

Are the clowns captive bred or wild?

 

[kar93]

Looks Great, good luck with it

My clowns aren't hosting anything at the Moment, first i need to nem proof the tank then i need to get a better light fixture. then hopefully they might host a bta when i get one

 

[Thai Guy]

Hehe

Hehe

Mksalt, not sure if they're captive or wild, the LFS didn't specified whether they're captive or wild. I would assume they're captive since both of em is pretty mellow... not even sure if it has anything to do with it. hahaha :lol:

Now that I look at em again, some tentacles are deflated... was wondering if it's normal? he's eating fine though, bought him silverside from LFS , when I feed him his 2nd piece, one of the clown kept picking on the piece and pull it out.... what a mean clown..... maybe he's wild :lol:

Anywho. everything is in order, he's well behaved so far, based under the cave, while the tentacle is outside. I heard it's a normal behavior for him to hide his base/body and have tentacle poking out of cave or some sort.

so tempted to buy clam today... but not sure if my anemone will walk over him or not. thinking of getting either crocea or derasa.... anyone know a good site? or any good LFS around bayarea that have good selection? for not so expensive price? One example would be 50$ for 1" derasa... too expensive imo.

Thanks :rollface:

 

[Thai Guy]

some more nice pictures . . .

some more nice pictures . . .

Some more pictures incase anyone wanna see it.

Looking good

2 of em.

This is what im talking about, the base attach to the inside of the cave while the rest of the body is outside.

The two clowns are getting pretty territorial to the small chromies now.... but they would not dare to chase the angels off. :lol:

 

[55semireef]

What your RBTA is doing usually is pretty normal. However some do it when they stretch for light. Your RBTA might be stretching for light considering that its on the bottom of your tank with only PC lighting. Keep a close eye on it. If it starts to lose its dark red pigmentation then you know it has begun to bleach (loss of zooxanthellae algae).

Don't get a clam. Definately not enough light and your tank still looks fairly new.

 

[this is me]

Thats a very nice RBTA