RBTA Emergency?!
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Majority_Rules
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I can't believe how well it's coming back. Good luck and please keep us posted.
daveonbass
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well I just checked and noticed that at least one of you asked for an update...haha
Plus when I took the pics (october 1) it was the 2 month anniversary of the tragic day...
so here's how it looks now...
with flash
and the full tank...and where it lives...
hope that this inspires everyone/anyone that has had a terrible incident like mine. I guess that if you are patient and keep the water/tank clean...and are dilligent about keeping the feeding nutritios and frequent enough...then they realy can bounce back and survive.
thanks to all that helped with advice along the way. But now this brings up a lot more questions from a newb like me...
What can I do to get it to color up more?
Will it ever have Bubble Tips?
I hear that they don't like the sand bed...should I try to move it, or just leave it since it seems happy?
Will occilaris (sp?) clowns ever host in them? (I have heard that they don't, but was wondering if anyone had any success...)
thanks again
Plus when I took the pics (october 1) it was the 2 month anniversary of the tragic day...
so here's how it looks now...
with flash
and the full tank...and where it lives...
hope that this inspires everyone/anyone that has had a terrible incident like mine. I guess that if you are patient and keep the water/tank clean...and are dilligent about keeping the feeding nutritios and frequent enough...then they realy can bounce back and survive.
thanks to all that helped with advice along the way. But now this brings up a lot more questions from a newb like me...
What can I do to get it to color up more?
Will it ever have Bubble Tips?
I hear that they don't like the sand bed...should I try to move it, or just leave it since it seems happy?
Will occilaris (sp?) clowns ever host in them? (I have heard that they don't, but was wondering if anyone had any success...)
thanks again
puter
Active member
It may develop bubble tips periodically, particularly when there are lighting or flow changes but, once they've been in captivity for an extended period of time, they tend to not to have bubble tips more often than not.
Leave it be. As you've seen, if IT doesn't like where it is, it'll move
Hit or miss. So will, some won't.
OrionN
Moved on
You should really change your intake or else it will happen again. A larger snail will also get caught like the anemone. change the intake to a perforated tube or at least a T with screen on both end of the T.
For close tube, the intake got to be bulky, there just no way around it. If you want a sleek looking tank, then you cannot have a close loop. You use rock to cover your flat close loop intake, and BTA like to put their foot in hidden crevices in the rock, that is why it got suck in.
I am glad that your RBTA did well. That intake is not "mobile animal safe". I just hope that you do something so that it does not happen again. Change that intake to get rid of all the animals that move around.
For close tube, the intake got to be bulky, there just no way around it. If you want a sleek looking tank, then you cannot have a close loop. You use rock to cover your flat close loop intake, and BTA like to put their foot in hidden crevices in the rock, that is why it got suck in.
I am glad that your RBTA did well. That intake is not "mobile animal safe". I just hope that you do something so that it does not happen again. Change that intake to get rid of all the animals that move around.
daveonbass
New member
All the snails walk right over the intake. It's not that powerful. I have stated before that it IS split. the pump is T'ed off to Two intakes...and the intake pipes are bigger diameter than the out flow pipes. Add to that the fact that the grating that covers the bulkhead intakes...is much wider than the actual hole that is pulling in water...so it IS dispersing the flow. That's the only reason that I think the Nem even survived. It was stronger than the flow in the first place. But once it got too caught up of course it was now being pulled in.
The nem is now quite far from the back...and it's not moving at all. I know that can chage any day...but I will just have to keep a constant watch on it. I love watching my tank anyways. Sadly I know this goes against what you just told me...but that's all I can do for now. NO tank is NEM safe by your standards. I hate to point it out...but I have seen people here that have their nems get caught in the overflow...and there is no changing that. We all just have to hope that the "mobile animal" chooses to stay put for a few months/years. MY CL is glues in and is a permanent fixture in the tank. But I'm a lot more aware of how safe I have to keep it.
It's not anywhere near rock...
It's got low flow...
And it's intake is even lower in flow for the reasons mentioned above.
...I guess we all just have to hope for the best...and I do mean all...
The nem is now quite far from the back...and it's not moving at all. I know that can chage any day...but I will just have to keep a constant watch on it. I love watching my tank anyways. Sadly I know this goes against what you just told me...but that's all I can do for now. NO tank is NEM safe by your standards. I hate to point it out...but I have seen people here that have their nems get caught in the overflow...and there is no changing that. We all just have to hope that the "mobile animal" chooses to stay put for a few months/years. MY CL is glues in and is a permanent fixture in the tank. But I'm a lot more aware of how safe I have to keep it.
It's not anywhere near rock...
It's got low flow...
And it's intake is even lower in flow for the reasons mentioned above.
...I guess we all just have to hope for the best...and I do mean all...
puter
Active member
Respectfully, that's a cop-out. There are lots of ways to make your tank anemone safe. You can choose to take an "oh well, things happen" approach with the well-being of your anemone, but don't act like it's the only choice you have. It isn't. If you're looking for suggestions as to specific things you can do, just ask.
Foam covers over the intakes would be a good start. Grates and anemones don't mix...
Foam covers over the intakes would be a good start. Grates and anemones don't mix...
OrionN
Moved on
I have keep many species of anemones since 1997. I got huge close loops. I keep BTA. I never have any of my anemones got chew up by pump intake or overflow or close loop. Maybe it is luck but I don't think so. All it take is a little planning and logic. Good luck with your anemone and tank.
Looks like it's made a full recovery! Congrats!
daveonbass
New member
well it seems huberous has caught up with me...
2 months after the accident...and it's where it is in the pics...
...BUT...2 months and ONE DAY!!!!! and it moves. I should have KNOWN after the speech that OrionN just gave me. (I think my nem read the post...)
It's now in the corner of the back glass and the overflow...I watched it walk there for 30 min. And it stopped in the corner. There is less flow there...and it's actually where the clowns huddle all the time...though I dought that the Nem would know that.
So like I said...I'm just waiting to see if it keeps moving...
I wonder if it is healthy and maybe looking for MORE light again...Or if it was in to high a flow area? My biggest concern now is that it will climb and do what I was saying, go into the overflow. It's current position is away from the CL intake...but if it grew then it's in the danger zone again.
I just want to appologize if I came off arrogant...I wasn't trying to be...I just was happy that the Nem had finally picked a spot and decided to stay and get healthy there...
Then it moves the next day...
go figure.
any suggestions NOW???? any help is still appreciated.
2 months after the accident...and it's where it is in the pics...
...BUT...2 months and ONE DAY!!!!! and it moves. I should have KNOWN after the speech that OrionN just gave me. (I think my nem read the post...)
It's now in the corner of the back glass and the overflow...I watched it walk there for 30 min. And it stopped in the corner. There is less flow there...and it's actually where the clowns huddle all the time...though I dought that the Nem would know that.
So like I said...I'm just waiting to see if it keeps moving...
I wonder if it is healthy and maybe looking for MORE light again...Or if it was in to high a flow area? My biggest concern now is that it will climb and do what I was saying, go into the overflow. It's current position is away from the CL intake...but if it grew then it's in the danger zone again.
I just want to appologize if I came off arrogant...I wasn't trying to be...I just was happy that the Nem had finally picked a spot and decided to stay and get healthy there...
Then it moves the next day...
go figure.
any suggestions NOW???? any help is still appreciated.
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