RBTA placement?
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t5Nitro
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WOOOOOO!!! :lol: Excited = yes.
Got the anemone in the tank acclimating right now. This has got to be one of the most amazing RBTAs I've ever seen. It's rich in red, green mouth, and covered in white speckles.
LA doesn't fail to ship yet for me either! I'm only an hour away from them and I overnight aired it in and it went to TN first. Oh well. The day I could've went up to get it they were closed.
Just had a quick question. Is there any way to know if its doing alright? I have the bag in the tank and it seems like it is stuck to the side almost like it could be attached in the bag. So its fine, right?
As far as putting it in the tank.... when the acclimation is complete, should I drain the water in the bag and then just cut the bag open and set the whole bag in the tank?
Got the anemone in the tank acclimating right now. This has got to be one of the most amazing RBTAs I've ever seen. It's rich in red, green mouth, and covered in white speckles.
LA doesn't fail to ship yet for me either! I'm only an hour away from them and I overnight aired it in and it went to TN first. Oh well. The day I could've went up to get it they were closed.
Just had a quick question. Is there any way to know if its doing alright? I have the bag in the tank and it seems like it is stuck to the side almost like it could be attached in the bag. So its fine, right?
As far as putting it in the tank.... when the acclimation is complete, should I drain the water in the bag and then just cut the bag open and set the whole bag in the tank?
It probably is attached to the bag, but you can slowly work it off by massaging a section till you can get a finger nail or credit card under it. Give it time, usually it takes me 3-5 min to get a section started. Then just keep working your nail/card under it and it will let go more and more.
When you are done acclimating it, I'd take it out of the bag and not release the bag water into the tank. While the bag water should have some of you water in there if you acclimated right, the original bag water might have who knows what in it.
Place it where you want it, but be aware that will move around so cover your powerheads and keep an eye on it.
Also, don't be surprised if it looks like hell for a day or two. It is getting used to do your tank and probably doing a water change on itself.
t5Nitro
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I didn't mean emptying the bag into the tank. Just draining the bag into a bucket or whatever to dispose and then putting the bag in my tank.
Don't do that? I really don't feel that comfortable with scrapping it off the bag though. This is my first anemone like this. I had one a long time ago that came on a rock I just picked out of the bag.
Water in the bag is 1.028 - 1.029 :eek1: Might take a bit to get that matched up to the tank. :lol:
Don't do that? I really don't feel that comfortable with scrapping it off the bag though. This is my first anemone like this. I had one a long time ago that came on a rock I just picked out of the bag.
Water in the bag is 1.028 - 1.029 :eek1: Might take a bit to get that matched up to the tank. :lol:
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t5Nitro
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Does anyone think you can drain the bag water, cut around the anemone (nem could be out of water for 20 seconds) so that the nem is still attached to the bag but just cut a circle around the foot. Take that piece and put it in a container of tank water, place the nem in there, and then drop the whole thing down to the bottom of the tank?
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Well, I found an easy way to detach the foot. While emptying the bag I dropped it. He is now in the tupperware thing and is attached and doesn't look bad. Some tips are still bubbled like.
Looks fine so I'll see when the lights come on. I flipped the container over and he for sure is already attached to it. The container is just held down underneath a powerhead (turned off) so it won't float to the top. Hopefully the nem decides he wants to move somewhere else.
I'll have to take some pics when the lights come on.
I read the other thread about don't feed the store bought food? Like the frozen shrimp has a lot of phosphates or whatnot?
Looks fine so I'll see when the lights come on. I flipped the container over and he for sure is already attached to it. The container is just held down underneath a powerhead (turned off) so it won't float to the top. Hopefully the nem decides he wants to move somewhere else.
I'll have to take some pics when the lights come on.
I read the other thread about don't feed the store bought food? Like the frozen shrimp has a lot of phosphates or whatnot?
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Yeah, I have never had much of a problem with buying raw, uncooked shrimp, but I think they are making the point that sometimes shrimp are coated in a freshness spray to counter the effects of freezing, and this chemical is bad for your reef. I am still a little confused by it though.
t5Nitro
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Alright, here it is. Sorry for picture quality. I have an extremely hard time shooting tank pictures for some reason (glass?):
And a macro:
The lights just turned on. It is still in the tupperware as you can see. I kind of want to force the clowns near it to see what happens haha.
Since the pictures were taken the bubble tips "bubbled" more if you want to call it that.
Is there a problem feeding frozen mysis shrimp? If not, do it in the still frozen form or thaw it and spread it around the tentacles or how does that work? Or should I not feed it so soon? If the clowns go in it, they're still babies also, but you can see the nem isn't that big. I want it to grow another inch or two fairly quick. Feed once a week?
And a macro:
The lights just turned on. It is still in the tupperware as you can see. I kind of want to force the clowns near it to see what happens haha.
Since the pictures were taken the bubble tips "bubbled" more if you want to call it that.
Is there a problem feeding frozen mysis shrimp? If not, do it in the still frozen form or thaw it and spread it around the tentacles or how does that work? Or should I not feed it so soon? If the clowns go in it, they're still babies also, but you can see the nem isn't that big. I want it to grow another inch or two fairly quick. Feed once a week?
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t5Nitro
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You can see the container it is in by the pictures. Is there any way to kind of move it out of there so I can get that out of the tank? I have a pretty decent spot I'd like to put it. The one clown sleeps near this spot and it is fairly high up in the tank but not a direct light. The halide lights are on the sides of it. Would be an awesome spot if it stayed there. No corals surrounding really. About 8" away is the nearest.
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I just got my first RBTA also. They're a bit tougher than you think. Just get a finger nail under the egde and gently work it off the bowl like you're peeling an orange. It's pretty easy. Good luck. That's a lovely specimen.
t5Nitro
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So you can just peel it like that and then slide it onto a rock? I'd do that but how long does it take before they reattach? I don't want to stand there holding it for like an hour trying to get the foot to hold to the rock. Ha ha. I am going to leave it where it is until the tomorrow anyway. I'll be up all night watching it to see if it moves. Fully expanded at the moment (the picture looks bad compared to now) so I'd imagine it likes it in there.
Can't stay there though.
Can't stay there though.
t5Nitro
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How long do you guys think it would take an anemone to eat 1 piece of frozen mysis shrimp? I shot a piece in to him since I was feeding the fish anyway. I watched it hit the tentacles and stick. I walked out for maybe 10 seconds or so to come back and look to find it gone and nothing looked like anything happened. Either it ate it that quick or it floated away.
Just curious on how often I can feed (lets say a piece pieces of mysis ~5) to get it to grow fairly quick? Every other day? Too much?
Just curious on how often I can feed (lets say a piece pieces of mysis ~5) to get it to grow fairly quick? Every other day? Too much?
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