RBTA vs Tunze- twice....

[galoot]

So my new RBTA found its way into my tunze 6055s twice. First time much worse than the second. His foot looks good and he is still in one piece. My only concern is the tissue on the side that got sucked in doesnt look to good or his mouth. See pics below. What do you all think? Not the best pic. I'll try for better.

 

[Doe5ia14]

Doesn't look too bad but you should probably use some sort of foam guard for the pumps.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

I feel your pain. My RBTA split a couple of weeks ago and one of them wandered too close to a microjet I had in the tank. It's still recovering, but hiding.

Yours doesn't look too bad, just give it time.

 

[galoot]

the skin around his mouth was what I was concerned about. looks all lose and wrinkled. Probably from the trauma of it all. But the other half looks great. his tentacles are nice and fat and his foot looks really good and strong. I'm just a worry wart I guess.

The tunzes where moved around a bit and i made a guard for them too.

 

[galoot]

Well I thought all was good......I built some egg crate covers and went away for a few days and came home to the nem 99% in my 6105!!!!!! I turned it off and had to leave again for a day. I figured it was a total goner. Came home to this.

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Can it survive this horrific attack?!?!

 

[galoot]

Well it's been a couple weeks and the nem appears to be growing back. This is one tough little guy. Problem is he is right on my tunze. I'm afraid to try and move this fragile guy. Any ideas.

 

[RJT]

How is your nem?

 

[galoot]

Here's an updated pic of the poor guy.

These suckers are tough!!!

He's growing back nicely.

 

[E.intheC]

That's crazy.. Are they still moving?

 

[galoot]

No not moving. It was only this rose that moved around. My others have pretty much stayed put

 

[mikelee35]

My very first RBTA got sucked into my Koralia the first night I had it, sucked it all the way in, and turned it into soup, only found a small portion of the foot the next morning

 

[killerbubbles]

i use black pantyhose and zip ties to cover my koralias.