Ready for clowns?

[javsku]

I have had my tank up and running since last October. I purchased a tiny baby RBTA for $30.00 back in March this year froma LFS. It has grown a ton since I got it. I have been leaving two vacancies in my fish stock for two True Percs. I have been letting my RBTA grow before I introduced the clowns. When I get the clowns they will be juvenile size. I think my RBTA is ready, do you guys think it's ready? I know with my luck I will put the clowns in the tank and they will go no where near the RBTA :rolleye1: .

 

[Toddrtrex]

It looks like it has really grown, good job. But, what size is it, hard to tell from the pictures.

 

[skyline377]

It took over a week for my clowns to get near my RBTA and now they can't get enough of it. good luck!!!!

 

[javsku]

Thank you, I love watching it grow. I would say it is between 5 and 6 inches across when it's inflated.

 

[SwampyBill]

NIIICE looking RBTA & gorgeous leopard wrasse too...It only took my onyx perc male 2 days to find my 2 RBTA's; female took about a week. Now they go from one to the other. But be prepared, it may take months for yours to find your nem; or may never happen...Good luck!

 

[ovrboost]

beautiful, hope all goes well. good luck and keep us posted.

 

[Powerboat]

Nice looking RBTA. Do you have any pics of it with the bubbles? and yes your tank looks more than ready for some clowns. good luck!

 

[demonnite57]

I've been told by some people that a good rule is that the anemone should be 2x the size of the clown to prevent the nem from being too stressed out. Now that being said, I haven't had to worry about that for awhile, since my GSM pair is hosted by 5 RBTA's and my Occelaris pair is hosted by a 12" diameter Sebae nem. In the past I've had 2 GBTA's die on me on two separate occasions with a Cinnamon clown as it's resident. I believe they were stressed out from the constant thrashing the Cinnamon did, but I couldn't tell you for sure.

 

[javsku]

Thank you for the info. The two percs I'm getting will be atleast half the size of the RBTA if not smaller. I pulled the quarantine tank out and I have a new bio wheel in the sump getting that good bacteria.

 

[javsku]

Well I got my percs and they have been in the display tank since yesterday. They are beautiful, I couldn't be more happy. I had my local fish store order them for me from Sustainable Aquatics. The female is bigger than what I originally planed on getting but I'm glad I did. She is about three inches long. Last night right around dusk when just the blues were on she started rubbing herself on my RBTA :bounce1: . The anemone shrunk and receeded into the rock a little at first.

Well today when I got home from work I was pleased to see my anemone fully inflated hosting my female clown. The male gets in there a little bit but he is having a blast crusing the tank. They pair back up here and there through out the day, and at night they sleep together.

They did not eat yesterday when I fed the tank. I fed frozen PE mysis, Rod's food reef blend, and some flake. It looked like there were a little freaked out by the feeding frenzy my other fish performed. Today they swam out and started eating a little here and there. I'm hoping they get a little more aggressive at feeding time so they get enough to eat. I will be monitoring closely the next couple of days. I will be posting a video shortly once it's uploaded to youtube.

 

[javsku]

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[demonnite57]

Looks good =D Good luck to you in your endeavors!