still searching for a rbta...

ahullsb

ahullsb

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I'm on month 3 of hunting down a rbta. I am getting ready to throw in the towel! I have my name on lists in plenty of fish stores in town, and apparently they don't call me when some arrive. Does anyone have any leads on them ANYWHERE? I am willing to travel. I have been as far as 400 miles from Sacramento without any luck and I've been looking since January. I don't want to add any of my fish until I get the rbta situated. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Even if it is telling me to find something else.
 
wow. Has it been that difficult to find a rbta? i remember like a year ago you would find them in all stores. Good luck on your search.
 
hey you should check out craigslist.com... i think i saw a guy from vacaville taking down a tank. stated he had rbta's... check it out.. search "ANEMONE"
 
We'll see what happens. I emailed him trying to convince him to sell the anem separate from the entire tank. I was also trying to convince him that the anem might not make it anyway if someone new to the hobby breaks it down and moves it! Any other suggestions would still be greatly appreciated!
 
Why don't you consider a Sebae? I find that a much better anenome than the RBTA (doesn't move as much).....Regardless, try Atlantis Aquarium in Fremont they have a web page as well and can call to see what Mingwei currently has in stock
 
Better in what sense? I'm open to suggestions I have just heard that rbta's are very easy. I hear the same about sebae's too I guess.
 
I've seen RBTA's in LFS for $90, so I don't think that price is out of line. But there have been some "RBTA for sale" posts here in the last 3 months by individuals whose anemones have split. Too bad you have missed them.

Are you REALLY sure that you REALLY want an anemone?
I got a LTA for my clowns to host and I regret having an anemone in my tank. It hasn't moved very much in the last year (a couple of inches whenever the water flow changes & I have it 'fenced in'), but it could move at any time. When fully expanded, it can reach the central 1/3 of my tank making that entire area off-limits for placing any corals. When I rearranged my rock-work, I didn't dare move any of the rocks adjacent to the anemone for fear that it would provoke nomadic behavour. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't put an anemone in a reef tank. If you are truly open to suggestions like 'find something else,' I'd suggest don't. Just my 2¢.
 
Yep, anenome are a real estate hog, combine with the finicky attitude that they have and horrible shipping, its hard to get a good one from a LFS.

Why sebae?........I have had a few anenome, in fact tried another "rose" recently and they just seem to be heartier, always open, don't move (I had my last one for a year and it only moved once and only due to an alk spike.)

IMO rose anenome are overpriced and overhyped, most I have seen have been sick,weak, or not even true roses.......which can command a high price. Enflate, deflate and most don't keep the "bubbles" which is said to be a sign of stress.....so they end up looking like LTAs anyway..........

I had my big Sebae in with my SPS for the longest time.....now that was daring, and I was the same didn't dare rearange it...

Anenome do command most of the tank and the clown(s) in them are very territorial......I got tired of having half the tank dedicated to it so I got a nano........because the sucker got too big (18-24") I tried the new propogation technique a few months back of cutting them.....didn't work out, I ended up slicing a $200 anenome in two and killing it.......but you break a few eggs in making an omlet and if propogation techniques like that can be perfected we can be self sustaining......but I digress.....

I have a large maroon clown so a cream colored with blue/purple tipped sebae was a nice contrast.....

Even though I debated getting another anenome recently was able to pair the large female up.......so another Sebae was just purchased yesterday.......a little sick and stressed, but already has latched in and hopefully grow big and strong. It with the happy couple should be fun to watch..........(ok, ok, I lie....the girlfriend was mad at me for cutting up the other one, so I got her another.....I was thinking about ditching the female maroon and getting a cool dwarf angel and some zoas and calling it a day......)
 
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Please allow me to show you several pics of my old one to illustrate what you can expect and what are in store for with one of these......the Sebae pictured is the same one.....ordered oldest to newest.....hopefully it may convince you to try one of these rather than a BTA........I think most don't go for them cuz they are creamy to brownish when healthy......(notice when I first got it, it was whitish....)
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man doug, that was a sweet nem :( IME, it's very rare to find a sebae (h. crispa) in any LFS that is not severely bleached... also, if i am not mistaken, i believe sebaes require more intense lighting that BTAs, and are generally considered more difficult to keep happy and healthy. on the plus side, if you have the time, light, and patience to nurse a bleached sebae back to health, they tend to be cheaper and more readily available. keep in mind, as doug and sherie mentioned, that many nems get very large, very quickly. although BTAs sometimes get a foot or more across, they tend to stay a little smaller (more like 8 or 9 inches usually) than the other species common to the hobby.

hope some of that helps :)
 
Re: still searching for a rbta...

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9701865#post9701865 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ahullsb
I have been as far as 400 miles from Sacramento...
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Thats 60$ in gas right there, just to look for one. So after that and the frustration of driving all that way in search to come home empty handed, Id say that 100$ sounds pretty worth it now ;)
Hindsights always 20/20 though right?

I agree with Sherrie though. How common is it to find RBTA growing amongst various leathers,lps and sps in the wild? Not very. There one of those corals that are similar to goniopora in the sense that they would do much better in a specie specific tank(or predominant), where it and other corals wont inevitably do battle.


-Justin

Ps: Not the true rose debate again:rolleyes:
 
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