Stressed rbta

[welsher7]

I bought a rbta on friday and it has been hiding in the rocks which is normal for a new anemone. The problem I am having is I have large 4" tomato clown that is stressing the rbta. the rbta's oral disc was around 6" or so in the lfs, and I didn't think the clown would take to it right away. Well with in 30 seconds of the rbta being in the tank the clown took to it and now the rbta looks deflated most of the time. Would I be making problem worse if I pulled out the rbta and placed it in a seperate tank? I have a 20g high tank that I could put a 150w hqi light over tank with cpr bakpak skimmer. I don't think I could get the clown out of the tank.

Oh I forgot the tank it is in is 125g with a constellation fixture. All water parameters are in check as of sunday. I have to pick up a new test kit tomorrow.

 

[bermuda reefer]

RBTA

RBTA

I didnt see any replys but i am having the same problem. I just dropped the RBTA
in and I have a tomato thats 4" who has been living in an carribean anenome
but his mate would never enter. As soon as i put in the RBTA in they are dive bombing the poor thing trying to swim into it when its hardly even open.
Just wondering how you made out?
Russell

 

[cmoseasaurus]

My maroon went into mine immediately, like as it was coming out of the bag. The anemone was closed but the clownfish just attacked it. I figured it does this stuff in the wild so i'm sure it knows better than I and I left them alone. It opened fine after it found somewhere it liked.

 

[bermuda reefer]

RBTA stressed

RBTA stressed

Well that seems like a sane and logical approach to it. Its just this RBTA i got
was very expensive and the most irredecsant orange i have ever seen and these
two maroons are just pummeling the poor guy that i dont know if he will stand a chance, it seems to have attached deep in the rock work where i can hardly see it
so im not happy there either, i guess without pulling all the rock work apart
i will also have to sit it out.

 

[welsher7]

well I pulled it out and put in the 20g. This is what it looked like.

I was really worried when I saw this, but within a couple hours of being in the new tank it had almost pulled its mouth completely shut. Now 24hrs after the move it looks like this.

I think it is going to make it now

 

[edwing206]

It looks WAY better. Great colors too.

 

[Eklikewhoa]

You could put like a strainer or something over it to keep the clown away from it....that way it can acclimate to the tank you plan on keeping it in.

 

[welsher7]

I never thought of that, but in this case it wouldn't have worked the bta climbed under the rock and the clown was able to get behind the rock too.

 

[shiggs]

Glad you got your RBTA bacl.lol
that was strange that he took to it soo fast too.

 

[garygb]

My maroon also went right for the RBTA's as soon as I introduced it in the tank.