Will RBTA eventually host pair of Perculas?

[ChiefRon]

I have a fairly small RBTA that has found its home on the sand bed on the bottom of my tank, wedged between 2 rocks. Seems to be happy, fully extends, accepts krill, etc.

Introduced a pair of Perculas a couple weeks ago. They stick together like glue and are eating very good.

However, they don't even go near the bottom. I don't even think they've noticed the RBTA.

LFS told me they may host in the RBTA or they may not.

What are the chances?
Anything I can do to "help them" find the RBTA?
Or should I think about trading the RBTA for something else (I chose it because I was told it was easiest to keep)?

Thanks for any tips.

 

[CaliReefer12]

you can't really "help them find the rbta". They typically take time to find their host. BTAs are not their natural host but perculas will typically be hosted by a BTA in time. It could be a matter of weeks or a year before they decide to though. Just give them some time.

 

[cyberseer]

I have read in another post, the guy taped a picture of a pair of percs hosting in a rbta to the tank, only hours later to find that his percs started to host in his nem too. don't know if that's a joke or not, but never know, it just "might work"