rbta

kevinbeth · 03-31-2008, 7:21 PM

My new rbta is hiding under the rock.Do they normally do this untill they adjust to the light? He/she has bubble tips hanging out of the sides and they are puffed up and healty looking so far.Do they normally come out in the open or do they kind of like to stay hidden?

Stroid · 03-31-2008, 7:25 PM

let him adjust in time he will find a nice spot and show his face. totally normal

saltwater junky · 03-31-2008, 10:18 PM

mine went in to hiding and looked like crap for a week

atlfishes · 03-31-2008, 10:34 PM

I just bought one this weekend and its hiding

kevinbeth · 04-22-2008, 1:57 PM

Well my rbta has come out and expands to a rather large size.
In the picture they always look shorter with bubble tips but mine is always extended and long. Does that mean anything and is there a way to get the tips more bubble like?

Barbara · 04-22-2008, 2:00 PM

My RBTA never bubbles. The person I got the clone from said the mom never bubbled either. At first I was hoping it would bubble, but I kinda like it with the long tentacles. It's able to stretch better without the bubbles and the longer tentacles give the clowns more real estate to play in!

glxtrix · 04-22-2008, 2:17 PM

try feeding him, his tips might bubble up. Mine bubbles occasionally. I think that is directly related to recieving large amounts of food. They say they will get stringy if they are hungry or are under inadequate light. Tho with inadequate light, they tend to stretch at the foot to get more...so I don't think that would be the case. Feed him a little and see what happens. Are there any clowns hosting? Your nem sounds fine, just start to be cautios if you see the color fading or it starts to look like melting mush.

MarkL · 04-22-2008, 9:01 PM

how often are you guys feeding and what?

purpleGORILLA · 04-22-2008, 9:25 PM

I feed mine frozen shrimp. I would peel the shell and feed it to the anemone every other day. I was feeding it daily but I noticed one of mine got really big quickly so I had to cut back.

FutureInterest · 04-23-2008, 4:23 PM

I trained my RBTA like a dog...

When it would come out the wrong way I would poke it with a stick till it retracted completely and I would tell it what a bad anemone it was. When it came out in the spot I wanted it to I would feed it and lavishly praise it. Now it only comes out the way I want it to and has been in the same spot for a few years. That'll do RBTA. That'll do.

03-31-2008, 7:21 PM	#1
kevinbeth Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 326 City: Douglasville State: GA Occupation: Hyundai Tech	rbta My new rbta is hiding under the rock.Do they normally do this untill they adjust to the light? He/she has bubble tips hanging out of the sides and they are puffed up and healty looking so far.Do they normally come out in the open or do they kind of like to stay hidden?

04-22-2008, 1:57 PM	#5
kevinbeth Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 326 City: Douglasville State: GA Occupation: Hyundai Tech	.... Well my rbta has come out and expands to a rather large size. In the picture they always look shorter with bubble tips but mine is always extended and long. Does that mean anything and is there a way to get the tips more bubble like?

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03-31-2008, 7:25 PM	#2
Stroid Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 29 Posts: 2,429 City: Atlanta State: GA	let him adjust in time he will find a nice spot and show his face. totally normal

03-31-2008, 10:18 PM	#3
saltwater junky Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,358 City: Kingston State: GA	mine went in to hiding and looked like crap for a week

04-22-2008, 2:00 PM	#6
Barbara Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5,864 City: Woodstock State: GA Occupation: Health Insurance	My RBTA never bubbles. The person I got the clone from said the mom never bubbled either. At first I was hoping it would bubble, but I kinda like it with the long tentacles. It's able to stretch better without the bubbles and the longer tentacles give the clowns more real estate to play in!

04-23-2008, 4:23 PM	#10
FutureInterest Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,539 City: Roswell State: Ga Occupation: gigolo Other Interests: spluenking	I trained my RBTA like a dog... When it would come out the wrong way I would poke it with a stick till it retracted completely and I would tell it what a bad anemone it was. When it came out in the spot I wanted it to I would feed it and lavishly praise it. Now it only comes out the way I want it to and has been in the same spot for a few years. That'll do RBTA. That'll do.

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