New Rose BTA

cwickham · #1 03-25-2009, 11:21 PM

I got a new Rose BTA yesterday, i drip acclimatized it for over 2 hours and then put it into my tank. The RBTA is only 3 weeks old since it split from the adult

Im wondering what kinda things i should be looking for to see if its doing well.

its kinda just chillin out, tenticles are a nice pink, but towards its body its turns more greeny. Its slightly attached to a peice of LR, but mostly its resting on the sand.

the picture of the foot is kinda blurry, but does it look healthy or sad?

thanks
craig

cwickham · #2 03-26-2009, 01:55 PM

Im pretty sure it tryed to commit suicide this morning, i found it crawled under a rock, either that are my crazy pistol shrimp pulled it in, since that is his home. anyone else had theres do that

TJSlayer · #3 03-26-2009, 02:14 PM

They will move around a bit so I would worry about it too much, watch the powerheads or anything that could suck it in.....

Feed it some fromzen mysis or a piece of raw shrimp or silver sides...

The next day or so you may see it expelling some stuff from its mouth.... not to worry that's how it gets rid of what has been digested....

I have one too for almost 8 months or so and it has only moved 3 times and usually only when I make changes to the aquascaping.....

But like anything each is different...

Cheers
TJ

Myka · #4 03-26-2009, 04:55 PM

Oops double post...

Myka · #5 03-26-2009, 04:56 PM

I got my RBTA about 5 days ago, maybe more. At night it moves onto the glass, then during the day it nestles down against the live rock. So it moves everyday about 6"...not sure why. I just keep corals away from that side so the RBTA can't sting them.

cwickham · #6 03-26-2009, 05:34 PM

is 3 weeks to young to have moved it from its original tank

Myka · #7 03-26-2009, 11:22 PM