New RBTA - How do I get him to stick?

[fishytime]

Can I just start off by saying....nems is evil(if you've read my tank thread you will understand).... From what I understand they really love to wedge their foot into a hole like GSP said earlier. The island may work but they will often just "let go" if they cant "walk" to where they want to go.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Can I just start off by saying....nems is evil(if you've read my tank thread you will understand)....

Oh I know they are!!! But...but...but...

I will read your tank thread...and probably freak myself out and ban the RBTA to the breeding trap again! Which thread is it in? What pages? I see your tank journal have a lot of pages!

[Myka]

Ok, so I dug a bit of a hollow in the sand against the base of my live rock, and put the nem there. He crawled up on the base of the rocks, and looked happy for a few hours. When I went to bed he looked like he was getting ready to move. He did get an itchy foot and decided to go hiking around the tank. Luckily he stuck to the right side of the tank as I moved all my corals over to the left side of the tank. He was resting on a rock of GSP against the glass in he middle of the night when I got up to check. Then this morning he has moved again to the base of the live rock on the far right side against the back glass. He was looking happy there this morning, but is now looking like he might be getting ready to move...AGAIN!! How long does it normally take for them to find their perfect spot? He's stressing me out!

[new but handy]

Mine went into the back corner of my tank and hasn't moved for 2 months. It sort of sucks because I can't see it, or feed it. I figured if I didn't feed it it would move but no such luck. My lta decided to move on fri night. It moved into the other corner from the bta. Now I have two nems that I can't see or feed. I recently added a new skimmer and I had a lot of bubbles flowing into the display. I'm fairly sure this is why the lta moved. The bubbles flowed straight onto it. Now that I haved fixed the bubble problem my next mission is to get the nems where I want them. Or as close as they will allow me to.
Oh the lta stayed where I put it for 3-4 months before it's recent move.

[pastout]

i had one when i got my first tank and i hasd a hang on coral life skimmer and it moved all the way across the tank and got sucked into the skimmer and blendid up, now if you want to nuke an entire tank that is how you do it it was one of my worst days of reefkeeping

[Myka]

My powerheads and intakes all have screening on them, so hopefully the nem shouldn't get sucked up.

[Koresample]

i put my LTA on the sand right next to my rock 'mountain' and he attached himself almost immediately and stayed there for a month or so, then, after my clown that was hosting it died, he moved to the back of the tank into an impossible-to-feed position. We went away for the weekend,and when we got home he had moved around the side of the rock and was facing the side of the tank in an easy to feed position (yeah), then 30 minutes later moved back into an even worse position...sigh. i want to add another clown soon, but I'm afraid that the nem will stay in the back and once the clown hosts, i wont ever see it either....I read all the cool things about these animals beforehand, but i don't recall seeing anyone write about the ulcers they cause their keepers!

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Koresample

I read all the cool things about these animals beforehand, but i don't recall seeing anyone write about the ulcers they cause their keepers!

Oh I know!!!

My RBTA has stayed in the same spot for at least 14 hours now, so I'm hoping he has chosen this as his spot. It isn't the most ideal spot, but at least he's in plain view!

On the other hand, my wild caught True Percula has paid ZERO attention to his (supposed to be) new buddy!! I am not surprised though as my Perc has been out of the wild for about 2 years...he has probably forgotten what an anemone is!! I'm hoping that when I finally find a second Perc buddy for him that the new Perc will go straight to the RBTA and entice the old Perc over. *fingers crossed*

[urbanhellfire]

My GBTA wandered around the tank untill i placed him right beside a big hole in the rock. He crawled over and placed his foot into the hole and has been there for three days now.

I woke up this am and I see he is in the middle of splitting.

didn't want to hijack just wanted to give you something more to look forward to.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Myka

I will read your tank thread...and probably freak myself out and ban the RBTA to the breeding trap again! Which thread is it in? What pages? I see your tank journal have a lot of pages!

Here you go Myka http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...=40669&page=11 ....The saga starts here.