RBTA.... help (too little too late unfortunately)

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Originally Posted by Bob_I

That shrivelling thing is very common. It does not mean it is dead. Both the RBTA's I had did that regularly. All I did was leave them alone, and they came back later.

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Well .. shrivelling in and of itself. But a hole through the middle... that's probably not good.But basically I think Bob does have a point: an anemone is only well and truly "dead" if it is a pile of snotty, smelly goo. If there is any integrity to the flesh, then it's not dead

I read this post and thought...OOoHhh NOOOoooooo... He probably wasn't dead! I have found that RBTA are VERY sensitive especially the first time in your tank. I have a really fussy RBTA that shrivells still on occasion. A while back I too had the same problem of the mouth opening wide, deflated, hiding in a dark shady spot and looking completely lifeless, collapsing. Although I was tempted to disgard thinking its completely dead...I left it, it was only a few days later that it recovered itself. SoOoO glad I left it! I will post when I get my internet hooked back up at home and show you pic's I took back then of that happening to me. Later I found out from others that happened to them to. After talking with others that house RBTA's, they told me RBTA don't do well in captivity and takes a while for them to adjust and that they also don't tolerate poor water quality, not hardy as LTA. Which my LTA was doing great while this other RBTA did this deflating thing, it confused me. On occasion though my RBTA still collaspes & comes back. Why though, I have yet to discover..hmm...

Also the shrivelled on and off thing I have a theory of my own, which not sure its applied to you but just a thought. Do you have actinic's? Mine would do fine and not shrivell every few days when I didn't use my actinic's. Figured this might be the reason it crawled away under a rock. *scratching my head* Was it coincidence though?

I will keep following this post to see what comes up.