Bubble Tip Anemone

ponokareefer · #1 11-20-2010, 04:02 PM

My ORA skunk clowns went immediately to my RBTA. My captive raised ocellaris wouldn't even look at it. And yes, maroons get very aggressive as they get bigger. It can be very hit and miss with clownfish accepting anemones sometimes just to give you a head's up, especially when they are not wild caught.

kevNnic · #2 11-20-2010, 04:33 PM

my two bubble tips tend to do whatever the hell they want, right now my smaller one decided to park its self right in my bright pink paly! bastard! my clowns love both of mine btw.

randallino · #3 11-20-2010, 05:52 PM

Both of my ORA ocellaris don't even notice that RBTA is there. They're hosting beside the wavebox!

Sebae again · #4 11-20-2010, 07:21 PM

Anemones love light. It will come around to where there is more light. I have good luck with skunk,true perc. and sebae clowns. See if you can find a store that has a clownfish hosting in an anenome already.

mike31154 · #5 11-20-2010, 09:27 PM

Since your anemone is very new to the system, the best thing to do at the moment is keep an eye on it, as far as that is possible with it in the shadow of a live rock. It needs to acclimate from the conditions it was in to your system. This will include water conditions as well as lighting.

I've had a BTA for a number of years now, probably added it to the tank before I should have, but it has not only survived, but split not too long ago. It was bubbly and fairly bleached when I purchased it, now the three I have are nicely coloured and all have rather long stringy tentacles. They host a Maroon Clownfish pair that is actively breeding. Maroons are natural species to host in BTAs by the way. Somehow I managed to luck in and my female is not as aggressive as others I've read about. She's fairly ok with me poking around in the tank whereas I've read some have drawn blood of their keepers whenever a hand presents itself. It really depends on each individual fish I reckon, but I really enjoy my Maroon pair and would likely keep them even if the female was a beast.

There have been a few harrowing incidents with the BTA over the years, one of them similar to your experience where it moved behind the rock work. This inexplicably happened well over a year after I placed it on a rock that I though was a fine spot. The first Maroon was already in the tank at the time, but took a few weeks to get in there. As mentioned the nem stayed put there for the longest time until making that weird move a long time later. I could barely see it but after over a month, could tell it was bleaching where it was. Rather than try to pry it lose I ended up turning the rock it was on, ending up in the inevitable major rescape, grrr. It worked though and it's stayed put since then, moving only slightly to allow room for the three clones that split off. I traded one of the clones a while back at a Kamloops frag swap.

To get back to your situation, if it's still in the shadows after a week or so and maybe a water change or two, you may want to try and move it to a better location. Aside from the necessity for good light, most BTAs will prefer a bit of a hollow spot in the rock where they can anchor their foot with some protection and stretch out from that.

Here are links to a couple of threads I started regarding my BTA. You might find them useful or of interest.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=45902

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=54984

htfn · #6 11-21-2010, 06:46 AM

Thanks for your informations. In this morning, I could see a little bit stringy tentacles (when I got this at LFS, it was beautiful bubbly tentacles) and when I got back to home tonight, I guss that went to deeper and could not see any more. I will wait few more days and do water change then if nothing change, I will move LR and put it some where I can see. The clown fish, I realy like maroon but I also like peaceful clown, but I think, I have to deal with my rbts problem first. Finding Anemone

randallino · #7 11-21-2010, 04:03 PM

hftn FYI:http://www.karensroseanemones.net/

htfn · #8 11-22-2010, 02:43 AM

Day3, This morning I found rbta in the shadow again, and it was open but not bubbly. I was away from my home about 2hrs in this afternoon and I checked rbta, It was still at same spot but it was fully shrinking. And it starts to come back again at dinner time, well I guss that is still adjusting the condition but it dose not good for my heart.