RBTA suicidal, help yelp!

[koshersalt]

Just picked her up today. She was good when I placed her in the nook in my rocks, but just kept shoving her way deeper into the rock.

Should I try and snag her out or just wait and hope till she moves?

Shoot, I just checked and she went all day way under..sigh, get i'm moving some rocks tonight...:a36:

 

[toromp]

might not be liking what ur doing.. let it be for a couple of days, u know where its at so no big.

 

[El Dude]

+1 it has a foot that it WILL use to walk around and find a suitable piece of realty...give it a couple of days...

 

[Demonkegman]

Don't but nems!!! They are retarded and almost always hide at some point. Mine hid last week,i gave him a day... Dead the next day... After a few months. Waste of money. He had great light, lots of food.

 

[El Dude]

Don't but nems!!! They are retarded and almost always hide at some point. Mine hid last week,i gave him a day... Dead the next day... After a few months. Waste of money. He had great light, lots of food.

REALLY??? That sucks...

 

[koshersalt]

might not be liking what ur doing.. let it be for a couple of days, u know where its at so no big.

+1 it has a foot that it WILL use to walk around and find a suitable piece of realty...give it a couple of days...

Even now?!

He's under a piece of LR that i plan on removing after my new rock has seeded, so i can still kinda get to him. Or should I just leave it be.

 

[koshersalt]

Don't but nems!!! They are retarded and almost always hide at some point. Mine hid last week,i gave him a day... Dead the next day... After a few months. Waste of money. He had great light, lots of food.

Oh man, I'm sorry to hear, but now you got me scared. Pink RBTA was not cheap...dang it. :a20:

 

[BigDaddyStar]

Leave him be...They do that...But its a 50/50 shot if it will make it...any history on it...most wild nems are pains cant acclimate to tank conditions

 

[toromp]

Pink nem? How much did u pay for it, if u dnt mind the question.. well if the nem is under there for more than a week is say bring it out, or u will have a ultra white nem.

 

[lovingacans]

At my work tank we have 6 RBTA's. We have 5 that don't move at all and one that has circled the tank 2 or 3 times now. As long as he stays away from any power heads I don't bother him. Just my opinion.

 

[james-lee]

Are you running leds by chance?

 

[koshersalt]

Pink nem? How much did u pay for it, if u dnt mind the question.. well if the nem is under there for more than a week is say bring it out, or u will have a ultra white nem.

I heard the owner quote $75 to another customer a week earlier. I picked up all kinds of items today so he gave me a pretty good deal, so i'm reluctant to say out loud. Lets just say it was too good to pass up.

The little guy buried itself deep so I moved some things around and it's right side up now. Knocking on wood that it stays there tonight. :a36:

 

[koshersalt]

Are you running leds by chance?

I am running LEDs. I had a led fixture, but upgraded to a Kessil pendant today.

 

[james-lee]

Ok well hopefully the nem will stay put. Sometimes they recess like that because they are not used to the lighting.

 

[El Dude]

Even now?!

He's under a piece of LR that i plan on removing after my new rock has seeded, so i can still kinda get to him. Or should I just leave it be.

Yup...they like to have their foot buried deep inside a crevice and they will stretch out to have their tentacles outside the rock...my RBTA has its foot buried about 5" inside my rockwork but it extends just fine and is perfectly happy. When I first got it, it retracted DEEP into the rockwork and then walked around a little and then settled...patience...

 

[gumbii]

never buy a pink RBTA... the reason it's hiding is because it's too much light for it... i only buy RBTA or any BTA when they're under MH or decent T5HO... let it acclimate it self slowly... don't rush it...

 

[BeanMachine]

Don't but nems!!! They are retarded and almost always hide at some point. Mine hid last week,i gave him a day... Dead the next day... After a few months. Waste of money. He had great light, lots of food.

Oh man, I'm sorry to hear, but now you got me scared. Pink RBTA was not cheap...dang it. :a20:

Anemones do not belong in newly established aquariums. Light and food are just a couple of variables.

 

[koshersalt]

never buy a pink RBTA... the reason it's hiding is because it's too much light for it... i only buy RBTA or any BTA when they're under MH or decent T5HO... let it acclimate it self slowly... don't rush it...

I thought that only applied to SPS? Learn something new everyday.

Anemones do not belong in newly established aquariums. Light and food are just a couple of variables.

The tank is semi-new. Lot of it was transferred from my old tank. ShouldI have waited longer? Lack of patience is always my downfall.

 

[gumbii]

my nems all survived a cycle... but not the koralias...



LOL...




sometimes switching light does this... i went from 10k to 20k bulbs and two of my RBTA shrank and hid for a month...

 

[koshersalt]

my nems all survived a cycle... but not the koralias...



LOL...




sometimes switching light does this... i went from 10k to 20k bulbs and two of my RBTA shrank and hid for a month...

I did switch lights, but the nem was a new addition. Actually IIRC, they had T5 lights where this nem was, so this could be the case..ray: