RBTA-looking for a good place to call home

[aiaman]

so I replaced my green bta's with this rbta last Saturday.
Now I would have thought that a bta's requirements were all the same, bright light, good flow but it must need something more. My new rbta took-off from where my prior gbta's were and moved under a ledge. I was concerned and took the tank apart looking for him. I then rotated the ledge so he'd be in the front of my dt and not still in the back. BTW-the back of my tank has no lighting except for incidental but does have some flow but not great.
The photo shows that it is still located under a ledge but protruding outward.
I know they move but I wish it would go back on the top so my clown would find it.
Then I remember seeing a photo of another reefer's rbta and that too was hiding.
Is this normal for them to hide? I would have thought they would need more lighting to keep their coloration. I know, I have to give it time.

 

[JohnK]

They are moody, it's probably just adjusting to the tank.

I have a bunch of them in my display, and at any given time I will have some hiding, some out in the open, some kind of shriveled, and some fully extended.

 

[tommy6905]

Completely normal, just keep an out for it that it doesn't wander towards a powerhead

 

[mchartier]

You can use the needle point mesh to wrap the powerheads if you are worried about it wandering into it.

 

[banshee1]

Not to hijack this thread but im curious on how you guys get anemones to not blow all over your tanks.I've had 2 not btas in my tank and it just seems there is to much flow for them.ive tuned my power heads of to get them to attach but when they do I turn then back on and they unattach and start blowing around in the current so I eventually gave up on them but stol would love to have one in my tank

 

[Ruge13]

A lower flow spot with lots of light... they will find it. If they are happy there they will stay and not move for a longer period of time. Both my green and red BTA's haven't moved in a year (knock on wood fingers crossed)

 

[frank180reef]

I have found they dont move once they find a place where they are happy wrt light and flow.........................