~Flighty~
Now with more baby
I was just wondering how people's RBTAs are doing and thought I would share what happened with mine.
I got one from the group buy and one in the MACNA tank. Neither were doing fantastic because of water quality issues in the MACNA setup. Once I got them both into a warmer stable tank, both were doing ok, but still moving a lot and deflating frequently and not very sticky. They both ate , but bairly. The MACNA one started out pretty bleached.
So I picked up some livestock from another BRS member and ne gave me a few other fish because he was breaking down his tank. One was a maroon clown which I didn't really want. I put it in the tank and a few days later, while Eliot was watching, it found the MACNA anemone. It really was amazing to see the fish dive into it and snuggle and do that anemone-clown stuff. Within an hour the anemone had come out of its dark crevas and was spread out fully on a higher rock. I had never seen it look so big or be under the bright light like that. After a day, I tried feeding it and the tenticles actually reached out for the silverside and were sticky as heck. Since the clown moved in it has stayed in the brightest spot in the tank and has only deflated once to poop. The color has come back to the base and the tenticles are getting longer.
The other RBTA that didn't host the clown continued to deflate every day and moved around constantly. It wouldn't eat and allthough it wasn't bleached, it wouldn't eat. It parked itself next to the heater one night and died when the heat came on.
I know they say an anemone doesn't need a clown, but the difference was so huge and happened so fast It clearly wasn't coincidence. The MACNA anemone always looked much worse than the group buy one, but that changed in hours.
I got one from the group buy and one in the MACNA tank. Neither were doing fantastic because of water quality issues in the MACNA setup. Once I got them both into a warmer stable tank, both were doing ok, but still moving a lot and deflating frequently and not very sticky. They both ate , but bairly. The MACNA one started out pretty bleached.
So I picked up some livestock from another BRS member and ne gave me a few other fish because he was breaking down his tank. One was a maroon clown which I didn't really want. I put it in the tank and a few days later, while Eliot was watching, it found the MACNA anemone. It really was amazing to see the fish dive into it and snuggle and do that anemone-clown stuff. Within an hour the anemone had come out of its dark crevas and was spread out fully on a higher rock. I had never seen it look so big or be under the bright light like that. After a day, I tried feeding it and the tenticles actually reached out for the silverside and were sticky as heck. Since the clown moved in it has stayed in the brightest spot in the tank and has only deflated once to poop. The color has come back to the base and the tenticles are getting longer.
The other RBTA that didn't host the clown continued to deflate every day and moved around constantly. It wouldn't eat and allthough it wasn't bleached, it wouldn't eat. It parked itself next to the heater one night and died when the heat came on.
I know they say an anemone doesn't need a clown, but the difference was so huge and happened so fast It clearly wasn't coincidence. The MACNA anemone always looked much worse than the group buy one, but that changed in hours.
