Anemones are jerks

[LiveFreeAndReef]

This little rainbow BTA has a whole 10 gallon tank to himself, aside from 5-6 polyps of dragon eye zoas. So naturally, we sit on top of the zoas!

 

[bevo5]

haha yeah, for sure they are.

I had a bubble tip split and junior went for a walk. He ended up right below a big montipora and is just going after it. The tips of the montipora are already drying off. The BTA is so dug into the rock work that there's nothing I can do at the moment but hope it moves along.

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

haha yeah, for sure they are.

I had a bubble tip split and junior went for a walk. He ended up right below a big montipora and is just going after it. The tips of the montipora are already drying off. The BTA is so dug into the rock work that there's nothing I can do at the moment but hope it moves along.

And I'm here complaining about a few polyps that just got sat on!

 

[bevo5]

And I'm here complaining about a few polyps that just got sat on!

haha - well, we're all in the same boat with these jerk Anemones.

 

[workhz]

Mine took residence at the back of the tank. I’ve read you can motivate them to move by directing a power head at them.

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Mine took residence at the back of the tank. I’ve read you can motivate them to move by directing a power head at them.

This guy was sitting on the back side of the rock for about 3 months before he went mobile, Im glad it's moving up front but he's gotta be nicer to his little zoa brothers haha

 

[LuizW13]

Sounds like the time the dog chose to sit on my head when I was laying in bed. An entire king bed and he chose my head.

 

[Greybeard]

Embrace the inevitable

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Embrace the inevitable

Lookin good!

 

[bevo5]

Embrace the inevitable

Haha - very true. This started with one silver-dollar sized BTA about a year ago. They bubble up at night, but when the lights come on they don't. I really wish they would, but they're right in the flow and just keep splitting and running along.

Got something like 12 in there right now, although it's hard to count.

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Haha - very true. This started with one silver-dollar sized BTA about a year ago. They bubble up at night, but when the lights come on they don't. I really wish they would, but they're right in the flow and just keep splitting and running along.

Got something like 12 in there right now, although it's hard to count.

I had mine under higher light and it had bubbles, now it's more stringy under my Fluval light. I personally like them without the bubbles more, but only because they look more "flowy"

 

[James_O]

Embrace the inevitable

Absolutely MASSIVE! How big is the tank? Looks like an epic setup.

 

[ckozma]

I already got rid of 5 RBTA and still have 6 more now ugh. I just want one haha. Started with one with size of a dime but 5 years or more ago when I got that nem. This is a newer tank don't judge haha

 

[nicholas2010e]

Haha - very true. This started with one silver-dollar sized BTA about a year ago. They bubble up at night, but when the lights come on they don't. I really wish they would, but they're right in the flow and just keep splitting and running along.

Got something like 12 in there right now, although it's hard to count.

how big do yours get before they split?

 

[bevo5]

how big do yours get before they split?

I can't really remember. I had one that was silver dollar when I bought it. Then he moved to the top rock and starting splitting. It was around the time I had a weird reaction to putting Fluconazole in the tank to help manage some hair algae. I think it somehow stressed things because half the heads on my hammers also died.

Maybe it was something else, but that's all I had changed.

Either way - the one split to two, and those two split to 4 and so on and so on.

 

[Greybeard]

Absolutely MASSIVE! How big is the tank? Looks like an epic setup.

140g. 60" x 30" x 18". There's a build thread in my signature.

Started with one small rainbow nem... now there's 4, and small is no longer an accurate description ;D

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

140g. 60" x 30" x 18". There's a build thread in my signature.

Started with one small rainbow nem... now there's 4, and small is no longer an accurate description ;D

Do you feed them, and how often do you feed? I know some people say you don't have to feed them but whatever you're doing is working!

 

[Greybeard]

Do you feed them, and how often do you feed? I know some people say you don't have to feed them but whatever you're doing is working!

I don't feed them specifically... but I heavily feed the tank. Mix of PE Pellets and Seaweed Extreme pellets from an auto feeder 4x per day + a healthy chunk of Rod's frozen every evening. The Nems certainly get bits of the Rod's.

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

I don't feed them specifically... but I heavily feed the tank. Mix of PE Pellets and Seaweed Extreme pellets from an auto feeder 4x per day + a healthy chunk of Rod's frozen every evening. The Nems certainly get bits of the Rod's.

That's been my approach so far, they catch whatever they can. I have fed them little pieces of raw shrimp but only maybe once a month. I imagine it takes a lot of energy for them to process a chunk of shrimp

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

They may be jerks, but they're pretty!