danilew Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I'm new to anemones and have only had one for a 4ish weeks now. The guy I picked it up from labeled it as an RBTA. However, the more I look at it, the more I think it's an LTA. What are some of the key differences between an LTA and a BTA that "lost it's bubbles"? I'd like to try to figure this out before posting pics and someone telling me exactly what it is. Help please *Pics added Link to comment
qbical Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 hows your lighting and have you ever fed it? also, any pics? when my bulbs are shot my nem bubbles way less and looks like an LTA, so could be the same..idk picssssssss Link to comment
danilew Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Lighting is 150w MH, 10k bulb has about 4 months use on it. Link to comment
chumcrazy Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I'm new to anemones and have only had one for a 4ish weeks now. The guy I picked it up from labeled it as an RBTA. However, the more I look at it, the more I think it's an LTA. What are some of the key differences between an LTA and a BTA that "lost it's bubbles"? I'd like to try to figure this out before posting pics and someone telling me exactly what it is. Help please I think you can tell the diffrence in the foot. You are going to have so do a google search but somthing about foot color I beleive. Link to comment
danilew Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Thanks chum, I'll look into that. Link to comment
danilew Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 So after investigating the "foot lead" chumcrazy provided, my guess is that it's a corkscrew LTA (Macrodactyla doreensis). I'm interested to see what some of the more experienced people have to say. Here are the pics, I tried to get shots of the foot and the tentacles that look "cork-screwy" (if that's even a word). Images on photobucket Link to comment
Pickle010 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 RBTA - It's just stretching, could like the light - no telling really - as far as "lost it's bubbles" are concerned - you don't have anything to worry about, that's just what they do. Mine seem to bubble up more after feedings and early in the day. They don't look like bubbled up balls all day every day. Link to comment
danilew Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 I'm going to try to get better pics of the foot this weekend. In the right lighting there are dots on the foot, still an RBTA when there are dots on the foot? Link to comment
qbical Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 RBTA - It's just stretching, could like the light - no telling really - as far as "lost it's bubbles" are concerned - you don't have anything to worry about, that's just what they do. Mine seem to bubble up more after feedings and early in the day. They don't look like bubbled up balls all day every day. yea, def looks like an RBTA but almost looks like it isnt getting enough of that light. how high above the tank is it? here is one of mine purging adn the other stretching out since my bulb is way old. Link to comment
danilew Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Light is a sunpod on the legs, so... 6"ish off teh water and the nem is on the top of the rocks... so the foot is about 8-10" below the surface. It only looks like this after 7ish central time, since lights go off at 8pm. The rest of the day it's all flat and happy. Link to comment
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