perc & RBTA

[jaguilar]

here is a pic of one of my percula clowns in "her" rose anemone. and i say hers because she won't let the other smaller guy anywhere near it. poor guy is smothering my torch.

[jaguilar]

and another one...

[jaguilar]

and here's a pic of a blue-leg hermit just for good measure. he was removing the hair algae that grows on a small dead part of my montipora.

[TiGs]

Thanks for sharing. How long has the clowns been together?

[jaguilar]

my pair of clowns have been together for about eight months. they were previously inseperable. but ever since i added the rbta, the larger(female) hasn't let the little guy go anywhere near it. it's pretty sad, actually. he has to sleep on top of my torch, which in the reef world would be the equivalent of having to sleep on the lumpy couch while your wife comfortably sleeps in her king size waterbed.....

[TiGs]

i've heard that adding a host anemone will do that. Eventually he will be accepted back in.

[jaguilar]

i hope that's the case. my smaller clown seems to be smothering my torch, which hasn't fully opened up in a while.

[TiGs]

You can try to cover the torch with a strawberry basket so it can recover or moving it to a different location.

[Domino_Tang]

Very, nice percular i never really had luck with mine. I think went through like 6 =X IM NOT A MURderer ... I just HAVE STUPID ! Family members! an they like to jump in the sump! EVEN AFTER I GATED IT! ^____^ oh well

 

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[jaguilar]

here's some updated pics of my percula and her rbta...

 

 

 

 

and another one....

 

 

 

and here's a pic of the full tank.

 

 

enjoy.

[drdrew]

i am enjoying your photsoshots.

 

thank you.

[jaguilar]

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[raciampa]

Where are the bubble tips? Looks great other than that. I like your zoos most of all.

[jaguilar]

Originally posted by raciampa

Where are the bubble tips?

 

that's an excellent question.... one that i have pondered for quite some time. about the only time i see the bubble-tips is at night, but i would prefer that they stay that way(bubble tipped), because this thing takes up way too much real estate when it's fully opened, as you can see from the pics. does anyone know why the tentacles don't stay bubble shaped? is there anything i can do to make it stay that way?.?. any help or advise would be appreciated.....

[drdrew]

a little syringe with air, and a steady hand.

[JRGumby]

If I remember right I read somewhere that the tentacles spread thinner when it's hungry and/or needs more light. You might try feeding it something and see if that bulbs it up.

[jaguilar]

well, i'm pretty sure that it's not the lighting. that thing's sitting almost halfway up the tank, and it's under 175 watts of halide along with 40 watts of actinic. so i'm pretty sure that it's not hurting for more light.

 

but as far as feeding is concerned, i feed it a nice chunk (1/2-3/4" cube) of raw shrimp at least once a week. sometimes i'll feed it twice a week if i remember. but i would get worried when i was feeding it twice weekly, because i didn't want it to grow larger from all the feeding. it's already too big as it is.

 

keep the suggestions coming.

[TiGs]

It's really an unkown why bubbles tip come and go. They debated this many times over at RC

[raciampa]

Hey, I would worry about to much. It sounds like you are doing everything right, and clown is hosting it. It really looks good as it is.