RBTAs

[Airphotog]

My RBTAs are getting pretty darn big and are all pretty much right next to each other. They have their feet burried in holes in the rocks so getting them out would be difficult at best but they sure make for a pretty sight. They are all a very nice deep color.

 

[Skimmy]

wtf...
WHERE are the pics??

 

[user 26995]

wtf...
WHERE are the pics??

LOL...yeah...what he said!

 

[Airphotog]

Here ya go

 

[user 26995]

Those are some really nice nems!
Thanks for sharing!

 

[Airphotog]

Thanks IPisces, the green in the corner is the size of a dinner plate

 

[senji]

so whats the different rbta i see yourse and then i see the ones that have the big fat round tentacles. can some1 clear this up for me

 

[leena2674]

That is the only problem with that awesome porus Tonga branch rock. My GBTA is attached to a hole in a piece of porus Tonga branch the size of two basketballs. I'm in big trouble if I ever decide he needs to move. At night, he shrinks and you can tell he's attached to the rear bottom portion of the rock under an overhang, but during the day it appears he's up on top of the rock unless you look closely to see where he's attached.

Your nems are gorgeous. It's neat to see them in a colony like that

 

[Airphotog]

Not sure but look at the first pic in the bottom corner.

so whats the different rbta i see yourse and then i see the ones that have the big fat round tentacles. can some1 clear this up for me

 

[user 26995]

so whats the different rbta i see yourse and then i see the ones that have the big fat round tentacles. can some1 clear this up for me

I think its just the animal. I had one that had really pretty bubbled tips and the other two I have, have longer tentacles. It could be the flow, it could be the lighting. I dont think there is reason for why one bubbles and one doesnt. Just the animals attitude. I have read in places that they are starved for light if their tentacles are long, but I dont think thats the case.

 

[justforfun]

just something i have heard is they bubble when not happy....elongate when they are very happy....just what i have heard from other reefers....im to scared to have any in my tank and do a nightly stroll and wipe out all my sps

 

[leena2674]

*shrug* Mine bubbles after I feed it. Most of the rest of the time it's more elongated. I'm not sure if that means it's happy or unhappy, but mine hasn't wandered since I first put it in the tank. It found a spot it likes and has stayed there.

 

[Airphotog]

One of the reds wandered up to the rest of them and the green I put in a couple of weeks ago and it has stayed in the same place.

 

[user 26995]

just something i have heard is they bubble when not happy....elongate when they are very happy....just what i have heard from other reefers....

Now see...I've heard just the opposite.
So does anyone really know. I dont think so. If the nem is not moving around, its happy where it is and if it has good color, its healthy, thats all that matters.

Airphotog, yours look very healthy. Beautiful nems.

 

[Airphotog]

Airphotog, yours look very healthy. Beautiful nems.

Thanks again. The funny thing about it is I don't feed them. What ever they get is leftovers from feeding the fish and that is not much.

 

[Airphotog]

Anyone feeding theirs on a regular basis?

 

[user 26995]

The two I have, acually 1 RBT and 1 GBT, are fed extremely well by my clowns. The one RBT that I had that was not hosting, I did feed once a week. Just a piece of shrimp or scallop or silverside. If my eel didnt eat his silverside, I usually fed it to on of the nems.

 

[mercenary-grunt]

They very between both. I belive that the flow is what helps the decision.

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[Katchupoy]

Very very nice, thanks for sharing... Like me, I love RBTA.

 

[NC2WA]

Senji,

these look like colonial RBTAs which are known splitters..I say with confidence as I have 8 of them dinner plate size in my tank..

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