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Hi, I have a BTW hosting two clowns in a 12" nano cube for over a year without issue for the BTA or the other corals around it.
Just make sure it stays put and then plan where to put corals, not the other way around. It's inevitable one day they'll move and you might have to move some corals as they will get stung, though mines been happy and growing on its rock for over a year, rocks with decent depth holes tend to work best in keeping a nem happy in one place I've found.
Just make sure it stays put and then plan where to put corals, not the other way around. It's inevitable one day they'll move and you might have to move some corals as they will get stung, though mines been happy and growing on its rock for over a year, rocks with decent depth holes tend to work best in keeping a nem happy in one place I've found.
I love BTA but the nightmare of having it exceed the fun. They tend to float ... and float .. and float (in my case) .. even when (i think) water param, temp is good.
Coral export LFS in Taren Point has 1 RBTA , looks marvellous from the FB pic ... i think he said medium-sized 350 ... FYI for those that are after RBTA :)
Coral export LFS in Taren Point has 1 RBTA , looks marvellous from the FB pic ... i think he said medium-sized 350 ... FYI for those that are after RBTA :)
Yep @ReeferRob - RBTA's sell for a bomb down here... And they aren't even close to how pretty some of yours are over there!
You guys have a METRIC shittonne of them right around South Queensland mate.
+ 1 on this advice.
I know from first hand experience that BTA's are incredibly tough once they have settled in. But you don't want the possibility of a tank crash looming over your head, so if you don't have the equipment yet, opt for something like an all in one with the equipment behind a barrier rather than using things like Jebao, Korallia, Vortech, Tunze etc powerheads.
Also there are miniature BTA varieties that don't exceed 10cm when full grown if you know which ones to pick.
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I haven't dared risk another bta (or any nem) in my tank so i bought my clown a fluffy morph and she (it's psycho so think I'm safe to say "she") loves it.
Just thought I'd mention that option if people wanted a host but didn't want to risk a nem.
And by "psycho" i mean "jumping out of the water in an attempt to bite my hand" kinda psycho.
Seriously - it would put a great white hunting seals to shame. Little bastard.
Just thought I'd mention that option if people wanted a host but didn't want to risk a nem.
And by "psycho" i mean "jumping out of the water in an attempt to bite my hand" kinda psycho.
Seriously - it would put a great white hunting seals to shame. Little bastard.
Most of the Acid Rain colours are smaller, my Lightning Strikes are small too, 10-12cm. Dunno where you are, but they are thick as thieves in South Queensland.
I'm in Gladstone - industrial city and international shipping port that's doing it's utter best to kill as much reef as humanly possible (which isn't really a comparison since no other species tries at all)
So - no seafood (not local stuff) and no btas except what the lfs orders in from elsewhere at exorbitant prices :(
So - no seafood (not local stuff) and no btas except what the lfs orders in from elsewhere at exorbitant prices :(
The two varieties I have are that size. One of them you can find quite commonly. Under the right water conditions it will be brown speckled with a green fluorescence but most of the time you will just see them as brown speckled:
https://www.facebook.com/aquariumex....1437604373./1118108911536106/?type=3&theater
http://www.mattrichards.id.au/organisms.html
There is also a really nice red one:
http://www.exoticaquacultureaustral...ow-rose-bubble-tip-anemone?variant=1134568339
The white markings on the disk at the base of the tentacles are present on all 3 that I have seen, so I would use that as a guide to identifying a miniature.
They all come under the scientific name of Entacmaea quadricolor but clearly some work needs to be done as there is so much variation.
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Ok, so my nomadic nem has now, after 4 days of circling the tank, ended up back on the same rock and position as its bretheren.
I think I must have the smaller variety too. They all have the white stripes near the mouth, although the largest expands to about 15cms and doesnt have a lot of white fleck/mottling.
The 2 originals were small when I got them last September, one was about 3-5cms and the other about 1-2cm (they came on a piece of LR I got from a Masa member).
I think i may trade a couple soon........ but also may lose a limb in the process given the Queens (clown) penchant for them all!
I think I must have the smaller variety too. They all have the white stripes near the mouth, although the largest expands to about 15cms and doesnt have a lot of white fleck/mottling.
The 2 originals were small when I got them last September, one was about 3-5cms and the other about 1-2cm (they came on a piece of LR I got from a Masa member).
I think i may trade a couple soon........ but also may lose a limb in the process given the Queens (clown) penchant for them all!
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