Clown & RBTA

niger12

niger12

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This guy hosted in the RBTA after about a week, then went to every other thing in the tank for weeks and now he is back in the RBTA. Counld not be happier. Pic not the best but here it is.
 
niger12

niger12

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Kip, mine had beutiful bubble tips when I first got it in the tank but it seem to look more like the pic most of the time. Do you have any reason why this may be?
 
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thomas712

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Originally posted by Niger12
Kip, mine had beutiful bubble tips when I first got it in the tank but it seem to look more like the pic most of the time. Do you have any reason why this may be?
Here is one theory that I have cut and pasted in my notes about BTA's from a website out there in the vast eithernet.
Large specimens, with tentacles that are more streaming or stringy, are often found in deeper waters with more dimly lit conditions. These specimens are often solitary. Smaller specimens are often located in groups or colonies, nearer to the surface, in bright sunlight. These specimens tend to show the bulbous tips on their tentacles that are characteristic to Bubble Tip Anemones. Although there are various theories about why some Bubble Tip Anemones develop these tips and some do not, it is widely believed that the bulbs are related to the light level in the anemone's habitat; specimens given more light are believed to have bubble tipped tentacles.
This isn't necessaraly true. I have 5 BTA's on the same rock and find some will have long skinny tenticals and some will have bulbs. So I really don't know why myself.
Thomas
 
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