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coral guy
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i dont know what to do should I tilt the rock or let it stay like that.
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smartorl
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Leave it be. It will decide where it wants to be. While you can kind of get them in the general area you want them, they will choose their spot.
The only reasons I can see that it would stay under the rock and die would be it was already dying, aclimation shock, not enough lighting, less than perfect water quality.
Could you give us some more input about your tank? How old, what type of lighting, water parameters, other inhabitants, etc.
If you have not already done so, now would be the time to cover all powerheads with netting. A roaming nem is more than likely to end up in the powerhead.
The only reasons I can see that it would stay under the rock and die would be it was already dying, aclimation shock, not enough lighting, less than perfect water quality.
Could you give us some more input about your tank? How old, what type of lighting, water parameters, other inhabitants, etc.
If you have not already done so, now would be the time to cover all powerheads with netting. A roaming nem is more than likely to end up in the powerhead.
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coral guy
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i have 1 pair of yellow watchmans 1 mccosker wrasse 1 tailspot blennies . lighting is a 175 wat metal halide . i already covered the power heads and i do not know how to post pics and the tank is about two years old.
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coral guy
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i forgot to say it has a wet dry filter and a canister filter i have zoos,duncans,rics,and a acan.
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coral guy
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my dad had a rbta it split once and both of them lived about 2 or 3 years the oringinal lived for 3 years.
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coral guy
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okay today the rbta poked its head from under the rock and i fed it 5 mysis shrimps and it seems fine now i will keeps putting on updates on the rbta.
jerth6932
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Welcome, and good its coming around now! They do go where they want and do as they please. I got one.... FOR A LOT MORE THEN 10 BUCKS... and it moved some where I didn't like it and tried to move a rock near it, didn't realize its foot was holding that rock and ripped the foot.... RIP RBTA... So lesson from my stupidity .... Leave em alone and let them do their own thing!
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coral guy
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ya i am suprised that i got so cheap got it on sale at a place the rbta is about 2 in wide 1 in tall .
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coral guy
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i got pic of him but dont know how to upload them on the threads.
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coral guy
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i know edit the pic in the phone to the computer
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coral guy
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is your rbta live and how big is it jerth mine an 1 in taller and half an inch wide i would love to see yours but i cant upload the pic now cause i got work maybe on the weekend or tonight we will see
jerth6932
Active Member
Yeah, I wish. I made a very poor choice. He went to the back of the tank and I was going to make a change in the tank to "promote" him to move forward where I could see him better and ripped his foot. RBTA is no more. Sorry. I would of gotten a new on but I cant get 10 dollar specimens, like some people
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So I can't wait to see your RBTA.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/forum/thread/339068/jerth6932-s-tank-progress you can see it here when it was alive though
So I can't wait to see your RBTA.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/forum/thread/339068/jerth6932-s-tank-progress you can see it here when it was alive though
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coral guy
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it was a monster i think there another one gor 20 bucks at the lfs i got it but the bad thing is that you you dont live in ILLINOIS or you could gotten it i personally saw it eat a monster peice of krill on both rbtas but i took the 10 buck one cause it was more intense red .what was the nem in the tank after the rbta and what nem is inyour tank now.Your rbta is the size of my dad after it split.
jerth6932
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Originally Posted by coral guy http:///forum/thread/385302/i-got-a-rbta-for-10-bucks-and-it-is-under-my-paly-rock#post_3381361
it was a monster i think there another one gor 20 bucks at the lfs i got it but the bad thing is that you you dont live in ILLINOIS or you could gotten it i personally saw it eat a monster peice of krill on both rbtas but i took the 10 buck one cause it was more intense red .what was the nem in the tank after the rbta and what nem is inyour tank now.Your rbta is the size of my dad after it split.
That confuses me, every time I find great deals on SWF, they are always in Illinois, no where close to the ocean!!!! WHY is that so???
Any ways, I got and still have the purple seabae. Shes getting way big these days! Almost outgrown my 24, but don't want to get rid of her!
I would of went with the more intense colored one too!
Originally Posted by coral guy http:///forum/thread/385302/i-got-a-rbta-for-10-bucks-and-it-is-under-my-paly-rock#post_3381361
it was a monster i think there another one gor 20 bucks at the lfs i got it but the bad thing is that you you dont live in ILLINOIS or you could gotten it i personally saw it eat a monster peice of krill on both rbtas but i took the 10 buck one cause it was more intense red .what was the nem in the tank after the rbta and what nem is inyour tank now.Your rbta is the size of my dad after it split.
That confuses me, every time I find great deals on SWF, they are always in Illinois, no where close to the ocean!!!! WHY is that so???
Any ways, I got and still have the purple seabae. Shes getting way big these days! Almost outgrown my 24, but don't want to get rid of her!
I would of went with the more intense colored one too!
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coral guy
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if you lived closer i would give you my other nem if it ever splits right now i am looking to frag my 1 foot and6 in monti oh and my rbta would be bigger if it wasnt under a rock right now