RBTA moved under mushroom rock..what to do?

marinetankdiver · 01/01/2010, 01:26 PM

My small RBTA moved under the overhang of a rock with mushrooms on it (see picture) when fully extended it does touch the mushroom stalk and heads. Should i move the rock or wait out the RBTA and hope he decides he doesn't like the shade and moves? It is also quite hard to feed the RBTA where he is currently

Thanks

marinetankdiver · 01/01/2010, 01:31 PM

Nevermind he moved

wrott · 01/01/2010, 01:48 PM

That's good.
But really the only coral that concerns me (when talking about a BTA touching) is SPS.
I've had BTA park themselves next to frogspawn, zoas, radiata brain, pipe organ, and anthelia with no harm to those corals (the pipe does retract for a little while--but no harm done).
I don't know how much you're feeding it and I don't want to tell you what to do, but it may be moving to get away from its current course of care--too much attention.
I practically never feed the 4-5 that I've had for years. If one starts gaping its mouth during fish-feeding time, then I'll give it a few very small pieces of raw scallop or shrimp. This is once or twice a year.

marinetankdiver · 01/01/2010, 02:05 PM

good to know on the feeding. I was feeding it raw shrimp twice a week

the funny story behind this one is that i have had it for about a month. He didn't move at all for about 3 weeks. then one night during dinner I mentioned to my wife that I must have gotten lucky in his placement because he hasn't moved. He moved to the spot in the picture during dinner. He stayed in this spot for about a week. i was hopeing would move on his own. When it didn't appear that we was moving I took the picture and posted my question. He moved while I was posting.

I think I am the one being watched

petemattersen · 01/01/2010, 02:56 PM

Good to hear it moved, usually i try to just leave them alone.

ecureefer · 01/01/2010, 04:18 PM

ive had one and when he moved he decided he liked the new spot better (behind the rockwork) so i could never see him so i put a powerhead shooting towards him and he moved and found a new spot and has been there since

01/01/2010, 01:26 PM	#1
marinetankdiver Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 173	RBTA moved under mushroom rock..what to do? My small RBTA moved under the overhang of a rock with mushrooms on it (see picture) when fully extended it does touch the mushroom stalk and heads. Should i move the rock or wait out the RBTA and hope he decides he doesn't like the shade and moves? It is also quite hard to feed the RBTA where he is currently Thanks __________________ Sam

01/01/2010, 01:31 PM	#2
marinetankdiver Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 173	Nevermind he moved __________________ Sam

01/01/2010, 02:05 PM	#4
marinetankdiver Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 173	good to know on the feeding. I was feeding it raw shrimp twice a week the funny story behind this one is that i have had it for about a month. He didn't move at all for about 3 weeks. then one night during dinner I mentioned to my wife that I must have gotten lucky in his placement because he hasn't moved. He moved to the spot in the picture during dinner. He stayed in this spot for about a week. i was hopeing would move on his own. When it didn't appear that we was moving I took the picture and posted my question. He moved while I was posting. I think I am the one being watched __________________ Sam

01/01/2010, 02:56 PM	#5
petemattersen Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Waterman Posts: 154	Good to hear it moved, usually i try to just leave them alone. __________________ Hot rodder/Fish nerd Current Tank Info: 75 gal mixed reef, 30 gal mangrove swamp

01/01/2010, 01:48 PM	#3
wrott Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,912	That's good. But really the only coral that concerns me (when talking about a BTA touching) is SPS. I've had BTA park themselves next to frogspawn, zoas, radiata brain, pipe organ, and anthelia with no harm to those corals (the pipe does retract for a little while--but no harm done). I don't know how much you're feeding it and I don't want to tell you what to do, but it may be moving to get away from its current course of care--too much attention. I practically never feed the 4-5 that I've had for years. If one starts gaping its mouth during fish-feeding time, then I'll give it a few very small pieces of raw scallop or shrimp. This is once or twice a year.

01/01/2010, 04:18 PM	#6
ecureefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 101	ive had one and when he moved he decided he liked the new spot better (behind the rockwork) so i could never see him so i put a powerhead shooting towards him and he moved and found a new spot and has been there since