Adding RBTA with clown

Ert · Mar 9, 2018

Hi all

I purchased a new RBTA which i added to my tank which houses a Maroon clown. The clown went straight for it to host and the RBTA struggled to attach to the rock. After hours of fail attempts due to the clown, I decided to put a plastic housing encasing the anemone.

How long does it take for a RBTA to properly attach to the rock before a clown can host without detaching?

I'm going to leave the plastic housing overnight to let the RBTA to properly attach. Has anyone have a similar experience?

Ert · Mar 9, 2018

As I was typing, somehow the clown got into the casing and I was able to trap him inside. I'm going keep him jailed up to allow the anemone to acclimate and properly attach to the rock

davocean · Mar 9, 2018

Your maroon beat me to it in advice on this one!
Hopefully the nem is at least 3-4x bigger than the maroon so it can handle the lovin.
It can attach fairly quickly, but new to tank it probably is going to move a little till it finds it's happy place, so probably not hard set just yet.

Ert · Mar 10, 2018

I think he's too big for this RBTA. The maroon is 2-3 inches and the nem is maybe 4 inches in diameter. What should I do? He's currently housed in a box so to allow the nem to grow and acclimate.

LadyMac · Mar 10, 2018

Good luck. If you could possibly move the clown maybe that would help? I got one and didn’t realize at the time that he was too small, the day after I added one of my clowns was bugging it and it perished by the next day

Ert · Mar 10, 2018

Ert said:
I think he's too big for this RBTA. The maroon is 2-3 inches and the nem is maybe 4 inches in diameter. What should I do? He's currently housed in a box so to allow the nem to grow and acclimate.

I luckily was able to catch the maroon and he's housed in a plastic container attached to the side of the aquarium. The RBTA is doing well and is acclimating nicely