How to move your BTA

[dylana407]

So here is the PVC method. However, I couldn't use PVC because it was not flexible enough. I cut the top and bottom off this shampoo bottle. Washed it thoroughly and then soaked in vinegar for an hour.

It took 3 days before it decided to get off the rock completely. This guy was stinging all the corals around it.

 

[James M]

Good idea with the shampoo bottle

 

[coral49]

How did you get the bottle to stay in one place? I have a bunch of bulbs in the rocks that I think this will work well but not sure how to secure the bottle. great idea thanks for sharing

 

[dylana407]

How did you get the bottle to stay in one place? I have a bunch of bulbs in the rocks that I think this will work well but not sure how to secure the bottle. great idea thanks for sharing

It is wedged between the rock in the back and the rock with the zoa in the front. This particular bottle is dense and thin enough that it doesn't float.

 

[coral49]

thanks.. I'll give it a shot and have about 10 to move. I've reached plague proportions

 

[Kellie in CA]

Nice! I had to move a RFA yesterday, so I feel your pain. I tried all kinds of things to motivate him to move, but had to resort to an ice cube and a firm push.

 

[Txag96]

Nice! I had to move a RFA yesterday, so I feel your pain. I tried all kinds of things to motivate him to move, but had to resort to an ice cube and a firm push.

What is the Ice Cube method I keep hearing about? I have 4 RBTAs now and two of them are posted up right in the middle of my zoa garden. The other two I have been able to get to out as they got on a small rock I could pull. The two in my zoa garden have a pretty good grip on the rock and when I try to move them they just dip in and I can't get to their foot. Last night I put a powerhead on them but this morning they were still there.

 

[exnisstech]

The ice cube method will only work if you can get to the foot to rub it with the ice cube. It works but sometimes takes quite a while. Also helps if your icemaker is connected to RO so you don't add chlorine to the tank. I've found the easiest way is to remove the rock they are on and hold it upside down and get something that you can gently work under the foot without damaging it until they let loose. Of course removing rock isn't always possible. Power head has never worked for me. I have some that attach in front of them.

 

[coral49]

I've been unsuccessful with the power head methods as well.. placed it there for 24 hours.. nothing moved and 1 week later it split into 3. Now have 3 in a spot that I wanted moved.