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So I’ve been in the hobby for 15+ years. After a couple years in, when I had what I felt was a stable enough environment, I got a rose bta. I still have some descendent of that bta, and have had a Clown pair hosting and sometimes laying eggs throughout. Rbta has split many times over the years, but I just try to keep 1 for the clowns.
My rbta, all these years, has only bubbled when its angry about something. Otherwise it’s all huge and stretched out tentacles. Display is 65 gallons. Thing is, I’m getting tired of the nem stinging the living daylights out of my corals. Its so big. When it splits I keep the smaller one and get rid of the bigger, but it takes no time for the new one to get huge. I don’t feed it. The current clown pair hosts it nicely, the female I’ve had for about 10 years and the male maybe 6-7.
I feel like I’m constantly moving corals away from it, and space is an issue. I try to adjust flow to keep tentacles away from my coral but I’m either blowing it one direction or the other and so it’s always touching something. If I remove it the clowns will likely move to hosting and thereby annoying the crap out of lps or softies I assume. I’m just very frustrated. I know so many seek out this clown hosting nem thing and it’s pretty iconic to this hobby, but my rbta just is always so HUGE and stinging coral and my female clown is a big meanie...I don’t know. I’m just not sure I want this combo anymore but I’m afraid I will miss it if they are gone. Right now I’ve adjusted flow so that the nem is almost behind the rock work, and that’s helped some, but you can see on my green birds nest in the one pic all the dead parts that the nem has reached. Sorry for the crappy phone pics. And if u made it this far, thanks. I know my options so I guess I’m not sure what I’m looking for except advice and experiences you all may have.
My rbta, all these years, has only bubbled when its angry about something. Otherwise it’s all huge and stretched out tentacles. Display is 65 gallons. Thing is, I’m getting tired of the nem stinging the living daylights out of my corals. Its so big. When it splits I keep the smaller one and get rid of the bigger, but it takes no time for the new one to get huge. I don’t feed it. The current clown pair hosts it nicely, the female I’ve had for about 10 years and the male maybe 6-7.
I feel like I’m constantly moving corals away from it, and space is an issue. I try to adjust flow to keep tentacles away from my coral but I’m either blowing it one direction or the other and so it’s always touching something. If I remove it the clowns will likely move to hosting and thereby annoying the crap out of lps or softies I assume. I’m just very frustrated. I know so many seek out this clown hosting nem thing and it’s pretty iconic to this hobby, but my rbta just is always so HUGE and stinging coral and my female clown is a big meanie...I don’t know. I’m just not sure I want this combo anymore but I’m afraid I will miss it if they are gone. Right now I’ve adjusted flow so that the nem is almost behind the rock work, and that’s helped some, but you can see on my green birds nest in the one pic all the dead parts that the nem has reached. Sorry for the crappy phone pics. And if u made it this far, thanks. I know my options so I guess I’m not sure what I’m looking for except advice and experiences you all may have.