Its so weird to me when clones right next to eachother in the same tank act so differently... It did take this guy a good couple of weeks to settle in. He was in and out of the rocks so often I didn't know where he was most of the time. I suspect those two will come around in time but its surprising they're still acting cranky.
My larger green BTA has always acted just like yours. If i ever see bubbles they are very small and only on some tentacles, never all of them.Glad the tank is doing well after your return!
BTAs are weird. Mine right now has half stringy tentacles and half bubbly.
You might have just pushed me into a life of crime with the Tang police...Hope eveyone's doing well! We've been pretty much on hiatus since returning from the mountains. A break from the forums and social media altogether really. Its been kinda nice being unplugged some.
Tanks doing well. No issues while we were gone. Upon returning from the hills we replaced all of the RODI filters and did a 20/25g water change. Replaced filters as a best practices kind of thing rather than a need but figure once a year is a good idea. Need to try and remember to replace the sediment filter a bit more often though, that thing was gross!
Added the last remaining fish from the Reefer to the 110. In went the yellow tang.... But hang on I said to myself.... If you're going to add the Yellow Tang you may as well get a 2nd Tang now and add them at the same time... Oh and you have that expiring $50 LA gift card that needs to be used so shopping we went that day. DD posted up a beautiful hybrid Powder Blue Tang. It was the exact same size as the Yellow tang and the Blue was gorgeous! I have no self control so the trigger was pulled and we have a new fishI know he'll probably need to be rehomed some day but for now he's super happy!! Gets along fine with the Yellow Tang. The had a couple of stare down's and Fin flaring contests the first couple of days but i can't even say I saw any tail slapping.
Never worry about a hijacking here my friend. The bubbles on yours before the clowns are slightly bigger than I ever saw with mine. As I said though it was never all the tentacles, maybe half would have them while the other half wouldn't. I've had RBTA's in the same system with big juicy bubbles though. Nems are just weird as you said!
I know the Powder Blue will get bigger than the yellow eventually and depending on what i see from a behavioral change as they mature I'll consider rehoming one or both of them should I think they've outgrown the tank. I really wanted an Achillies but they are quite pricey. That combined with finding one under 4" steered me away and I came across the PBT. I know some folks will say i shouldn't even have the PBT here but at this size they'll both be fine here for a couple of years anyway.
I have all three probes, Finnex, Apex and Inkbird in the drain chamber with the heaters placed two chambers later before the return section.
