RBTA pissed off

[rrubberbandman]

hey'all,

well on the 26th i replaced my old t-5 bulbs and went with 2 aquablue special and 1 blue plus and one actinic, all from ATI....

WOW those bulbs are so nice!!!!!....but since then my rbta has moved up under a the rock that it was near...and now it seems very irritated which the only new thing i have done is to replace the bulbs.....did i go too bright or make a mistake??

Bryan

[jamal]

if you have individual control just turn one or two lights off and see if he comes back out.

[CHUBAKAH]

Mine sits dead center 14" from a 250 MH, in front of a jet from my closed loop and hasn't moved in 5 months. I'd have to think he will be ok in time and come back out for a sun tan.

GL

[lanman]

Mine completely disappeared in my rock work (he was pretty small to start with) for 6 months. He just recently poked out from under a rock, so I can throw him a bit of food. He's about 1" in diameter.

 

bob

[flowerseller]

It's a change to the zooxanthellae that's "spooking" it.

The different colors in the lights are the main reason.

While you may or may not see it, the anemone can feel it in the algae.

Lessen the time lights on, alter how they come on via some on then others on and so on.

I'd be certain to have good random flow as the waving of the tenticiles give the zooxanthellae a break, much like pulsing xenia

[gmubeach]

I tried to keep moving mine back into the light, but it never really liked where I move it and it would just move back under a live rock shelf anyway I gave it a few days and he came back out!

[Rascal]

I'd have to think he will be ok in time and come back out for a sun tan.

 

Agree with that. It will just take some time for it to get used to the new lights.

 

In other words . . .

 

It's a change to the zooxanthellae that's "spooking" it.

The different colors in the lights are the main reason.

While you may or may not see it, the anemone can feel it in the algae.

Lessen the time lights on, alter how they come on via some on then others on and so on.

I'd be certain to have good random flow as the waving of the tenticiles give the zooxanthellae a break, much like pulsing xenia

 

Oh come on Chip, what do you know about RBTAs?

 

Only thing I would add is keep a close watch on it in case it starts moving around. I think it will be fine once it gets used to the new conditions but in the meantime it might "decide" to go looking for conditions more to its liking. Not good if it starts getting close to PH or CL intake.