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RBTA Question

Muscles

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I recently accuired a beautifull RBTA from GinaD (thanks). It's been awhile since I had one and being the tank is 2 years old and thriving it was a perfect time to get one. I did some reading before hand and know I have the the correct enviroment (outline below). I wanted to know if it's normal for it to inflate and deflate 3 times in the past 1 1/2 weeks and change it's location the same amount of times? It's a healthy deflate/inflate with no stressful signs. It just seems alot in a short time. I have fed it a peice of krill twice which it took readily. I acclimated as needed and put it in a pint glass in the tank to let it come out on it's own. It came out in 24hrs and attached to the rock I placed next to the glass. In it's 3 move it is slowly making it's way behind the reef. Is it possible to have too much light and flow?
Tank is a 90 corner BB
Flow
Tunze 6101 set at 75% pulse rate Phase 1 25% Phase 2 75%. It's centered on the rear overflow 6" down facing front center.
2 x nano streams 6045 (modded anyway)in the front corners facing down
behind the reef.
2 x maxi 1200 under the 6101 facing straight down behind the reef.
Sounds like alot of flow but it really isnt' too bad with a BB tank of this size. I am sure of this by a torch I have. It in the the front left corner. That's why I placed the RBTA in the front right corner becasue the flow is similar.
Lighting
2x250 hqi.
Corals that don't move are so much less stress. I keeping telling the kids to give it some time but they don't believe me. Any advice would be a help/reassurement.
Thanks
 
I think it is adjusting and is probably fine.....However, you really never know. I had one walk on me for 4 months before I pulled the plug.

Most people wind up ok.
 
I just recently got one too and it's doing the same.
Although I read/heard hat what they do when they're adjusting to the new environment, I'm watching it carefully
 
me

I have been reading along with your posts as well. You are a couple weeks ahead of me. I will share my experience as I go. It seams there are alot more new owners or soon to be owners of this beautiful animal.
I think we have one differnce in that my RBTA does not host any clowns just yet. I have a 12+ year old Ocellaris that is too set in her ways to even consider it a home. I figured I would try with her though. She deserved a nice retirement home. I also have a pure black and white false perc. He doesn't show any interest and probably never will. Needless to say the RBTA isn't getting pushed around. She is completely doing this on her own. It's going to get harder to feed it. Can't wait to see where she is today.
 
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