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
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