jlinzmaier
Premium Member
In my local reef club we happen to have come across a RBTA that seems to split quite often. I've been in the club for only a year but the original RBTA was introduced into a members tank years ago and continued to split repeatedly. Now nearly every member (probably well over 75) has one of the clones and each of the clones continue to split. Most club members report their anemone splitting at least once a month or more.
When I bought mine a year ago it was about 3-4 inches, ate well, and grew fast. No more than 3wks after being in my tank it split into three. About a month later one of those split into two. Since then, none have split and they're merely growing and looking great.
My question is, what might cause an anemone to split?? Bad water conditions, good water conditions, high nutrients, stress of a move, irritation from other inverts, ?????
I now realize that when I first got my RBTA, my nutrient levels were OK but not great (everything was relatively healthy but the SPS would brown out quickly after being introduced into the tank). About 8-10 months ago I started doing everything I could to improve my water conditions. Since I started cleaning up my tank and lowering nutrient levels none of the RBTA's have split.
Other members continue to report continual splitting. Just wondering if anyone has any idea why this strange phenomenon is occuring so frequently. From what I've researched, I'm under the impression that anemones split when unhappy (poor water conditions, elevated nutrients, stress from a move, etc). Just wondering what kind of info anyone here can provide for me.
Jeremy
When I bought mine a year ago it was about 3-4 inches, ate well, and grew fast. No more than 3wks after being in my tank it split into three. About a month later one of those split into two. Since then, none have split and they're merely growing and looking great.
My question is, what might cause an anemone to split?? Bad water conditions, good water conditions, high nutrients, stress of a move, irritation from other inverts, ?????
I now realize that when I first got my RBTA, my nutrient levels were OK but not great (everything was relatively healthy but the SPS would brown out quickly after being introduced into the tank). About 8-10 months ago I started doing everything I could to improve my water conditions. Since I started cleaning up my tank and lowering nutrient levels none of the RBTA's have split.
Other members continue to report continual splitting. Just wondering if anyone has any idea why this strange phenomenon is occuring so frequently. From what I've researched, I'm under the impression that anemones split when unhappy (poor water conditions, elevated nutrients, stress from a move, etc). Just wondering what kind of info anyone here can provide for me.
Jeremy
