Perched Urchin
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Or a least they are trying to act like their little cousins.
I posted last week about how long it should take a clone to heal when they split and if there was anything that might be causing splits. At that time, my 2 initial nems had each split, one about a month before the other.
Now one of the 4 has split again!
I started with 2 large GBTAs that I got with a mated pair of ocellaris clowns and over 100 lbs of wonderful established LR. All went into my system at the same time (about 3 months ago) and all seemed great. My params are stable, although my pH and alk are low (8.1 and 6.4, respectively) and I contiunue to work on that. The tank they are in is a 40 breeder with probalby 60 lbs of LR and it is in a system with a 75G sump with skimmer and another 40 lbs or so of rock. Lighting is a 175w Iwasaki 15000k in a Lumenmax Elite about 8 inches off the water. Temp is ~78, with fluctuation from 77.5 to almost 79.
First split happened about a month and a half after everything moved into my system. Then the other original nem split about 3 weeks later. Today I found that the one that split first has split again, so I am now up to 5 total.
It might be a good problem to have, but I wonder if there is something I am doing that is causing this. I also am nervous about having 5 of these guys in the tank - I have a few frags that I am trying to keep out of their way, which is getting hard to do!
I posted last week about how long it should take a clone to heal when they split and if there was anything that might be causing splits. At that time, my 2 initial nems had each split, one about a month before the other.
Now one of the 4 has split again!
I started with 2 large GBTAs that I got with a mated pair of ocellaris clowns and over 100 lbs of wonderful established LR. All went into my system at the same time (about 3 months ago) and all seemed great. My params are stable, although my pH and alk are low (8.1 and 6.4, respectively) and I contiunue to work on that. The tank they are in is a 40 breeder with probalby 60 lbs of LR and it is in a system with a 75G sump with skimmer and another 40 lbs or so of rock. Lighting is a 175w Iwasaki 15000k in a Lumenmax Elite about 8 inches off the water. Temp is ~78, with fluctuation from 77.5 to almost 79.
First split happened about a month and a half after everything moved into my system. Then the other original nem split about 3 weeks later. Today I found that the one that split first has split again, so I am now up to 5 total.
It might be a good problem to have, but I wonder if there is something I am doing that is causing this. I also am nervous about having 5 of these guys in the tank - I have a few frags that I am trying to keep out of their way, which is getting hard to do!
