RBTA keeps splitting

[dc]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12333772#post12333772 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Anemone
Yep, that's how I ended up with my 65 gallon RBTA species tank. Got my clone in 1995 and have had over 120 splits.... have about 20 in the tank now.

I have found that I can induce splits by doing large volume water changes - ie, introducing a potential stressor (rapid changes in some water parameter) as well as the few times I've had serious temperature spikes (chiller malfunction). I don't purposely try to get splits, these are just observations I've made over the years (discovered the water change one when I got lazy and stopped doing weekly 5 gallon water changes and started doing much less frequent, larger water changes).

So, just saying I can see both sides of the healthy tank/stressor split debate - my tank is healthy and has frequent splits, but also has splits when a potential stressor is introduced.

FWIW,
Kevin

:lol: And I've only had 2 splits in almost 4 years, and they're in the skank tank. I guess they like it.

 

[Anemone]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12334052#post12334052 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dc
:lol: And I've only had 2 splits in almost 4 years, and they're in the skank tank. I guess they like it.

And Debi has one of my clones (or a couple, depending on how you look at it ), so who knows why some split and some don't?



Kevin

 

[Creetin]

Wow 120 splits!! Thanks for the info, I did do a reaquascape and a waterchange so that may have pushed them this time.