Rose anemone split

[ganjero]

is this sign of good parameters or the opposite? I bought a 5" rose anemone and 2 days later I made a big water change, a week later i have 2 3" RBTAs.

 

[Anemone]

Can be either. In your case, I think your RBTA was stressed into splitting. It's not necessarily a bad thing - a large water change, followed by another large water change within a week or so is actually a pretty common split-causing agent. If your tank parameters are good, you should have two healthy clones.

Kevin

 

[ganjero]

The cleaner shrimp are after the small clone. Are they helping or trying to eat it?

 

[bracket50]

Watch them carefully, but I have not had a shrimp kill a nem yet. You can always use the strawberry basket trick to protect it if you feel the need.

 

[steelhead77]

Shrimp will not kill an anemone. Mine have split right around March Madness time every year for the past three years. I consider it a good thing.