Small GBTA splits...?!? what next?

[Xirxes23]

We have had this GBTA for a few months now, maybe 4, and it has stayed in the back of the tank, hidden to all view except top.

Then about 2 weeks ago it let go and settled on the bottom in the back.

A week later we saw it rolling around on the sand.

2 days after we saw it under a close bit of LR, bit it was very small, about the size of a quarter.

1 day after that we saw if a bit further to the left, but it was about the size of a dime.

Today we see BOTH small anemones! One to the right, and one to the left! They have some tentacle extension, but like i said, the base of one is about a quarter size, and the other a dime. The parent was no bigger than a 50 cent piece sized base.

Should i expect them to live having split this small? The porcelain crab left a while ago, and tried to take over the skumk clown's LTA, which the misses did NOT like , so we moved the crab to the fuge.

Anyone had a split this small before, and if so, what can i do to increase survivability for them.

Removal of the two at this point is almost impossible due to placement.

 

[redvipe2010]

Yes I have, caused by an alkalinity problem. I had to chop the food up in tiny pieces. I fed every other day, and they grew pretty fast. I used silversides and Rod's food. Don't try to move them, it will cause more stress. Do you have any idea what caused them to split?

 

[Xirxes23]

only thing i can spot is the start of adding reef essentials.... underdosing at 2ml a day for a 150 total system...

also perhaps starting a switch from bagged salt to Sand filtered ocean water.

All nutrient levels still at near 0, no algae to be seen, and i feed daily all nems/corals/fish

 

[redvipe2010]

I just noticed you have a LTA in there too. Could be chemical war.

 

[Xirxes23]

maybe... i had an RBTA melt after this LTA matured as well...however i thought that the RBTA died from chemical christals from return pump!

ANyone else have problems keeping LTA with BTA's?

 

[sarahkucera]

I am keeping an H Crispa (a nem commonly lumped into the LTA catch-all name) and a RBTA.
The RBTA isn't doing so hot right now, but that was due to the fact that the peppermint shrimp queen was stealing its dinner once my nem decided to come down off the glass.
Now that I feed the peppermint queen with the giant pincers of doom at night after I have fed the nem the RBTA is starting to look better.

 

[zenya]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9155155#post9155155 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sarahkucera
Now that I feed the peppermint queen with the giant pincers of doom at night after I have fed the nem the RBTA is starting to look better.

:lol: I've never heard Lysmatas described quite the way you do.

As far as keeping different species of anemones in a tank, it is doable but the tank must be really large. Even then there is no garantees.

 

[redvipe2010]

Yep, doable, but I don't recommend it. Sometimes it takes several months before a problem is noticed. And yes, the bigger the tank the better.

 

[Xirxes23]

This is all happening in a 90G display... Think i could move the smaller of the two new splits to a 10G that has been up for a month or so now? its got 96 watts of PC on it, andi keep up on the water quality.

 

[redvipe2010]

I don't suggest moving the newly split anemones. 10G tank is really small for an anemone, but is also doable, at least while they are small. I would keep up on your water changes for now, and wait until they heal before moving.

 

[seaduck]

I had 2 small 2" rbtas in my 30 gal nano along with a small 4" LTA doreenis for 4 or 5 weeks. Last week one of the rbtas started looking really bad and the other started to split and looked even worse. The LTA is now 6" and has a new tomato clown hosting in it. I removed the 2 rbtas and put them in my 75 gal and they r doing just fine now after a week. I do have 2 6" h.crispas at one end of the 75 and the rbtas and large 6" gbta at the other end. These nems are all relitively new and i am def. pushing the limits and am a little worried at this point.