hey all! Does anyone know how long it takes an anemone to split? I've had a rose bubble tip anemone for a couple months and it has recently started to split... I think... I'm pretty sure... Seems to be taking awhile. Thanks!
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That's crazy!You could have one forever and it will never split
Its really up to the Nem.
Best way to get them to split in MY experience, is to feed them often. I feed uncooked chunks of table shrimp.
Once they start getting to a good size a small amount of stress will cause them to split, For instance I have two tanks, each had a hand size RBTA in it. I moved The Nem and the rock it was on from one tank to the other. Two days later I had 6 RBTA's
Anyway so now I have one tank with 7 RBTAS all happy and healthy
I just had one split a few days ago, it was showing no signs when I left for work, then I came home to 2 anemones! I have never had one split for me before, and I am sure the time varies, but for me no longer then 9 hours.[/QU
yikes! He's taking weeks. Do you think something else is wrong?I just had one split a few days ago, it was showing no signs when I left for work, then I came home to 2 anemones! I have never had one split for me before, and I am sure the time varies, but for me no longer then 9 hours.
Cool!For reference here is what mine looked like when I checked the tank before leaving for work. (I didn't take this pic then, but it still looked the same). Please excuse the heavy blue, this was taken when lights were ramping down.
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And this is what I came home to (THIS pic was taken immediately after I found it had split)
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The nem on the left has since moved to the right of the other one, which has not moved at all.
It has good flow and led lighting. My hammer coral is he thriving in the same conditions. When we got him he was brown. He found his comfort zone and he ate well, grew and turned a delicate pink with green iridescence. It really hasn't lost that much color. It was never super vivid like yours. How long have you had yours?Hmm I can't say about splitting but it does look bleached. What lighting is it under and flow? My nems are blasted by both light and flow, they get mad if I turn the flow down at all.
I have had mine since February. It is not a rose bta though so the color will be different. The light pink and white of yours is what's making me think it is bleached, they often are at the LFS so you may have purchased it that way, many do. These guys usually need higher lighting then most LPS to thrive and if yours has expelled most of his zooxanthellae then he will need fed. What brand of light is he under if you don't mind me asking?It has good flow and led lighting. My hammer coral is he thriving in the same conditions. When we got him he was brown. He found his comfort zone and he ate well, grew and turned a delicate pink with green iridescence. It really hasn't lost that much color. It was never super vivid like yours. How long have you had yours?
The lighting should be fine then. I am definitely not a nem expert, but I believe they need to eat more meaty food when they are bleached because they cannot get enough food from the lighting since they expelled their zooxanthellae.He's under galaxy hydro LEDs. He moved under a rock so we thought he wanted to hide. He kinda looks worse now. But I swear every time I look at him he looks different. So what would you suggest I do if he is bleaching?

