Green BTA aka Fat "Jerk"

[CarolineJ]

I've had this green BTA ive affectionately named Fat "Jerk" (edited to keep in line with TOS) for several months now and it's ginormous. It was giant when I received it. He's hogging up a lot of real estate so I was researching possibly cutting him in half and would sell the other half. From what I've read though, the half will grow just as big in a short time. Anyone have any experience with cutting (essentially fragging?) them?

 

[Shatodavis]

They sometimes Split. one turn into two. I've never heard of "cutting" them. that sounds like a terrible idea. My guess is you would end up with two dead nems.

 

[dedragon]

They sometimes Split. one turn into two. I've never heard of "cutting" them. that sounds like a terrible idea. My guess is you would end up with two dead nems.

You can do this and it used to be done a lot more. Not really a point in doing it though as high light and heavy feeding will cause it to split as well and its less risky

 

[Cthulukelele]

He should cut himself in half as dedragon mentioned. I'd wait for it to happen naturally personally, but BTAs are pretty resilient if you are impatient

 

[James M]

Very easy to cut them, just make sure to use something very sharp as you want to get a very clean cut in one go