My men is splitting, bad timing

Dburr1014 · Jan 3, 2019

Came me today with the grand idea to move my men to a rock island I made with magnets to stick to the back wall. The dude had been stinging some of my coral because 1)he grew some and 2) I swapped out a wave maker pump so the flow is a little different and he don't like where he was.
Anyway, here is a pic. Hard to see cuz I put up a temp wall but 1 is on the wall and 1 is on the rock. Guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow.

Dburr1014 · Jan 3, 2019

Almost done

BestMomEver · Jan 3, 2019

You said men.... not nem. I assume you’re talking about anemones. Couldn’t figure it out until I saw the last picture.

Dburr1014 · Jan 3, 2019

Oh, auto correct. Oops

Dpate · Jan 3, 2019

It should be “ my men ARE splitting”
Sorry, hadda do it

rob safron · Jan 3, 2019

I’m in the same boat. Had a big one well behaved for years and he split. The baby went deep in the rockwork and stings my SPS. Tried a power head to get it to move and instead of moving it split again. That new one went high and was able to get it out. The first baby won’t budge. I am slowly loosing the SPS around it as it streches out all day. Bout ready to inject it with Kalk, (not really).

rob safron · Jan 3, 2019

I’m in the same boat. Had a big one well behaved for years and he split. The baby went deep in the rockwork and stings my SPS. Tried a power head to get it to move and instead of moving it split again. That new one went high and was able to get it out. The first baby won’t budge. I am slowly loosing the SPS around it as it streches out all day. Bout ready to inject it with Kalk, (not really).

Katrina71 · Jan 3, 2019

Do they ever pick a GOOD time to split?

User1 · Jan 3, 2019

Katrina71 said:
Do they ever pick a GOOD time to split?

No, they don't. Both "men" and anenomes.

We started with one rose bubble tip and now up to 11

Katrina71 · Jan 3, 2019

@hdsoftail1065 you are not alone

Dburr1014 · Jan 3, 2019

All done im a Papa

Katrina71 · Jan 3, 2019

Congrats!;Dummy1;Dummy

jd371 · Jan 4, 2019

This is the reason I'm starting a nem tank. Had one split a couple of times and now I have a rock full of them. In the process of cycling now and in a month or so the tank will be ready and I can move the rock to the new tank.