Ultra Bubble Tip?

[All Clear]

This is on of the coolest BTA's i have ever come across!!
I was thinking about giving propagation a shot...
Any body have any experience or tip/tricks with this??

(Purple Rain BTA)

(For Size)

 

[secretreefer]

WOW! awesome!

 

[Paul_N]

Holy Crap is that cool!! Every time I read about the BTA's it seems they just split on the their own most of the time.

 

[fishoutofwater]

Crap that's sweet.

 

[Aquascaper]

I'm in...
scpecially if your into trades...........

 

[akabryanhall]

I'm in...
scpecially if your into trades...........

+1!!!

 

[amore169]

Very nice!

 

[ficklefins]

Guys keep in mind, the thread is about propogation techniques, and not interest.

 

[fishoutofwater]

I know of people using a sharp razor and cutting them in half. Keeping them in a skimmer basket in good flow until they heal. Never done it myself as was afraid to kill them. They do split on there own.

 

[Railrider1920]

That is really cool.
I once read a thread someplace where the guy fed his BTA I think a quarter of a silverside every other day or maybe every third day to encourage it to split.

 

[MAKcorals]

Nice piece! I would just let it split naturally. Wouldn't want to take the chance of harming such a beautiful creature

 

[aerius007]

I have cut bta's many times. I usually use a new razor to cut the nem on a cutting board, but REALLY sharp scissors work well too.

Here is the link I found, I used the same technique.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7BdqxW4ka0

 

[ReeferBen]

I had BTA that I fed almost every other day and ended up with lots of regular splits. When I slowed to twice a week they split much less often. I would avoid any razor cutting, since this may lead to increase chances of infection. Athough when I have read of people doing this they just make a small slice in the foot and let the anemone finish spliting on its own from there. Also IME anemones do much better whn fed with chopped food over any larger piece. I often witnessed anemones take in food thats too large and spit it out looking almost the same only hours later. Seems IMO they get more nutrition from chopped mysis/krill/silversides instead of larger piece of food. JMO. its a lovely anemone good luck.

 

[clowns101]

The anemone is very nice!

If your interested in propagation,feed it alot like twice a week to induce splitting,after it splits dont feed that much.Or you could cut it in half with a razor blade.But its much safer to induce splitting by feeding alot.However,GBTA dont split alot in capivity.They do split,but not as much as RBTA.

It's your call!Wish you luck!

 

[Acroholic]

Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard!:tongue:

 

[Tanked]

I have a RBTA that I got that was about the size of a silver dollar, within 4 weeks I now have 3 the size of quarters. Anyone ever had them split so small?

 

[darknessheir]

pour cold saltwater on it and it will split

 

[sks4613]

That is insane! I wouldn't take a knife to it and risk infection. I would increase feedings keep it happy and in no time it should do its thing. Love the basket in the tank. Is that a pool skimmer basket?

 

[Railrider1920]

Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard!:tongue:

LOL!! same here

pour cold saltwater on it and it will split

Do you mean to add the water to the tank right on top of the BTA? Or maybe take it out, put it in another container and pour it on it that way?

 

[mlove]

pour cold saltwater on it and it will split

Although I cannot say this won't work, I know that I would never do something such as this. We keep our tank parameters stable so as to not disturb or stress our marine animals. Pouring cold water onto something would cause some pretty serious stress if you ask me. Rapid temperature change = bad!