[quote=“Kyle Mench, post:360, topic:9128”]
One of the BTA split over the weekend. Cool to see things multiplying and growing! Started with one BTA and now have three :)[/quote]
Pics or it didn’t happen 
[quote=“TheEngineer, post:361, topic:9128”]
[quote=“Kyle Mench, post:360, topic:9128”]
One of the BTA split over the weekend. Cool to see things multiplying and growing! Started with one BTA and now have three :)[/quote]
Pics or it didnÂ’t happen :)[/quote]
LOL, +1
Just fed the wellso. Crazy how much it’s improved, and how puffy it gets now!
[quote=“Kyle Mench, post:363, topic:9128”]
Count em. 1,2,3, anemone![/quote]
Ok. Now I believe you lOl
They’re nice!
Donavon gets one. But if you want one you can have one Adam!
Thanks. Not in the plan for now but I might take you up on that for a later split
Yeah I figured as much. Offer always stands :BEER
Glad everything is coming along Kyle.
Those anemones split like crazy. I am up to 8 I think and my clowns still won’t host them, even have 2 right above where they lay their eggs every week.
This is a extract from a post from another forum and I really second his findings. Here is the thread Why do anemones split? | REEF2REEF Saltwater and Reef Aquarium Forum
when small BTAs split I lean toward the later.
There are 2 reasons* that an anemone will split – one is good and the other is bad.
If conditions are good and the anemone has extra energy it will take that extra energy into producing a clone – to advance the species.
However, if conditions are poor, the anemone will take its last remaining bits of energy to split – the purpose in being that the clone will be able to find better conditions.
- — there can be short term poor/different conditions that cause a split; a newly introduced one, parameters are pretty different, a short term spike – pH, temps, salinity, etc. I would still consider these as part of the 2nd reason – not ideal conditions.
What would you consider small? It was probably about 3-4†across when it split. I don’t think it’s too unhappy, it hasn’t moved in a long time and all my parameters are stable. The other one that didn’t split has remained in the same spot and seems to be content. I just fed them all tonight and they accepted mysis readily.
MY BTAs were over 5 years old split twice in that time both times were after changes to the tank, moving rocks and adding changing pumps and a salinity crash from a ato accident.
Mine were at the disc about 4 to 5 inches and inflated around 10 to 12 inches across.
Mike’s BTAs split all the time. Haven’t seen him on the forum in a bit though…maybe shoot him a PM
They were splitting like crazy for him for a while. If you feed them they tend to split more often. When mine were splitting alot I was feeding pellets, silver sides, mysis. My sebae I had years ago was huge and never split and I had that thing for a couple or so years.
Go buy a csb bubble tip. They are still pretty crazy money. Just imagine if you could get it to split like mikes SC rainbows lol.
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I was not saying that all splits are bad at all, I was just stating that splitting is not a sign of good health all the time.
Basically you have to ask yourself, did it make sense for it to use that energy to split vs grow.
I’ve had a browned out chalice for about two months now… Other SPS that came with the same batch of corals are coloring up. Should I move it down some in the tank? It’s about mid level (Garf Bonsai, Orange Setosa and a few others are about the same height)
A chalice that has lost color can take months to gain it back just like sps and many others after being stressed.
Chalices usually favor low to mid lighting and low flow. Double check but I believe iodine helps with them.
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Should I move it down some in the tank? Or just leave it where it is so I don’t stress it more and since it hasn’t bleached at all?
do you know what kind of chalice it is?
