RBTA never splits

[jcs11236]

I have had my rbta for several months now. It has tripled in size. Looks good. Nice color and grabs food when I feed tank. Spot feed once in a while. My question is that it has never split. I'm happy it hasn't but i am just curious in knowing if that's a good sign or bad. Do they split when they are healthy or do they tend to split when something in tank is wrong/stressed. Or do they just split when they feel like it. Lol
Thanks in advance for any replies

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

They split for a few reasons to be honest stress is definitely one of em , it's a defense mechanism , I posted a thread a few days ago called nem food what do you feed your nems , there is a reefer on that thread that posted a good insightful answer to a question , I forgot his name but find him and he is totally knowledge loaded on all nems and nem behavior , I have rbtas that split every three months or so and I have orange nems that won't at all lol

 

[greg 45]

Barry is the guy your looking for
welth of knowledge

 

[dannyny]

i've had a RBTA for months and has not grown at all. do i have to feed these things or something?

 

[thirty5]

Barry is the guy your looking for
welth of knowledge

RareclownsNJ is his SN

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Thank you for the acknowledgement guys.

Splitting is a defense mecanism. You have better odds at surviving if your two instead of one. This video is of turtle munching down on a sea anemone. Dinner. They do have predators.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06_nhVlx4jA

Splitting occurs from stress which can be brought on by anything, water change,adding coral, change in water params, light, filtration.

If its not splitting that's actually a good thing.

Although splitting is propogation, its a process that takes lots and lots of energy, For an animal to use that much energy it is not a good thing.

 

[jcs11236]

Thanks everyone for the replies
I feed my tank mysis so that what it eats. Spot feed him once in a while
Thanks Barry for the reply. Just wanted to make sure that it not splitting was a bad sign.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

hey barry,

while we're on the subject, how come all my rbta's tentacles had become elongated over time.....lost the booby shape. does it have to do with light, flow, or other factors?

thanks, tom

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

No one actually really knows.

There is many theories but there is just no proof or scientific study behind it.

I think it has to do with more surface area to get more light.

Its a anemone secret i guess.

I do know that most anemones lose those booby bubbles after being in captivity. I have seen a bubble tip with long tentacles in one tank and get moved to a new one and the bubble comes back for a little.

Sometimes tentacles can be biforcated too in captivity. I also notice that alot of cool nems loose those cool spots or striations in the tentacles after being in capivity.

 

[Juggernot55]

hey barry,

while we're on the subject, how come all my rbta's tentacles had become elongated over time.....lost the booby shape. Does it have to do with light, flow, or other factors?

Thanks, tom

+1

 

[Juggernot55]

No one actually really knows.

There is many theories but there is just no proof or scientific study behind it.

I think it has to do with more surface area to get more light.

Its a anemone secret i guess.

I do know that most anemones lose those booby bubbles after being in captivity. I have seen a bubble tip with long tentacles in one tank and get moved to a new one and the bubble comes back for a little.

Sometimes tentacles can be biforcated too in captivity. I also notice that alot of cool nems loose those cool spots or striations in the tentacles after being in capivity.

Thanks

 

[tomtoothdoc]

thanks barry.
i guess i'll do some experiments. i have 2 rbta's...one for 6+months and another for 3+ months. they both lost the booby shape but grew and maintained the original red tentacles with green base. the striations/markings also faded a bit. i'm going to supplement a par 38 bulb right over them and see if that would do anything.
btw the green bta still maintained the bubble shape for 2-3 months now. they are all in the same tank at about equivalent depth just at different side of the tank.

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Its def a wierd thing.

I have seen some keep the bubbles for a long time i have seen then lose them like you.

There is usually no difference in tentacles when it comes to magnifica, mertens, gigantea,haddoni.

Just BTA's.

Is either anemone more shaded then the other.