Do you have pictures? How large is the largest one that's splitting again?
What to do after an anemone split?
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Do you have pictures? How large is the largest one that's splitting again?
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ErikVR
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Lights are out at the moment. Will take some pictures tomorrow.
The one that was splitting again was only around 10cm in diameter.
Sorry but this doesn’t look like a Chicago to me either chicagos are purple base tentacles then orange then yellow tips. Still a beautiful rainbow bta though. As far as splitting goes I never feed mine after a split for at a minimum of a week.
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710 gallon 210 gallon refugium undetectable po3, undetectable po4 for the last 7 years. Tons of plankton to feed the coral. Poor water can cause it but so can frequent feedings, an abundance of food, a big water change, a tank move, a change in environment so many things.
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I'm sorry! My bad! It's a Colorado sunburst
I was originally looking at getting a Chicago but when I saw the Colorado and Chicago side by side, I preferred the Colorado. I think that's how I got confused.
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I set this tank up as a dedicated anemone tank for my office to keep it simple.
So bring it on
Its a rainbow, not a CSB either. Hopefully you didn't pay for it as a CSB.I'm sorry! My bad! It's a Colorado sunburst
I was originally looking at getting a Chicago but when I saw the Colorado and Chicago side by side, I preferred the Colorado. I think that's how I got confused.
Sorry it’s not a Colorado either colorados have greenish blue base bright yellow tips. Rainbows almost always have pink tips like yours. Like I said before your anemone is gorgeous either way. But I truly hope you got a good deal on it because they’re usually a couple hundred dollars cheaper being rainbows than the exotic names. For what it’s worth I actually prefer yours to most of the exotics.I'm sorry! My bad! It's a Colorado sunburst
I was originally looking at getting a Chicago but when I saw the Colorado and Chicago side by side, I preferred the Colorado. I think that's how I got confused.
darrick001
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You never really know. My LFS has 2 that haven't split in probably 10 years. They are huge maybe 18-20 inches. They have long thin tentacles like yours. The tank it's in has really high flow. Yours seems like it's in a pretty high flow area as well. I wonder if high flow reduces the chance of splitting. Like making it insecure so it won't risk it. Not saying this is the case just an observation. Never thought about it until now. Has anyone else noticed this.
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ErikVR
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An iphone camera under blue lights doesn't really capture the true colors.
In person, this is what they look like:
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Just curious what kind of flow do you have in your tank? Do you have bubbles on the tips?
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Just FYI, my wave maker has been turned off for now until I get my nem guards.
So just very low flow from my return pump.
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That's interesting. I'm thinking back and I was running my tank with lower flow when my anemones were splitting all the time. I added some sps and increased the flow significantly and they stopped splitting. I've only had 1 split since then. My new tank has lower LPS flow so I wonder if they will start splitting again. This may be just a coincidence but it's giving me ideas.
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I know it's not mandatory. There's one BTA in my main display in the living room that gets almost no target feeding. But that one is hardly growing and is not looking as happy as these guys that I feed 3-4 times a week.
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Mine don't seem to be bothered one bit.
Haven't really moved and are in full display.
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