Clone RBTA (pictures)

[jeremys78]

After many months of looking big & healthy...

(notice the tupperware sandbed for one very spoiled wrasse)

The strangest thing happened...

Background: Feed anemone approximately 3 times per week obscene quantities of plankton & Reef-One. (He's a hungry guy!) Provide with a daily blast of ~200W of PC and 250W MH.

Day One: Accidentally tip over rockwork on top of anemone. Instant curl-up mechanism.

Day Three: Blow detritus from behind rockwork, create a sh*t storm inside tank and change ~20% water.

Day Five: Notice RBTA is flaccid and withdrawn. Tentacles are long but not filled out. They lay haphazardly on top of stomach and seem negatively buoyant.

Day Six: Make another observation of deflated & "small" appearance.

Day Seven: "Why does Mr. Pink look so strange today?"

Oh - There's two of them now! One for each clown. [cue blissful sigh from Elmo]

My very own RBTA crazy sex party! He he :lol:

 

[reedman]

Very cool Jeremy. Always great to see successful reproduction in captivity

 

[m5dev]

ot but hey would you be willing to sell one when they hit 3 or 4 or even now!!!

 

[Elmo18]

[cue blissful sigh from Elmo]

LOL.....yes yes...nice looking clowns

- Elmo

 

[Krish]

Nice Jeremy!!! Tanks looks great with them...

 

[Detri]

Congrats!. Nice looking tank.

 

[SaltyTemple]

How Fun! Congrats on learning another way to induce loving behaviour!

 

[NaH2O]

Congrats on the clone! My RBTA split after it was sucked onto one of my closed loop intakes. Amazing what a little trauma will induce . Congrats again!

 

[lizardarm]

My RBTA split after it was sucked onto one of my closed loop intakes

ditto here.
and yes, it is amazing

 

[jeremys78]

What is going on?!
A third one just appeared. Very cool.

 

[Krish]

What is going on?!
A third one just appeared. Very cool.

Cool!!! Any new pics???

 

[NaH2O]

What is going on?!
A third one just appeared. Very cool.

Actually, that doesn't surprise me. If the trauma was great enough, then that can happen. When my rbta was sucked onto the closed loop intake, it did split into 2 then a 3rd right away. I had traded the anemone shortly after the incident with the closed loop, so it split in that person's tank (thankfully...my luck, all 3 would have walked onto the CL intakes again ).

 

[Detri]

From another thread kinda. If your anemone splits, can you keep them all in the same tank? Or is it best to get them out and seperate them? Especially if its a small tank?

And, thats freakin awsome! I can't wait till I get good lighting to keep an anomone.

 

[lizardarm]

i'd imagine that if there's enough space for all of them to find a comfortable spot, then it'd probably be okay. then again, if you can get enough money for them to pay for a bag of IO then why take the chance.
MHO
chris

 

[Detri]

Thanks! It'll be (what seems like forever) a while before I can get one. I was just curious.

 

[jeremys78]

Cool!!! Any new pics???

Of course!

Dumbass & fatass are busy trying out each clone to see which they prefer. (Very endearing names, don't you agree? Any name except you-know-what for a clown is fine with me. :evil: )

 

[spongebob lover]

LOL Jeremy :lol:

 

[Detri]

Its getting harder and harder to see all these anemone pics. I think the anemone was the reason I got the tank in the first place

 

[Maxx]

From another thread kinda. If your anemone splits, can you keep them all in the same tank? Or is it best to get them out and seperate them? Especially if its a small tank?

And, thats freakin awsome! I can't wait till I get good lighting to keep an anomone.

Yeah, you can. I'm the one who managed to get Nikki's RBTA. Pretty much like the one in this thread....Started out big and beautiful...wound up with 4 little ones.

It can be done, but realize that the anemone split due to environmental stress. This means the clones may go out wandering around looking for a different place to call home...

Nick