Bubble Tip Split

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  1. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    Well i dont know if this is a good thing but my bubble tip anenome split into 3 this weekend and there moving around the tank. they all look fine and are growing very fast! is this normal?
     
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  3. Pisces23

    Pisces23 Sea Dragon

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    Congrats! My BTA originally split in 2 last winter...and when I did my morning tank check this past weekend I was pleasantly surprised to find a 3rd BTA.
    I'm not sure what causes this to happen, exactly, but I like to think that if the critter wasn't happy it wouldn't go thru the trouble to asexually reproduce...
    there's a joke in there somewhere, but i'll leave if for now...
     
  4. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    thats cool! i checked on the today and 2 are in the rock and their tentacles are short and brown, need to get in light. the other is odd, it wont stay on a rock and keeps getting pushed around tank by water flow. something they do naturally? (maybe to spread around?)
     
  5. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Congrats...your aquarium family just got larger.

    Go out and buy a cigar!

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  6. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    lol, are you encouraging underage smoking????? im 14:p

    UPDATE: they are lookin great and all are growin fast!
     
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    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    When mine split, they generally wander around till they find a perch they are comfortable with...usually a place away from other corals.
     
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  9. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    2 of them are sticken with each other and wont leave each other alone. the third found a nice cave and only its tentacles are showin. each of the doubled in size in about a week. quite surprised that they split, which i assume means they're happy as pisces says, cause my tank is only three months old and and is being mantained by a noobie 14 year old. :)