Another Thread 'Bout RBTA Splitting

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by thepanfish, Jun 25, 2011.

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  1. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    Last night, the mouth was looking sort of weird, all split and sunk in. I went to bed fearing the worst, and this morning noticed it had stretched itself into a weird shape. Well, it was actually 2 nems! The mother colony was about the size of a ML Softball, and the two daughter colonies are the size of a ML Baseball and Golfball respectively. I thought I might share, so enjoy the pics!
    Under normal lighting, just after the split:
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    Under actinics/blues after recovering. This thing is REALLY pink. You can see the other daughter colony through the crack in the rock on the left:
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    Close up, notice the green oral disk, my larger nem was also pink and green, but it never fully went one way or the other:
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    Both daughters:
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    Enjoy! ;D
     
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  3. rc_mcwaters3

    rc_mcwaters3 Clown Trigger

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    sweet glad to hear it wasnt anything major
     
  4. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    Yeah, I spent half the night looking in the tank and going "Oh no! Is it gonna die and release toxins? Is it gonna let go and get sucked into my powerhead or skimmer?"
     
  5. CODEE111

    CODEE111 Peppermint Shrimp

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    Wow...congratulations...that is awesome.