Rose BTA split again

Hooked · 02-24-2004, 08:52 AM

My Rose BTA split a couple of months ago. I thought about a week ago it looked like it was going to split again and sure enough--there it goes. This time it had 2 clones, so now I have 4 total.

I noticed it splitting Friday evening when I got home from work. Here's what it looked like:

Hooked · 02-24-2004, 08:56 AM

I had planned on moving these guys to their new home Saturday, but thought I better wait a week while everyone heals. I did move the first clone last night; thought maybe it'd be better to move them one at a time rather than having everyone wandering around trying to find a good spot at the same time.

This is a picture taken right before the split was completed

jimeluiz · 02-24-2004, 10:09 AM

Very cool! Thanks for the pics.

angnak · 02-24-2004, 10:24 AM

My address is ....

Very nice. My LFS sold those for $200.00 a piece.

Woodstock · 02-24-2004, 10:50 AM

Great pics! Congrats!!!

What type of lighting do you have?

Hooked · 02-24-2004, 10:57 AM

Thanks Woodstock

I have 2 250 watt Iwasakis and 2 110 watt VHO actinics

mick77 · 02-24-2004, 01:40 PM

Great pics Katrina!

mgregory · 02-24-2004, 03:22 PM

Very cool!!!

Thanks for sharing Katrina....I've never seen that before!!!

Mark

Cougra · 02-24-2004, 04:19 PM

How long does it take from when they first start to split until that final little strand breaks free? What happens to those small little tenticles that are on the strand between the two anemones? Do they get incorporated into their respective anemones or fall off?

Those are great shots you have of it splitting! Thanks for sharing!

Hooked · 02-24-2004, 04:30 PM

Michelle,

Unfortunately, I can't say exactly how long it takes, because they started to split sometime after I went to work Friday morning (8:30ish) and were nearly done when I got home (4:30 or so). The time that elapsed between the 2 photos was maybe 10 minutes. And that was the second one. The first one had already split and taken a walk.

I'm pretty sure those tenticles end up with one or the other. I wanted to watch the whole thing, but it's like watching water boil. Nothing seems to happen when your staring at it, but as soon as you turn your back, everything happens.

BigReepher · 02-24-2004, 04:33 PM

That is awesome. Can I get in line? If you plan on getting rid of any of them that is.

Gina · 02-24-2004, 05:45 PM

That is really cool! Thanks for sharing your pics!

dgasmd · 02-24-2004, 08:59 PM

Some people just have all the luck.

Brucey · 02-25-2004, 06:28 AM

Katrina .... that's just really amazing news. Keep us posted on what happens to all your new additions .... I'd be tempted to trade some at the LFS
Brucey

Cougra · 02-25-2004, 10:12 AM

Hooked, that's cool. It does give a fair indication on how long it takes. For some reason I was under the impression it would have taken much longer

Thanks for sharing your observations!

02-24-2004, 08:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Hooked Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Rose BTA split again My Rose BTA split a couple of months ago. I thought about a week ago it looked like it was going to split again and sure enough--there it goes. This time it had 2 clones, so now I have 4 total. I noticed it splitting Friday evening when I got home from work. Here's what it looked like: __________________ Katrina 90 Gal AGA with 2-250W 10k AB DE MH, 220W VHO, Turboflotor 1000, GEO calcium reactor, Pacific Coast chiller, DIY phosphate reactor and nilsen kalk reactor, sps, clams, zoanthids, rose BTA, ocellaris clown, 2 green mandarins, royal gramma, purple tang, sargassum trigger, flame hawkfish, coral beauty, neon dottyback, purple and blue linckia star, brittlestars, snails, snails, snails

02-24-2004, 08:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hooked Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 287 View Gallery Karma Komment	I had planned on moving these guys to their new home Saturday, but thought I better wait a week while everyone heals. I did move the first clone last night; thought maybe it'd be better to move them one at a time rather than having everyone wandering around trying to find a good spot at the same time. This is a picture taken right before the split was completed __________________ Katrina 90 Gal AGA with 2-250W 10k AB DE MH, 220W VHO, Turboflotor 1000, GEO calcium reactor, Pacific Coast chiller, DIY phosphate reactor and nilsen kalk reactor, sps, clams, zoanthids, rose BTA, ocellaris clown, 2 green mandarins, royal gramma, purple tang, sargassum trigger, flame hawkfish, coral beauty, neon dottyback, purple and blue linckia star, brittlestars, snails, snails, snails

02-24-2004, 10:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
jimeluiz Achilles Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Niteroi, Brasil Posts: 829 View Gallery Karma Komment	Very cool! Thanks for the pics. __________________ Sold the tank prior to our move. Setting up our new life in Brazil.

02-24-2004, 10:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
angnak Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 555 View Gallery Karma Komment	My address is .... Very nice. My LFS sold those for $200.00 a piece. __________________ 210gal AGA SW tank. 3 250w MH 4 160w VHOs, 30 gal refuge, ASM Skimmer, Orange shoulder tang, Black tang, Naso tang, 2 orange percs, 2 black percs, 1 lawnmower blenny, a pair of scooter blennies, 5 cleaner shrimp, 5 peppermint shrimp, zebra crabs, halloween crabs, scarlett crabs, various other crabs and snails, 1 rock anemone, 2 colonies of button polyps, 3 colony of star polyps, 3 BTAs, monti cap, various acros

02-24-2004, 10:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
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02-24-2004, 10:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
Hooked Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Thanks Woodstock I have 2 250 watt Iwasakis and 2 110 watt VHO actinics __________________ Katrina 90 Gal AGA with 2-250W 10k AB DE MH, 220W VHO, Turboflotor 1000, GEO calcium reactor, Pacific Coast chiller, DIY phosphate reactor and nilsen kalk reactor, sps, clams, zoanthids, rose BTA, ocellaris clown, 2 green mandarins, royal gramma, purple tang, sargassum trigger, flame hawkfish, coral beauty, neon dottyback, purple and blue linckia star, brittlestars, snails, snails, snails

02-24-2004, 01:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
mick77 Serpent Star Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 232 View Gallery Karma Komment	Great pics Katrina! __________________ A mollusk and a squid walk into a bar.........

02-24-2004, 03:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
mgregory Midas Blenny Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Idaho Posts: 113 View Gallery Karma Komment	Very cool!!! Thanks for sharing Katrina....I've never seen that before!!! Mark

02-24-2004, 04:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
Cougra Dragon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 2,216 View Gallery Karma Komment	How long does it take from when they first start to split until that final little strand breaks free? What happens to those small little tenticles that are on the strand between the two anemones? Do they get incorporated into their respective anemones or fall off? Those are great shots you have of it splitting! Thanks for sharing! __________________ Michelle Just because something CAN be done, it doesn't mean that it SHOULD be done!

02-24-2004, 04:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
Hooked Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Michelle, Unfortunately, I can't say exactly how long it takes, because they started to split sometime after I went to work Friday morning (8:30ish) and were nearly done when I got home (4:30 or so). The time that elapsed between the 2 photos was maybe 10 minutes. And that was the second one. The first one had already split and taken a walk. I'm pretty sure those tenticles end up with one or the other. I wanted to watch the whole thing, but it's like watching water boil. Nothing seems to happen when your staring at it, but as soon as you turn your back, everything happens. __________________ Katrina 90 Gal AGA with 2-250W 10k AB DE MH, 220W VHO, Turboflotor 1000, GEO calcium reactor, Pacific Coast chiller, DIY phosphate reactor and nilsen kalk reactor, sps, clams, zoanthids, rose BTA, ocellaris clown, 2 green mandarins, royal gramma, purple tang, sargassum trigger, flame hawkfish, coral beauty, neon dottyback, purple and blue linckia star, brittlestars, snails, snails, snails

02-24-2004, 04:33 PM	#11 (permalink)
BigReepher Scopas Tang Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 474 View Gallery Karma Komment	That is awesome. Can I get in line? If you plan on getting rid of any of them that is. __________________ I'm not a doctor but I'll take a look.

02-24-2004, 05:45 PM	#12 (permalink)
Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,823 View Gallery Karma Komment	That is really cool! Thanks for sharing your pics! __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

02-24-2004, 08:59 PM	#13 (permalink)
dgasmd Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL Posts: 466 View Gallery Karma Komment	Some people just have all the luck. __________________ Water is what keeps a ship floating, but it is also what sinks it.

02-25-2004, 06:28 AM	#14 (permalink)
Brucey Reef Lobster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Reading, England Posts: 1,292 View Gallery Karma Komment	Katrina .... that's just really amazing news. Keep us posted on what happens to all your new additions .... I'd be tempted to trade some at the LFS Brucey __________________ 160UK Gallon. (192US Gallon). 400Lbs LR. Aquamedic Turboflotor 5000 Shorty skimmer. Arcadia 3Series pendant (3x250W 14,000'K MH & 2x58W 60" actinic) (DIY cooling fan). Tunze 7095 Multicontroller & 2xTunze 6100 Streams. Redsea 100 Aquazone Plus ozonizer and redox computer. Aquamedic Ocean Runner 6500 return. TMC Vectron 30W UV sterilizer. Aquamedic Aquaniveau auto top up system through Deltec 500 kalk stirrer. PurityOnTap RO/DI. Deltec FR509 (ROWAPhos). Aquamedic PH computer controlling KNOP HD Calcium Reactor. Setup Nov 2002 See my tank here http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...&threadid=4486

02-25-2004, 10:12 AM	#15 (permalink)
Cougra Dragon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 2,216 View Gallery Karma Komment	Hooked, that's cool. It does give a fair indication on how long it takes. For some reason I was under the impression it would have taken much longer Thanks for sharing your observations! __________________ Michelle Just because something CAN be done, it doesn't mean that it SHOULD be done!

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