Anemone keeps splitting !!!

[snk_anindya]

I got a tiny anemone from a friend. Probably a rainbow bubble tip. It was the size of a coin. It's been around 3 months and it has split multiple times. Now there are around 6 of them at various places in my tank!!!!

I thought that feeding it would make it grow. But it just keeps splitting. Even after i totally stopped feeding it, it just keeps splitting and filling my tank!!!!

Any suggestions on what to do? Also how can I get them out of my rockwork?!!! Pls help!!!

 

[bradleym]

Can you please share a picture of it? It may be something different.

 

[Timfish]

My condolences! Is it bleached (a picture would help)? There's probably something wrong with the clone line. I've seen this once with some I have. I've also seen this happen once after a system was dosed with labile DOC (carbon dosing).

 

[exnisstech]

Pics of nem along with tank age and parameters will help. I had 3 bubble tips and eventually ended up with 49. My anecdotal experience has been that nems do much better in mature tanks. Flow, light parameters all come into play but a mature stable tank is what I have found keeps nems from splitting. The 4 below have not split in several years. I also have not fed them directly for a few years. They get fed when I feed fish and I giving them quite a bit of light, 300 - 350 par. I have a 4th not shown that moved due to being crowded I believe but it did not split.

 

[snk_anindya]

 

[snk_anindya]

Tank is 3 yrs old.
No3 10
Po4. 0.03
Alk 8
Cal. 450

 

[bradleym]

It could be this: Thread 'a DWARF or MINIATURE rainbow BTA?!' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a-dwarf-or-miniature-rainbow-bta.1008583/

 

[snk_anindya]

It could be this: Thread 'a DWARF or MINIATURE rainbow BTA?!' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a-dwarf-or-miniature-rainbow-bta.1008583/

Ya... I saw that thread !!!

I had high hopes from this one .. but if it keeps splitting like this, it will be a big problem.



Maybe it's better to gather all of them and put them in a basket. But I'm not sure how I will get them off the rocks ...

 

[bradleym]

Here is a good option to consider:

Thread 'Safe and Easy DIY way to remove Nems' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/safe-and-easy-diy-way-to-remove-nems.861213/

 

[snk_anindya]

Here is a good option to consider:

Thread 'Safe and Easy DIY way to remove Nems' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/safe-and-easy-diy-way-to-remove-nems.861213/

Wonderful!!!
Will try .. thanks

 

[Hot2na]

Those "dwarfs" or miniature rainbows are more like aptasia than useful anemones....

 

[bradleym]

Those "dwarfs" or miniature rainbows are more like aptasia than useful anemones....

Feel free to send them to me...

 

[CasperOe]

What to do?? Enjoy it- and realize how lucky you are! Start selling them for a fair price to local reefers; I'd happily take some of them off your hands!