Captured RBTA split

[DelRayTank]

While checking on my tank before bed, I noticed that my RBTA was in the early stages of splitting. I pulled out my phone (unfortunately the best camera that I have) and started filming. 3 hours later and I have 2 RBTAs and vídeo of the split from start to finish.

This was the first anemone that I’ve ever witnessed split and the process was amazing and violent. The anemone found a sharp edge on a rock to use as leverage to literally shred itself into 2. My cleaner shrimp was all over pieces of ‘nem that started flying around!

 

[Idoc]

That is really cool to actually see the process of it splitting itself.

 

[Richrod73]

Congratulations !

 

[Dierks]

Cool!!

 

[DelRayTank]

Here’s the full 3 hour process in 9 minutes.

 

[MikeO5422]

Very cool!

 

[GK3]

Here’s the full 3 hour process in 9 minutes.

Cool video.

Need to add a little CGI so the new annenome then eats that cleaner shrimp. Like all of a sudden the annenome morphed into a frog fish, ate him, and morphed back.

 

[DelRayTank]

Cool video.

Need to add a little CGI so the new annenome then eats that cleaner shrimp. Like all of a sudden the annenome morphed into a frog fish, ate him, and morphed back.

Would be awesome but I don’t have those skills yet!

however, the cleaner shrimp was at an all you can eat buffet the whole time, eating a bunch of anemone pieces!