rapid
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Okay so when i first started my tank i did what all first time reefers do who don't educate them selves first, i bought a Green bubble tip anemone and put it into my 6 month old tank.
Needless to say it died. sadly. But there was a porcelain crab that cam with the nem as a hitchhiker. after the nem died the crab began hosting a rock then it vanished !!
About a 1 year later at around tank age of 1.5 years I bought a RBTA (rose bubbletip anemone) i did my research and managed to have a more stable tank. i placed the nem into the tank after acclimating and the nem did great about a month later i saw the crab again and of course its all up in the nem.
Now the nem is all closed up and look's irritated. Its ticked the crabs in it. mean while my clowns are busy in there corner being dumb dumbs. They didnt take to the nem at all.
I let the crab go to continue to bug the nem and i thought eventually the crab and nem would be one. the nem should get use to it. The original nem that the crab was in didnt care or even notice him inside it. one morning i woke up and saw the nem on the side glass. It looked hurt the crab still hold onto it even tho its in the top corner of tank. Its foot looks like it dug into the nem almost like a cut! i was soo worried i took the crab off and placed him in my sump. Now im ticked thinking the crab had killed my nem by tearing its foot.
I left the nem in the corner and did not interfere for hope it could recover!!! eventually the nem ripped its self apart ! i was soooo confused now there is two halves of the nem in the top corner both look like it just ripped right down the middle of the mouth !! i thought for sure it was a goner. I eventually figured out that nems split ? who woulda thought! But it did not know if it was stress related do to the crab?
eventually the og nem healed and got back to the rocks and there it stayed ! the Split nem the copy of itself eventually died and became life less and floated around tank ! I eventually just lost it and I imagine it decomposed some were in the tank. but my og was still alive and healthy all big and bubbly/ stringy. couple months later my clown pair began to host the nem. And Again the nem got angry and eventually warmed up to the clowns beating. the female would never allow the male in the nem untill this nem Split again ! This time two healthy BTA's survived and they grew and grew bigger and bigger. now they live right next to each other and both CLowns Male and female share the nems. The nems warmed up to the clowns and have been perfect since then
Around my 2 year mark for the tank i moved it to a new house location. And now this brings me to current status.
About 2 months ago i found that crab in my sump doing crab things. Been alive down there for 2 years i grabbed him up and through him in the dt and figured his banishment should be lifted. i figured the clowns will keep him out of the nem.
The crab did infact begin to crawl into the nems the clowns occasional kick him out but he hangs out on the side of the foot and then clowns on top in the tentacles.
All was fine but now my nem SPLIT AGAIN !!!
Now i have three this split seems to be healthy and is still looking good 3 RBTA. what the heck.
Could this crab be stressing out the nems. is this healthy ? should i be concered.
I figure I am just going to let it go and see what happens with the nem and crabs and clowns. Maybe the new nem is there so the crab and both clowns can have there own ? is nature supply a need for more nems in my tank to accommodate the animals in the ecosystem? Do nems usually split this much when introduced to new hosteies.
Needless to say it died. sadly. But there was a porcelain crab that cam with the nem as a hitchhiker. after the nem died the crab began hosting a rock then it vanished !!
About a 1 year later at around tank age of 1.5 years I bought a RBTA (rose bubbletip anemone) i did my research and managed to have a more stable tank. i placed the nem into the tank after acclimating and the nem did great about a month later i saw the crab again and of course its all up in the nem.
Now the nem is all closed up and look's irritated. Its ticked the crabs in it. mean while my clowns are busy in there corner being dumb dumbs. They didnt take to the nem at all.
I let the crab go to continue to bug the nem and i thought eventually the crab and nem would be one. the nem should get use to it. The original nem that the crab was in didnt care or even notice him inside it. one morning i woke up and saw the nem on the side glass. It looked hurt the crab still hold onto it even tho its in the top corner of tank. Its foot looks like it dug into the nem almost like a cut! i was soo worried i took the crab off and placed him in my sump. Now im ticked thinking the crab had killed my nem by tearing its foot.
I left the nem in the corner and did not interfere for hope it could recover!!! eventually the nem ripped its self apart ! i was soooo confused now there is two halves of the nem in the top corner both look like it just ripped right down the middle of the mouth !! i thought for sure it was a goner. I eventually figured out that nems split ? who woulda thought! But it did not know if it was stress related do to the crab?
eventually the og nem healed and got back to the rocks and there it stayed ! the Split nem the copy of itself eventually died and became life less and floated around tank ! I eventually just lost it and I imagine it decomposed some were in the tank. but my og was still alive and healthy all big and bubbly/ stringy. couple months later my clown pair began to host the nem. And Again the nem got angry and eventually warmed up to the clowns beating. the female would never allow the male in the nem untill this nem Split again ! This time two healthy BTA's survived and they grew and grew bigger and bigger. now they live right next to each other and both CLowns Male and female share the nems. The nems warmed up to the clowns and have been perfect since then
Around my 2 year mark for the tank i moved it to a new house location. And now this brings me to current status.
About 2 months ago i found that crab in my sump doing crab things. Been alive down there for 2 years i grabbed him up and through him in the dt and figured his banishment should be lifted. i figured the clowns will keep him out of the nem.
The crab did infact begin to crawl into the nems the clowns occasional kick him out but he hangs out on the side of the foot and then clowns on top in the tentacles.
All was fine but now my nem SPLIT AGAIN !!!
Now i have three this split seems to be healthy and is still looking good 3 RBTA. what the heck.
Could this crab be stressing out the nems. is this healthy ? should i be concered.
I figure I am just going to let it go and see what happens with the nem and crabs and clowns. Maybe the new nem is there so the crab and both clowns can have there own ? is nature supply a need for more nems in my tank to accommodate the animals in the ecosystem? Do nems usually split this much when introduced to new hosteies.
