ThatGuyConn
New Member
Well this is definitely odd, while also really interesting. I have a young tank, approaching six months old now. I also have an RBTA that we have had for about 3 months of that time (I know, I know, I have a very young tank for a nem). The new has had happy growth, has never appeared injured or stressed, and gets fed frozen mysis approx. 2-3x per week.
In three months, it has grown from approx 1" in diameter to what looked to be 4-4.5" when nicely stretched out. I was finally getting excited about it's size, hoping that my paired snowflake clowns would finally let her host them.
To my surprise, it was in an odd shape this morning, resembling a shrunken elongated oval in it's little spot, while being about halfway inflated. Thinking nothing of it (nems will be nems at times, of course) I set out for my errands this morning. When I came home, I was shocked to find my nem had split into 2! They are now about 1.5-2inches in diameter each, and appear to be opening nicely and honestly look happy.
While I think this was SUPER cool to see, I'm a little concerned that my nem may have been too small/young to already go through a split? Again, there has never seemed to be any undue stress or trauma caused to the nem, and water parameters have been stable with weekly water changes (Ph 8.0-8.1, Salinity 1.026, Ammonia 0, Nitrates 5-10ppm. I have better salifert tests on the way now so I can begin tracking phosphates and more accurate nitrates than my API tests.
Could it be a abundance of nutrients from my feeding of mysis? Or is this a bad sign of stress or something else? Thanks guys! Photos will be posted below.
In three months, it has grown from approx 1" in diameter to what looked to be 4-4.5" when nicely stretched out. I was finally getting excited about it's size, hoping that my paired snowflake clowns would finally let her host them.
To my surprise, it was in an odd shape this morning, resembling a shrunken elongated oval in it's little spot, while being about halfway inflated. Thinking nothing of it (nems will be nems at times, of course) I set out for my errands this morning. When I came home, I was shocked to find my nem had split into 2! They are now about 1.5-2inches in diameter each, and appear to be opening nicely and honestly look happy.
While I think this was SUPER cool to see, I'm a little concerned that my nem may have been too small/young to already go through a split? Again, there has never seemed to be any undue stress or trauma caused to the nem, and water parameters have been stable with weekly water changes (Ph 8.0-8.1, Salinity 1.026, Ammonia 0, Nitrates 5-10ppm. I have better salifert tests on the way now so I can begin tracking phosphates and more accurate nitrates than my API tests.
Could it be a abundance of nutrients from my feeding of mysis? Or is this a bad sign of stress or something else? Thanks guys! Photos will be posted below.
