timwald144 Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 My Rbta spilt last night and I have a few Q Which one is a better one to keep for another split later? How long do I have to wait until I can feed it. And what's the going cost on a RBTA. Timothy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 The bigger one is probably better for keeping. I would wait at least a week or two before feeding. Let it heal. Depending on the color and size you can get anywhere from $25 to $45 for it from a member of the forum, or about $20 from a LFS ($10 if it is small). congrats. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 As for the growing rate, it depends on many factors, mostly the chemistry of your water and the positioning. They are kinda "seasonal" and this seems to be that time of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I read growing instead of going :-) dsoz answered that perfectly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 dsoz answered that perfectly Thank you sir. I would think that I have some experience with anemones. My anemone farm is only at 7 right now (down from a high at 15). I am just about ready to cut two of them, then I would be up to 9. I do have one that I am not going to cut to see how big it gets before it decides to split. I have been feeding it a silverside every other day and it is starting to get HUGE! dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moovinfast Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I think we waited like 4-5 days before we started to feed our RBTA again when ours split. I would think the larger one would be the one to keep. As for the going rate, I have no idea. We put ours up for like $30 after it healed for a few weeks and didnt get a single email about it and he was about 3" across. Now its just getting larger and larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Keep them both :-) Then when they split again you will have 4... 8... 16... 32... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanareef Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Dennis Is it as big as this one - lower center, left maybe 14" across when fully inflated came back from looking like this from the vacation crash just didn't have any tentacles and darker blue/black that neon green one above it is the one that I got from you and it too didn't have any tentacles after the crash, both pulled thru (clap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 I think it was close to that size when I got my mother anemone. I have split/cut them so many times that the largest one that I have at the moment is about 8" across and growing like a weed. When they get to be about 4-5 inches, that is when I cut them. Then they heal up and are about 2-3 inches and can take small pieces of silversides after a week or so. I am feeding them every other day (sometimes every day). The big one gets a whole silverside, the others get 1/4 to 1/2 of a silverside depending on the size. That green one looks nice. I don't have any more of the green ones left. I think I lost them when my tank went through a phase of red "cotton candy" hair algae. Now that the battle of the hair algae is almost claimed to be won, the anemones are growing great again. The biggest problem that I had were the darn maroon clowns. The clowns would take the food out of the anemone and put it in the corner of the tank. So away went the clowns, and the anemones get a lot more to eat now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanareef Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Dennis When it splits, I'll trade you if you want a neon green again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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