RBTA Split Good or bad?

[Yates273]

So I just noticed my RBTA split into 2 now. I am fairly new with these and have read it can be good or bad. How do you know if it’s bad. It appears colorful just now have 2 smaller ones that my clown hosts. I also feed it clams every few days. Just want to make sure nothing I have to do for it.
Water quality is very stable

 

[Mark_C]

They're weird. Some tanks they grow like weeds, then exactly replicate the conditions in another tank and thy're dead in 10 mins.
They will split for one of two reasons: propagation or survival.
If it split within a week or two of being put in the tank and one, or both, have moved its probably a survival instinct.
If it seems to be growing and has split and both are in the same general area, its probably in a happy place and is reproducing.
Easiest way to tell is look in the tank in 2 weeks and see how many nems you have

 

[Yates273]

Been in my 120 since I set it up several months ago, but I have had it for 12+ months so hopefully that’s a good sign then.

 

[nightmarepl]

Been in my 120 since I set it up several months ago, but I have had it for 12+ months so hopefully that’s a good sign then.

Took me 8 months for my first split you might be splitting like crazy soon! If you ever want to sell one lmk bro

 

[NJTaxMan]

To me...it is bad. Not because of parameters..but because now I have to worry about another wandering nem. GRRRR Still havent figured out how to get them off the rock without hurting them.

 

[nightmarepl]

To me...it is bad. Not because of parameters..but because now I have to worry about another wandering nem. GRRRR Still havent figured out how to get them off the rock without hurting them.

pretty easy if you can actually lift the rock up i use those dental steel picks and slowly pull the base off the rock or you can hold it against your wave maker but itll take a qhile once the nem starts to move cause the wavemaker is annoying it then you can use the pick to get under the so to say " root " thats how i did before never had an issue

 

[DangerDave]

If (big if) you can get the rock out of the tank, you can also set it over a container of salt water. The nem above the water, but touching the water. It will let go and fall into the container.

 

[nightmarepl]

If (big if) you can get the rock out of the tank, you can also set it over a container of salt water. The nem above the water, but touching the water. It will let go and fall into the container.

yup ive done this aswell few times on the tricky ones that go into holes