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ickypimp
07-01-07, 21:24
My other half having seen a RBTA asked id i fancied swapping my dowdy brown malu for one... i laughed at her and said sure if she could find one...

well i tracked one down the oral disc is about 6-8 inches across and a vivid metallic green whilst the tentacles are a vivid red-pink colour... it is a real stunner

I collected it yesterday.. ususal drip acclimatised it and installed it complete with its own rock in a my tank...

I just came Home 15 minutes ago to find it spawning.... I wish i had batteries in my camera ....
berns
07-01-07, 21:47
do you mean splitting icky
instantsquid
07-01-07, 21:49
Spawning is VERY different from splitting. Get plenty of aeration and skimming action going or you could have a wipe-out on your hands, especially in a small tank!

- Ian
ickypimp
07-01-07, 22:08
My tank is a 36 gallon... i have an mce 600 running on it and am gonna make enough water for a 20% water change... just hanged my carbon and purigen too...
ickypimp
07-01-07, 22:10
do you mean splitting icky

No i mean spawning mate... itlooks like smoke is coming from the oroanal orifice...
instantsquid
07-01-07, 22:14
All livestock looking okay otherwise? Your corals will probably be loving it!

- Ian
ickypimp
07-01-07, 22:32
Yup everything else is looking fine....the RBTA has totally deflated now...

Keeping a close eye on things....
instantsquid
07-01-07, 22:34
the RBTA has totally deflated now
BTA: "And I'm spent"

:D
ickypimp
07-01-07, 22:52
Just what i said to the missus, she said did it fart roll over and goto sleep...:D
Tony B
08-01-07, 10:35
Had to sell the mother Nem as it got too big, but kept a clone (which is growing rapidly, looks exactly the same). Here’s a few pics of the mother nem spawning, which was a regular occurrence every few months:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e156/brazao123/DSC01115.jpg


http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e156/brazao123/DSC01117.jpg


http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e156/brazao123/DSC01118.jpg
ickypimp
11-01-07, 02:12
Quick update...

My skimmer went mental...i did a big water change and everything is fine.. the nem seems happy, clownshave moved in too:)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/Ickypimp/rbta.jpg
zimreef
11-01-07, 09:31
Excellent - looks a super 'nem, and a bonus that the clowns have now adopted it!

Cheers

John