Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / March 2004

Two days ago I noticed my bubble tip had a small section of it caught in one
of my powerhead filters, this filter had a green sponge in it to stop any
chance of this happening, but it somehow managed to get a small section
between the join of the sponge a bit of it went inside and was seriously
tangled in the bio balls.

After trying for an hour to untangle it I saw that it was pointless, so I
had to make a choice to either cut it off or tear it off. Well assuming that
a cut would be as bad for it as a cut would be for us i decided to tear it
off (If we had a finger torn off it would stop bleeding very fast, if it
were cut off it would bleed for a very long time), anyhow, it didn't seem to
affect it and 2 days later it divided and now I have two in the tank.

I am not sure which half has the mouth but for the other half without the
mouth, how long will it take to grow one ?

Both halves seem ok and are moving around the tank faster then it did when
it was only one. I can't tell which has the mouth so I won't try feeding it
anything untill I find out.

Also if they bump into eachother will they attack eachother ?

-Andrew