Double tipped GBTA

I'm not sure what to think of this, I just googled it and haven't been able to find anything on it..my green BTA has one tentacle that split at the tip, and it almost looks like a forked tongue to me. i've only had the nem for about two weeks, but it takes whatever food I give it, and has no health problems whatsoever. thought I'd share, because it's interesting to me!
 
The SRBTA I just picked up has a couple of tentacles like that. Didn't think anything of it. I will try and get a pic.
 
Well I did a little bit more research on it and found that it is actually quite common, pulled this from a guy who has propagated anemones for many years.

"Ours in the lab would occasionally get the bifid tentacles, but it seemed to be a transitory thing. They would look normal most of the time, develop the fork on a few tentacles, and then eventually one half of the forks would pinch off or otherwise disappear after a few weeks to a few months. They clones of those anemones didn't seem to form the forks any more than the previous generation, but it did seem more prevalent in the clones from the Waikiki Aquarium (a 10+ yr old line) than from other local sources."

Also saw that it may be from rapid growth or exposed to an excess of chemicals.(Not proven, just a theory.)

And thanks, also that'd be cool to see how similar or different the forked tentacles look, so post away ha!
 
Here is a shot mine. You can see three double tentacles. This is a split and growing too fast! Pic looked a lot better on my phone.
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@M@! wrote:
Here is a shot mine. You can see three double tentacles. This is a split and growing too fast! Pic looked a lot better on my phone. [img]http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w338/se7e20/photo-21.jpg[/img] alt=""> said:
They always seem to look better on your phone huh? [smilie=itwasntme.gif]
 
@ldreefer wrote:
They always seem to look better on your phone huh? [smilie=itwasntme.gif] said:
Without fail! I'm just going to stick to Tapatalk and live in the bubble that my iPhone photography all looks professional. [smilie=rofl.gif]
 
I have that happen to my Sherman rose too. I have seen my maroon clown nip at the tentacles and those are the once that split that way.

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very cool, i tried to find the same tentacle on mine today and it looks like it disappeared! oh well!

and those look pretty much exactly like mine did, except less inflated i guess you could say! thanks for sharing! [smilie=rofl.gif]
 
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