bernard the "not so" great today

Any Idea's as to why Bernard is hiding today in a cave ?

He is normally 7-8 inches wide and very active, but today he is shy and very grumpy, could this be a sign of starting to split ?

Perameters are the same as they always are and there is nothing new, I changed the aqua scape last week, but he was fine unil this morning?

He honestly appears like he is sulking, I gave him a shrimp this morning, which he took with no issues just a little worried about the old man
I have also uploaded a photo as he normally looks

 

i have heard a lot of times they look like crap and go into caves when they are going to split yes. But not an expert so what do i know

 

i seem to remember a similar story, not sure i really want 2 of these, if it grows as well as \Bernanrd, i will need a bigger tank.

 

you could probably take it to the LFS and get a store credit for the split piece

 

i wonder if i disturb him, will the split process abort ?

 

You're best not intervening at this point.

BTA do move when they are going to split.

At this point I would wait and watch.

 

how do i deal with him if he is splitting ?
will they relocate themselves ?

 

Just leave them be. Do not attempt to feed them again for about 2 weeks after splitting.

Please see link below, it has images of splitting and care.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/inverts/images-rbta-spliting-cloning-97997.html

 

Cool, will they move away from each other or will I need to seperate them ?

 

No they move away on their own. No interventions needed.

I think it's best not to mess with them at all for about 2 weeks after they split.

They are pretty hardy but need to heal.