Piercho, sorry to hear about your LTA I havent kept on e that long yet. I had one which did very well for about a year, and then when a beautiful purple one came into the LFS I got greedy and purchased it. Soon after adding to my tank ( without QT
) the established one stopped eating, the new one never accepted food, and both perished. The one I currently have, I have had for about 6 months, it has more than doubled in size ( well over 12 inches in diameter now ) since the pic I posted was taken. Its under T-5 lighting.