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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / September 2006Fragging an Anemones
I've got a bubble tip anemones who's best friend is my tomtatie clown, since I purchase the anemone he has doubled in size to the point where it is taking up almost half of my 72 gallon tank. The local shop isn't interested in taking it as it is too big. I am wondering if it can be fragged. > I've got a bubble tip anemones who's best friend is my tomtatie clown, > since I purchase the anemone he has doubled in size to the point where > it is taking up almost half of my 72 gallon tank. The local shop isn't > interested in taking it as it is too big. I am wondering if it can be > fragged. Most corals can be 'fragged' because they're made up of thousands, or even millions of individual entities co-existing. An anemone is a single organism, an attempt to 'frag' it would generally result in an untimely demise. However, given the right conditions, many anemones will split into two self-sustaining critters, though I've never had it occur in one of my tanks. b > Most corals can be 'fragged' because they're made up of thousands, or even > millions of individual entities co-existing. An anemone is a single > organism, an attempt to 'frag' it would generally result in an untimely > demise. That is totaly false! I will give you one example: Aiptasia in an anemone! You can definitelly fragment an anemone with a razor blade. I have seen articles about people cuting in half bubble tips. No problem, if you have conditions in the tank for the injured anemone like this to heal in pace and quiet without predators. >> Most corals can be 'fragged' because they're made up of thousands, or >> even millions of individual entities co-existing. An anemone is a single [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > That is totaly false! > I will give you one example: Aiptasia in an anemone! My, my. Learn something new every day! Though I wouldn't stoop to actually calling aiptasia an anemone. <g> I can't say as I'd attempt slicing my anemones in half, though I'd love to see it successfully done. b > My, my. Learn something new every day! > Though I wouldn't stoop to actually calling aiptasia an anemone. Does not matter how *you* call aiptasia - it IS 100% an sea anemone from a biological point of view... > <g> I can't say as I'd attempt slicing my > anemones in half, though I'd love to see it successfully done. Go to this forum: http://forum.marinedepot.com/Forum13-1.aspx and ask Anthony Calfo how he has done this himself... He has sliced in pieces MANY, MANY corals in his life. Believe me - even stony corals with a single polyps can be cut with a tile saw and they will heal nicely and here you will have two corals: anemones will do the same. You will probably be also interested in reading this: http://www.coralgrowing.com/CoralFragmentation.php > Does not matter how *you* call aiptasia - > it IS 100% an sea anemone from a biological point of view... As I am aware, but their residence on my "kill on sight" list makes me biased. :) > Go to this forum: http://forum.marinedepot.com/Forum13-1.aspx > http://www.coralgrowing.com/CoralFragmentation.php Thanks. Think I will. b > >> Most corals can be 'fragged' because they're made up of thousands, or > >> even millions of individual entities co-existing. An anemone is a single [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > b Aiptasia anemones are different than lots odf anemones they reproduce by pedal laceration. every piece of aiptasia anemone has the ability to develop ito full anemones. a bubble tip most likly will not reproduce the same way. as a side note the nudibrach Berghia verrucicornis eats nothing but aiptasia and is a very effectice method of aiptasia removal. > >> Most corals can be 'fragged' because they're made up of thousands, or > >> even millions of individual entities co-existing. An anemone is a single [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > b Aiptasia anemones are different than lots odf anemones they reproduce by pedal laceration. every piece of aiptasia anemone has the ability to develop ito full anemones. a bubble tip most likly will not reproduce the same way. as a side note the nudibrach Berghia verrucicornis eats nothing but aiptasia and is a very effectice method of aiptasia removal. disomura@telus.net wrote in news:1158969376.925758.172620 @m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com: > interested in taking it as it is too big. I am wondering if it can be > fragged. I am not aware of any way to frag a bubble anemone that won't chance killing it. In my experience anemones tend to split when they are mildly stressed, usually by virtue of being too large for their immediate environment. A well set anemone will tend to split rather than move if it outgrows its crevice. Your only option may be to feed rich foods until the anemone really does become too large. A fellow employee tried this at work with a large rose bubble and after a couple months it split and split and split again and again. I think we ended up with five or six anemones which were all very quickly bought up. anemones tend to split when stressed, so if, and I advise against this, you let your tank parameters slip, stressing the anemone it may divide. but doing so puts your entire tank at risk. as well as the life of your anemone. I would reccomend trying to swap it for a smaller one with some one who may be interested in a lager one.Surely a safer route than trying to stress it into splitting. |
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