Anemone Splitting

[jer77]

I've heard rumors that almost any anemone can be split and propagated asexually. Has there ever been any discussion on the subject at any of the past PMASI meetings? Or any past meetings on anemones in general that anyone can recall?

 

[fodupos]

at the january meeting which covered coral propagation. they actually cut a bta into 4 peices. i won one of them in the raffle and it is alive and still kickin. i can't remember if there is a certain way to cut them or not. nor do i know if the type of anemone it is matters.

 

[the2ofus]

I fed the heck outa mine for 2 weeks and it split

cool stuff

 

[cloakerpoked]

Always cut through the mouth. At the meeting, they cut the mouth into quarters. You want to keep as much of the mouth on each new anenome as possible, or do what Matt did, and just wait for nature to run it's course.

 

[bigmatt1992]

like nate said keep as much mouth on each piece as posible evently they will heal them selfs up into however many nems you wanted and each will have there own mouth.

 

[LeviChar1]

Yes...anemones are very easy to propagate and once they heal you can do it again.............and again.....and again......

...there should never be a shortage of anemones in the trade...ever.

 

[cloakerpoked]

Keep in mind that the risk is also high given the large quantity of tissue you're dealing with in an anenome also though. If a big one dies, no matter what kind of system you're running (unless you have a skimmer the size of a house) you are at risk of having an ammonia spike.

 

[LeviChar1]

True, if your anemone hides, or you don't see him for a while...........check...it may be time to move him to an isolated tank on "death watch".

regardless, these are pretty hearty buggers.

 

[cloakerpoked]

All it takes is one domino falling to knock them all over. I'd definitely keep a fragged anenome (unless it was small to begin with) in isolation until it healed.