Anyone seen those YouTube Videos of fraging anemone?

Anemone's and Coral are 2 different things. They seem to prey on an Anemone's resiliency. That it can MAYBE recover from a clean slice. Like a worm.

I wouldn't try that on my darkest day. But that's just me. And It didn't prove to me that the sliced ones actually survived. Or how many were killed trying.

Maybe some pieces recovered? Or maybe only 1 did.

And how long did they live after?? As far as I have researched they have some unknown lifespan which reaches into many decades in the wild. Many people believe they don't even have a lifespan. But you could chop one with a razor and see.

Lemme know.
 
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I have cut them. They do fine usually. Only one I ever lost was a WC GBTA. One half survived the other died. I have cut lots of tank raised RBTA's with great results. That said, I still prefer to let them do it naturally if they will. Some BTA's just WILL NOT split.

It is amazing how well they tolerate it though. If you start with a very healthy specimen it's not a big deal IMO.

I wouldn't do it with scissors or a regular kitchen knife though. The cleaner the cut the better. A really sharp fillet knife or a scalpel would be my choice. I'm an RN so scalpels are my personal favorite. New razor blades work well too IME.
 
I have seen it done successfully many times, but only w/ BTA's, which to me is funny because they are IMO the easiest to induce splitting simply by overfeeding.
One of my LFS was begging me to split both my crispa and LTA and NO WAY would I risk it.
But it was amazing the splits I saw pulled together joining seams almost immediately.
 
Used to be a woman on these boards with the username RedSonja that had set up a propagation system for BTAs, was routinely cutting several varieties and allowing them to heal and grow back to about 6 inches before cutting again.

IIRC, she lost one or two at first, but after that things generally went pretty smoothly.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13026978#post13026978 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Slakker
Used to be a woman on these boards with the username RedSonja that had set up a propagation system for BTAs, was routinely cutting several varieties and allowing them to heal and grow back to about 6 inches before cutting again.

IIRC, she lost one or two at first, but after that things generally went pretty smoothly.
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first time seeing those videos I was really swuinting in virtual pain.
 
The scissor technique looked very simple and clean, but I bet it was very difficult to get an even cut through the mouth that way.
 
i dont like it really, it looks cruel. I couldnt watch the second vid, and i didnt watch the third. And how do you know its not painful to the anemone? i feel like im being a bit slack getting it off the side of the tank when its firmly stuck, and those guys are cutting them? :( poor anemone. u should let it do it naturally, its not fair forcing something to breed i think, it should have its own choice, (humans have a choice) even if it doesnt have a brain, no need to prey on it like that. those dudes have no lives.
 
Yeah I am with morty696. I put an LTA in my tank today and was VERY careful peeling the foot from my Acclimation 6 pack cooler. And held it for quite a while till' it got a good grip in my tank.

I would definetly frag corals.. Maybe. but not anemones. In the wild they possibly have an unlimited lifespan. We should respect a creature that never dies. Cause in our little reef tanks they die constantly without chopping them to pieces with sissors or a scalpal.
 
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