Asexual reproduction in large carpets

[E.J. Coral]

Have any of you guys seen it? I saw a 16" red haddoni over the weekend that had several well-developed polyps on its column:eek2: According to the owner, they started off as folds in the oral disc that developed into individuals!! Another reefer that I know owned a gigantea with two feet! Have any of you guys had carpets that split, or carpets that showed signs of spliting?

 

[Slakker]

I want to say I saw a thread a few months back in which a person bought a Gigantea at the LFS and it ended up spitting out a baby. I don't remember how that went, but it seems to be pretty rare.

 

[shutiny]

E.J.coral,

Here are pictures from Max at the Reefhotspot

Max stated that the anemone arrived with one daughter cell and developed the second cell recently.
It starts on the periphery of its oral disc and forming a funnel shape tissue structure. And over times, it closed the edges and a new cell is formed.

 

[E.J. Coral]

Jeez shutiny, I was trying to keep the location secret on your behalf ... lol You don't need a bidding war!

 

[delphinus]

Over the years I've heard of a handful of cases where budding formed on carpets (or the two footed gigantea, where did I read about that, was it Delbeek and Sprung?) .. I have yet to ever hear though that they amount to anything. Would love to see what comes of these things, would love to hear something other than "it went away" though!!!

Guessing the 2 footed gigantea was a case of an injury and subseuqent healing. Sort of leads credence to the idea that we could try propping anemones manually, ... nevertheless I just can't bring myself to try it on mine, I'm a big chicken. :lol:

 

[shutiny]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12715452#post12715452 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by E.J. Coral
Jeez shutiny, I was trying to keep the location secret on your behalf ... lol You don't need a bidding war!

Hahaa... I was trying to PM you but you box was full. That anemone needs to stay where it is until it gives birth, also I was told that Max is building a new display for it. I sure hope it will have a stable home and continue to thrives and reproduce. Your tank is stable, and it'll get good care/good companies with that monster gigantea

 

[delphinus]

Are you certain the bud will develop into a new anemone? Has it done this before? Of all the times I've heard of buds forming, I've never seen anyone followup with a "And here's the new baby anemone!" type post. If I just missed them though, could someone point me to them?

 

[shutiny]

No, I am hoping. May be we could learned some thing from it if it survived and reproduced successfully. But it is not looking the best at the moment.

 

[delphinus]

I am hoping for the best then! I would love to see us learn more about reproduction in carpets.. Good luck!

 

[phender]

There was a guy who posted his greenish brown haddoni had budded like the red one above, but it took months (3-6) before the new individual looked ready to detach. At that point the baby was almost as big as the "mother". I don't know if he ever posted a pic of the new anemone but he did have pics where they were only sharing a little bit of tissue.

 

[delphinus]

I wonder if it would make sense to target feed the offset?

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12718872#post12718872 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by delphinus
I wonder if it would make sense to target feed the offset?

i would do it just to see what happens

 

[Titus77]

How much is it?

 

[billy73]

That is sweet I hope you update the progress!

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

There was a guy who posted his greenish brown haddoni had budded like the red one above, but it took months (3-6) before the new individual looked ready to detach. At that point the baby was almost as big as the "mother". I don't know if he ever posted a pic of the new anemone but he did have pics where they were only sharing a little bit of tissue.

Phil- can you please help me locate this person?