Butchering 'nems...
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Lifefreak0007
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cant wait to see the updated pics of the healing....
The Fat Panther
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Solid cuts
JNicho
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Looks like you did well...I've heard many times though that when you propagate nems it's important to keep lineage separate...IE. even same species from different lineage can "attack" each other chemically...and the two you show are obviously not clones of each other.
I've never sliced any nems myself, but researched it a fair bit...and the "mono-culture" approach is mentioned over and over.
I've never sliced any nems myself, but researched it a fair bit...and the "mono-culture" approach is mentioned over and over.
MarineFlake
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I can't believe the 'nem frag' police have not hunted you down. ; ) Thanks for the photos, they look good, looking forward to some follow up shots.
tahoe61
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Anemone
Anemone
Thank you Eight for stepping up and posting nice pics of the process. Anything that discourages the collection of anemones from the wild, without significant long term harm to aquired anemones I am all for. Anemones are basically just a digestive and nervious system that probably have no concept of pain. But I still encourage others to make sure they know what they are doing and provide the best possilbe recovery for the anemone after cutting, before they start slicing up anemones. Any other details and pics you can provide would be appreciated. Would really like some close ups of the pic after butchering ( kidding ).:reading:
Anemone
Thank you Eight for stepping up and posting nice pics of the process. Anything that discourages the collection of anemones from the wild, without significant long term harm to aquired anemones I am all for. Anemones are basically just a digestive and nervious system that probably have no concept of pain. But I still encourage others to make sure they know what they are doing and provide the best possilbe recovery for the anemone after cutting, before they start slicing up anemones. Any other details and pics you can provide would be appreciated. Would really like some close ups of the pic after butchering ( kidding ).:reading:
Toddrtrex
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You do realize that the "nem frag police" as you so nicely put it are only concerned when people attempt this on anemones that to naturally split. BTA (( Entacmaea quadricolor )) do, so it really isn't an issue if you know what you are doing.
Eight
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Glad to see that people appreciate the pics. I should caveate that I don't think you should attempt propagating anemones unless you have:
1) Well established, healthy specimens
2) Excellent tank parameters
3) Good waterflow
4) Prepared baskets or a portion of the aquarium that is optimized for allowing the anemones to recover
5) Are ready for the risk of losing the anemone! This is certainly not foolproof!
I also run carbon and I like to give the anemones a week of rest prior to cutting them. Often times physically removing anemones from rockwork can tear their feet. It is also a good idea to let them expel as much food as possible, so I don't feed them prior to the cutting either.
1) Well established, healthy specimens
2) Excellent tank parameters
3) Good waterflow
4) Prepared baskets or a portion of the aquarium that is optimized for allowing the anemones to recover
5) Are ready for the risk of losing the anemone! This is certainly not foolproof!
I also run carbon and I like to give the anemones a week of rest prior to cutting them. Often times physically removing anemones from rockwork can tear their feet. It is also a good idea to let them expel as much food as possible, so I don't feed them prior to the cutting either.
Fretfreak13
I am not a boy!
I just about crapped my pants when I saw those pics. Updated shots?
And the green one, that's the lemon drop? Never seen it, but it just blew my mind, even cut in half! *goes to research!* Can I get a scientific name?
And the green one, that's the lemon drop? Never seen it, but it just blew my mind, even cut in half! *goes to research!* Can I get a scientific name?
fishtankdon
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Very nice pics. Can not wait to see updates. Thanks for sharing
Eight
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Here are some updated photos.
This was two days after they were cut. Clearly, the wounds are still visible, but the anemones have opened up.
5 days later. At this point, I can't really see anymore exposed cuts. I can probably get an idea on where the cuts where made because they aren't perfectly symmetrical. However, the wound isn't really visible anymore. (Note: I had a couple other anemones in a different section of my aquarium that I needed to move, so I just put them all into the two baskets. Thus, these basket photos have photos of both cut and whole anemones. But you really can't tell the difference anyways.)
I probably won't post any more update photos, because now they look whole again and aren't that interesting.
However, here's what's up next on the chopping block. Orange flame tip anemone with green mouth and a very large green tip anemone. (Sorry for the crappy photo):
That flame tip is a clone of the anemone in the middle of this photo. (With the bubble tips). The anem to the upper right of the flame is a regular RBTA and the one to the upper left is the Colorado Sunburst:
This was two days after they were cut. Clearly, the wounds are still visible, but the anemones have opened up.
5 days later. At this point, I can't really see anymore exposed cuts. I can probably get an idea on where the cuts where made because they aren't perfectly symmetrical. However, the wound isn't really visible anymore. (Note: I had a couple other anemones in a different section of my aquarium that I needed to move, so I just put them all into the two baskets. Thus, these basket photos have photos of both cut and whole anemones. But you really can't tell the difference anyways.)
I probably won't post any more update photos, because now they look whole again and aren't that interesting.
However, here's what's up next on the chopping block. Orange flame tip anemone with green mouth and a very large green tip anemone. (Sorry for the crappy photo):
That flame tip is a clone of the anemone in the middle of this photo. (With the bubble tips). The anem to the upper right of the flame is a regular RBTA and the one to the upper left is the Colorado Sunburst:
