Can only one flower anemone reproduce it self?

[zheka757]

I was feeding acan corals today by turning flow down and as I feed them I spot small orange polyp. Kept on looking found 2 more Polyps in more shaded area of my frag tank. They look like same as my ultra rock flower anemone, and that's the only anemone I have in tank, But those polyps to small to tell for sure, about 1/4" in size

 

[Uncle99]

Yup, normal, I find them underneath the adult

 

[Uncle99]

But my understanding is ya need two, male and female

 

[zheka757]

The concern I got is. I know i only have one anemone. I haven't seeing adult there for couple of months now.
And I'm not sure what I'm looking at. It was brite orange polyps that much I know. To small to even capture good on camera to show you guys.

 

[Uncle99]

The concern I got is. I know i only have one anemone. I haven't seeing adult there for couple of months now.
And I'm not sure what I'm looking at. It was brite orange polyps that much I know. To small to even capture good on camera to show you guys.

They are excellent hiders!

 

[billdogg]

AFAIK, anemones can reproduce both sexually and asexually - i.e. by splitting. BTA's are especially good at this. I had a RBTA many years ago that just up and disappeared one day. Several months later they began to appear. My one had become 7 or 8 while hiding behind the rocks.