Documenting the Splitting of a Red S. Tapetum Anemone.....

Taipan

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Daylight Pictures were taken Yesterday afternoon approx. 3pm EST - November 8th, 2012. I noticed that one of my Red S. Tapetum anemones appeared to be preparing itself to split.

Darker/evening pictures were taken less than an hour ago at approx. 3am EST November 9th, 2012.

The splitting process took less than 45mins. Attached are pictures taken with a Blackberry 9900 camera phone. The poor exposure and graininess can be attributed to taking pictures in the dark.

Background: I started with a small colony of approx. 4-5 of these Red S. Tapetum if memory serves attached to a rock; purchased at a local LFS this past summer. I now have approx. 12 throughout various parts of my Display.
 

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More Pics.....Got caught with the upload maximum per post AND poor timing - RC was backing up data......
 

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More Pics....almost done....
 

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Hi there. Thanks. My largest one is only about 2.5" in diameter. The ones that I have observed split have all been in the 2"-2 1/4" range. Cheers.
 
Very cool indeed. But also reinforces my belief that these should be a separate genus. No other Stichodactyla reproduces via splitting, correct?
 
Daylight pictures taken at 12:45pm EST. Completion of split.
 

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Updated Pictures.....

Updated Pictures.....

I woke up to this, this morning.....and before anyone asks....I believe the answer is "No - They did NOT split again.". After counting what I could in my display....I believe two more just happened to wander over. It's kind of a cool cluster/colony though. Pics taken with an actual camera this time.
 

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