doubts with Macrodactyla doreensis

[Matias Ilhabela]

I have a doubt
some friends told me that the anemone Macrodactyla doreensis not be divided into reefs, is this true?

could you help me?
Excuse me, but I can not do searches on the RC, could I pass links reproduction of anemones by cutting?
thank you for your attention.

 

[OrionN]

Re: doubts with Macrodactyla doreensis

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14480497#post14480497 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Matias Ilhabela
.....Macrodactyla doreensis not be divided into reefs, is this true?

......
Excuse me, but I can not do searches on the RC, could I pass links reproduction of anemones by cutting?
thank you for your attention.

I am not 100% sure of what you are asking but my guess is that you are asking if M. doreensis can be propagate by asexual mean like cutting.

There are no documentation of M. doreensis propagate asexually as far as I know.
Of the host anemones, asexual reproduction was documented with these species: E. quadricolor, H. magnifica, S. haddoni, and S. mertensii.

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

Am I understanding you right? Your question is will they split naturally? I say no, they don't and I have never read anything saying they do. Some people claim that they do but then we ask for a picture. They always show us a picture of an E. quadricolor that they thought was a M. Doreensis, because the E. quadricolor had long tentacles.

 

[Matias Ilhabela]

sorry for the confusion, the doubt is whether the Long tentacle is usually split into reef,
and since this does not happen, and if I can pass links to topics on division of anemones by cutting I appreciate.


I got this anemone in my reef I got from a friend as a BT, when it split I waited 2 months and caught the new anemone and cut into 4 pieces, the 4 were perfect and grew normally.

all photos are of the same anemone

 

[OrionN]

Matias,
Your anemone that reproduced asexually is E. quadricolor. This is very common with this species. The first picture, the one that you asked about, is that of a M. doreensis which have never been documented to slit in captivity or otherwise.

 

[Matias Ilhabela]

Thanks for the explanation, you know me say that the anemones can be divided by cutting? the sebae is possible?

 

[OrionN]

Only the ones I named above