***Fragged my Heteractis Magnifica***

[tiff393]

Ok I just read this whole thread right now and I go to the bottom to the next page and theres NO next page...Its like I'm watching this awesome SiFi move and right before the main part of the move it just ends...so come on need some updates your leaving us hanging here.....I need that next page!!!...lol

 

[AD87]

I read through the entire thread a few weeks ago and have been patiently following ever since. My compliments for having the stones to go through with this AND for the apparent success thus far. I would absolutely LOVE magnificas to go the way BTAs have in regards to captive propagation - though I do realize there are 'hardiness' differences all the same.

But, I did want to ask - and forgive me if you have already been through this in the thread - have you considered giving the newly-cut anemones baths in some broad antibiotic, like Baytril (enrofloxacin), for a few days after they are cut?

I'm thinking you could have them in some sort of mesh holding container, like those in your pictures, that could be easily removed from the tank and transfered to a 5-10 gallon holding tank with an air stone and maybe a small heater. The dosage of baytril would of course depend on the size of the medication tank, but I'm guessing they would probably be in the antibiotic bath for maybe an hour or so each day...?

You would likely repeat these treatments for a week or two - or at least until the anemone is visibly healed.

Thoughts?

Cheers
Mike

Thank you, no im not a proponent in treating with any meds if there is nothing wrong with the nem. I have used Doxycycline in the past with newly acquired anemones though with no success.

 

[AD87]

Ok I just read this whole thread right now and I go to the bottom to the next page and theres NO next page...Its like I'm watching this awesome SiFi move and right before the main part of the move it just ends...so come on need some updates your leaving us hanging here.....I need that next page!!!...lol

Haha the nems are doing great so far. I have a video to post still of me cutting it. I will get some pics when i get a chance. Promise. :dance:

 

[maxxII]

Its been almost two weeks...got time to post pics yet?

Nick

 

[OrionN]

If there is no update, then....we can guess what happened.

 

[serpentman]

Since the nems are in my tank, he's not been able to get out and take pics. However, I can say that both daughter nems are doing great. I will snap some pictures this afternoon.

 

[serpentman]

Here's a pic as of about 10min ago. Both nems are doing well. I haven't really gotten in there to see how their mouths look so I haven't tried feeding, etc.

 

[ilvfsh]

Do you think other Sebaes would act similarly if split?

 

[endlessblue]

Great job!

 

[serpentman]

Do you think other Sebaes would act similarly if split?

Good question. I'm not an expert but I don't see why not. With that being said, I'm not sure how well a large specimen would fare....

 

[deangelr]

we sure have a ways to go before we are splitting these up and making profit.

 

[phender]

Do you think other Sebaes would act similarly if split?

I would say that it would not be as easy. Mags (and BTAs) split as a means of reproduction in nature. Sebaes (H. crispa or H. malu) may reproduce asexually by budding, but that is a whole different process. Sebaes are just not set up to be split like Mags and BTAs are. I'm not saying that it can't be done, but you will need a lot more luck.

 

[houser]

Even if they're both Heteractis sp? Or does that not count at all?

 

[phender]

Even if they're both Heteractis sp? Or does that not count at all?

Well, our classification system was made by us, not nature. I'm not sure how or why H. magnifica got thrown in with H. crispa, malu and aurora in the first place, but the main reason that mags and BTAs can be fragged is because they do it by themselves already. The mechanism is already there. Sebae anemones don't split on their own. It makes things a lot more difficult. I didn't say impossible, but certainly more difficult.

 

[houser]

I still refer to them as ritteri . Old habit

 

[elegance coral]

Here's a pic as of about 10min ago. Both nems are doing well. I haven't really gotten in there to see how their mouths look so I haven't tried feeding, etc.

That top mag looks really really good. It's got that hourglass thing happening. It's holding itself up. It's tentacles appear nice and full. I would never guess that anemone had recently been cut. Great job! :thumbsup:

 

[garygb]

I also would not suggest splitting a crispa. As Phender mentioned, our taxonomic system is a human invention. I, and some others, have observed that H. magnifica and E. quadricolor seem to have a lot more in common with one another, both morphologically and behaviorally, than H. magnifica does with other species in the genus Heteractis. I am confident that the outdated taxonomic system for Cnidaria that we currently use will eventually remove magnifica from that genus.

 

[maxxII]

Its interetimg to me that you guys are stating one should not frag an H.crispa, since Anthony Calfo has stated they are a prime candidate for it. I know Phender knows his stuff regarding anemones, no disrepect is intended.

Nick

 

[tac916]

very interesting

 

[phender]

Its interetimg to me that you guys are stating one should not frag an H.crispa, since Anthony Calfo has stated they are a prime candidate for it. I know Phender knows his stuff regarding anemones, no disrepect is intended.

Nick

Don't get us started. I sent you a pm.