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[hansnfrans]

You can induce a split by laying a fairly light object across the center of it. I just did this with my RBTA and it split over night. But there are many ways to go about this, including using a razor-blade or scissors to cut it in half.

 

[bigmcc420]

Thanks, i'll try that. BTW Incredible looking anemone Pufferpunk, wish i had room for it.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Anthony Calfo did a demo on fragging them at IMAC last year. He also told me there is lots of info at Marine Depot, in his forum.

 

[paininthewrasse]

awesome anemone Jeni wish I had room.. Maybe once my new 45 hex gets established (like 5 more months or so) I'll have to get a frag from you. Question though just cuz im curious, I know anemones can be fragged, no problem.. I'm just wondering if you could cut like say 4, 5, or 6 frags at the same time or if you just have to like cut it in half. let it heal cut in half again etc etc.. just curious.

 

[Pufferpunk]

You can only cut in half--right down the middle, from the mouth, outward on each side, so each half gets a mouth. He said they heal very quickly--about 5 minutes, the circle will be closed. Feed the crap out of it & it'll be ready to frag again in 2 weeks!

 

[fkdenton]

I wouldnt plan on doing it that soon. I used a razor blade to induce a split on mine about a month ago. They are healed now but it took them a little while. It has to form the rest of the mouth and it takes it some time to heal. I would not cut mine this soon. I am going to wait at least another month before I cut mine again. They are RBTAs but its the same idea. Just my opinion. I was pretty nervous about it when I first did it and they will look bad the first night.


Puffer you can read my post on it at uber

 

[Pufferpunk]

I have also done this myself before, on splits from my RBTA. It had split 2x in 2 weeks. I cut the 1st split about a month later, which gave me 3 total. Was just gonna frag the 2nd split, when I realized all 3 were gone! Didn't realize that chocochip stars ate anemones...

 

[NewSchool04]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8760490#post8760490 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hansnfrans
You can induce a split by laying a fairly light object across the center of it. I just did this with my RBTA and it split over night. But there are many ways to go about this, including using a razor-blade or scissors to cut it in half.

Can you give a little detail on what you did, how you did it, etc?

 

[hansnfrans]

Well, my RBTA was encroaching upon my lil' colony of birdsnest, and I wanted to discourage the anemone from going towards the birdsnest. I pointed a MJ1200 directly at it and then put a thin piece of live rock over the anemone. I thought that this would discourage it from moving towards the birds nest and cause it to retreat to an area with less flow and more light.

Apparently I was wrong, because I woke up the next day to find 2 anemones in the spot where there was only 1 the previous day.

Personally, I think that a piece of Tonga Branch would be perfect for causing this result. I think I'm gonna try this again in a month or so, once these anemones get a little bigger.

 

[NewSchool04]

My anemone is attached on an underhang, I think if I did this he'd just retreat and pull the rock off when he shrunk up.

 

[NewSchool04]

what the hell, I just tried it. I have a long branch of tonga, tried to lay it on top of him and he made a move towards the underhang, I have it semi pinned to him before he could make it all the way in.