MM WI
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I hope none of you take my off hand remarks as personal, I do like a little good natured ribbing, though the internet delivery makes intent hard to discern, I don't think i could have let that cat analogy go without a bit of fun,
As for the LTA, I don't speak in absolutes on the animal because I no longer have it to settle the question, I mentioned the debate to a few of the many experienced reef keepers that saw the animal and all agreed at the time they were certain it was an lta, though like me without seeing it again... we are capable of an oversight. With several tanks and several anemones the memory cannot be counted on. It certainly did not split as regularly as the btas in my species tank and it was purchased from one of the more carefull distributors that identified it as an lta, and the list of people sat looking at it calling it an lta is quite long. though without a close examination with attention to the phenotypical characteristic that descern the two spieces, anyhthing is posible.
It would be a bit humbling to think i looked at the animal everyday for years without correcting the mistake makes me believe that the odds are in my favor. Regardless it was part of an intereting conversation, the observations of the animals in the wild confirm that splitting or budding for the lta is possible in the tank.
Reminds me a bit of an event many years back when a coral spawned in the tank, some of the spawn actually managed to recruit a bit of realestate and form new individual corals, many that were told the story refused to believe it. Years latter with the internet part of the equation I found a site describing routine spawning from this species with successful recruitment, complete with convincing photos.
- Mark
As for the LTA, I don't speak in absolutes on the animal because I no longer have it to settle the question, I mentioned the debate to a few of the many experienced reef keepers that saw the animal and all agreed at the time they were certain it was an lta, though like me without seeing it again... we are capable of an oversight. With several tanks and several anemones the memory cannot be counted on. It certainly did not split as regularly as the btas in my species tank and it was purchased from one of the more carefull distributors that identified it as an lta, and the list of people sat looking at it calling it an lta is quite long. though without a close examination with attention to the phenotypical characteristic that descern the two spieces, anyhthing is posible.
It would be a bit humbling to think i looked at the animal everyday for years without correcting the mistake makes me believe that the odds are in my favor. Regardless it was part of an intereting conversation, the observations of the animals in the wild confirm that splitting or budding for the lta is possible in the tank.
Reminds me a bit of an event many years back when a coral spawned in the tank, some of the spawn actually managed to recruit a bit of realestate and form new individual corals, many that were told the story refused to believe it. Years latter with the internet part of the equation I found a site describing routine spawning from this species with successful recruitment, complete with convincing photos.
- Mark
