OH! i forgot!

[timrandlerv10]

my nem split!!!

it was between saturday afternoon when i checked on the tank and monday morning when i came to work.

we thought it was all twisted up, but tuesday we realized there were two!

we did a 10% change, checking salinity twice a day (still no ato...), changed the charcoal in the HOB filter.

i think we're going to try feeding tomorrow!

 

[NicoleC]

Excellent news!

Don't try to feed them until they have healed mouths. They'll be fine for a few days if you need to wait.

 

[bassetbros]

Them are nice!! Congrats!

God bless,
Basset

 

[8BALL_99]

Kewl, when you get more then you want I call dibs on one lol

Will

 

[timrandlerv10]

Dibs--LOL first thing--the guy in the other office says 'he, two anemones cant live together right? shouldn't we move him into my tank??'

how can i tell if their mouths have healed?

She brought the old nem a piece of frozen home-mix, and she brought the new one a piece of flake today!

what a good clown!

 

[NicoleC]

You clown is NOT feeding the anemones. She thinks she stashing food away for later. Oops!

You can tell if their mouths are healed if they are surrounded by tissue, not just hanging on the edge of the anemone. When they split, they split at the mouth, so it gets torn in half. It doesn't take long to heal if they are healthy; just a few days. (And they do look very healthy.)

 

[timrandlerv10]

hey, every once in a while its ok leave my confusion unfettered by real science!

they are pretty wrapped around the rocks...its hard to get a good look at the mouths...would it be safe to assume they are healed in a week? would i be able to start feeding saturday, even if i havent gotten a good look?

while i'm at it, what is the natural captive life of a lettuce nudi?

thanks!

still have to meet you one of these days!!!

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I understand that anemone can asexually reproduce by budding and pedal laceration besides vertical fission. Looking at the picture of the two, I wonder if Tim's baby anemone is produced by the pedal laceration, rather than the mother anemone splitting at the mouth. However, I suspect that pedal laceration is a lot slower process than splitting in half and Tim might have noticed that it was happening a lot sooner...

As for lettuce slugs, you can read about it here:

http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=elyscris

Here's another old but good article:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/bcap/feature/index.php

Tomoko

 

[NicoleC]

A week should be plenty, Tim.

I've never seem a BTA reproduce by budding, but I have seem pedal laceration and you are right, it takes a LONG time. That's not it. I would think budding would be a longer process as well, at at least you would see it growing before it was it's own animal.