RBTA propogation
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jfl14609
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I just think its kind of disgusting that people cut them up as much as they do. I mean I think there is a difference between cutting it up here and there to cutting it to the point of having 50 of them where the foot diameter is like a dime. I mean the foot on my rose was about 12 inches and the thing split every other month and everyone I know that has a clone of mine has the same result. Why cut sooo much
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They grow faster by cutting them. They tend to grow faster the smaller they are. Kind of like children. As they get a little older (bigger), their growth rate decreases. I think cutting them into 4s is a bit extreme, but 2 isn't
Not a whole lot of people who cut BTA to begin with. Cutting them in 4 is pretty crazy and isn't something I have done or would do. The heal time on them has to be way higher than cutting them in half. I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to cut them up and sell them like that on RC, but I could be wrong.
@DC. Provided the anemone splits naturally like a BTA, I don't think it is cruel. Sure, it is a bit harsh, but so is cutting mushrooms. It's the same thing. I see where you are coming from though. Cutting a hadonni is cruel, because both halves usually end up dieing.
@DC. Provided the anemone splits naturally like a BTA, I don't think it is cruel. Sure, it is a bit harsh, but so is cutting mushrooms. It's the same thing. I see where you are coming from though. Cutting a hadonni is cruel, because both halves usually end up dieing.
BairdimusPrime
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Mine all split naturally... I dont like risking a delicate creatures life just so i can satisfy my greed. if i want a other one i buy it
AlexandraU
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from what i have read in other posts the general technique for propagation of nems is feeding them very well.
Debating that now.
I don't consider a anemone even remotely close to the same thing as a mushroon tho.
reeffinatic
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My rbta and gbta split about every other month I feed them every two days also and the each get a chunk of shrimp and they usually split from one to three by themselves I started with one and now I have 7 and I have sold quite a few .
Anemones are a lot like mushrooms though. One large polyp. Sticky tentacles to feed. Feed with a mouth. Feed and excrete through one opening. They are very much like mushrooms. They may be more delicate and not able to regenerate from small pieces like mushrooms, but they are pretty similar. Some of each split by fission naturally. Anemones may seem more "animal like" because they respond more to outside stimulus (shading, touching, feeding, etc), but mushrooms do that too. I had a discosoma neglecta that would eat just like a hadonni would.
How is an elephant ear mushroom much different than a hadonni (besides care requirements)?
How is an elephant ear mushroom much different than a hadonni (besides care requirements)?
I consider them animals.
Mushrooms can move too, just not as fast. 
They must get tired after moving 1/16"
I get what you're saying though. I do consider them more animal like than mushrooms. Just playing devil's advocate.
They must get tired after moving 1/16"I get what you're saying though. I do consider them more animal like than mushrooms. Just playing devil's advocate.
