ritteri split
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Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
natural or induced split?
Flighty
Premium Member
You can cut them (although I know of no one who has done it with a healthy magnifica) and I know of one person who has moved two rocks apart to induce splitting in a magnifica, but it hasn't been long enough to know if that was successful in splitting the anemone without damage.
Have you had the magnifica long?
Have you had the magnifica long?
I see. Well I definitely didn't "induce" anything. lol
In fact he looked great by himself on top of the rock. I have had him for about a month and he took to a nice pillar then just started to wrap himself around the pillar and got larger and larger until the mouth started to split and it was complete sometime this morning.
Its hard to tell from the picture but that is in fact a pillar that comes out from the rock for a good 12-16 inches. The clone has moved below a bit so we'll see if he stays on that particular rock. The original has proceeded to move on to the very top of the rock.
In fact he looked great by himself on top of the rock. I have had him for about a month and he took to a nice pillar then just started to wrap himself around the pillar and got larger and larger until the mouth started to split and it was complete sometime this morning.
Its hard to tell from the picture but that is in fact a pillar that comes out from the rock for a good 12-16 inches. The clone has moved below a bit so we'll see if he stays on that particular rock. The original has proceeded to move on to the very top of the rock.
Flighty, I know Anthony Calfo's feeling regarding Ritteri. Has it been that none in captivity have really been healthy enough to propagate or haven't really tried ? That's something I would like to ask Anthony but afraid to knowing feeling about ritteri shouldn't be collected.
Flighty
Premium Member
Disclaimer- The following is just my opinion-
It is a significant investment to get a healthy magnifica and really know it is doing well. I wouldn't really consider anything under a year of captivity a successfully healthy specimen because they can look wonderful for 6 months as they are dying. Magnificas healthy enough to survive past the 6 months are very hard to find and hard to distinguish from dying ones. For that reason I don't know of anyone who has taken the plunge and tried to intentionally cut one after going through all that.
Anthony has told me he doesn't know of any reason why cutting a magnifica wouldn't work. Of course we don't know why magnificas are harder to keep either.
I am actively trying to get enough healthy magnificas to feel comfortable trying to manually propagate one of them and to also investigate sexually propagating them.
I have heard of someone investigating propagating them in the ocean by manually splitting, but haven't heard more than a rumor.
It is a significant investment to get a healthy magnifica and really know it is doing well. I wouldn't really consider anything under a year of captivity a successfully healthy specimen because they can look wonderful for 6 months as they are dying. Magnificas healthy enough to survive past the 6 months are very hard to find and hard to distinguish from dying ones. For that reason I don't know of anyone who has taken the plunge and tried to intentionally cut one after going through all that.
Anthony has told me he doesn't know of any reason why cutting a magnifica wouldn't work. Of course we don't know why magnificas are harder to keep either.
I am actively trying to get enough healthy magnificas to feel comfortable trying to manually propagate one of them and to also investigate sexually propagating them.
I have heard of someone investigating propagating them in the ocean by manually splitting, but haven't heard more than a rumor.
Thanks for your "Opinion".......
Not having any experience with Ritteri, but it does sound logical that if situations like this where a ritteri can split in the aquaria then should be no reason it can't be propagated eventually if known to be a healthy, fully acclimated anemone......
Not having any experience with Ritteri, but it does sound logical that if situations like this where a ritteri can split in the aquaria then should be no reason it can't be propagated eventually if known to be a healthy, fully acclimated anemone......
ricordiaking
Premium Member
Re: ritteri split
Hey bud, did you do anything to your system prior to this hapening? Water change, moving anything around the tank?
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Just thought I'd share what happened today.
Hey bud, did you do anything to your system prior to this hapening? Water change, moving anything around the tank?
