Rose BTA has no mouth?

[nflores]

My RBTA has split around 4 times. The last anemone to do this never formed a mouth. It's smaller, has shorter and finer tentacles than the other "normal" anemones and is a brighter red-orange rather than a deeper red. It's been alive for months now and doesn't take to hand feeding like the others. Is this common?

 

[Anemone]

Sometimes smaller pieces tear off and form into an anemone, initially without a mouth. Long-term, it will have to form a mouth or it won't survive, IMO.

Kevin

 

[nflores]

So photosynthesis alone won't support it long term? It's been about three months now, I'll guess I'll see how long this mutant can make it. Thanks.

 

[tufacody]

Remember that the mouth isn't only the place where stuff goes IN, lol.