Splitting Carpet Anemonies
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ousnakebyte
New member
All you nay-sayers are getting me down. It is always the case - those who can do, those who can't post on Internet forums and rip your reputation apart. Well, at considerable risk to my future well-being, I have decided to post just an inkling of some of the cutting-edge new technologies I am exploring. Here is CLEAR PROOF that my system works. What say ye now? Hah!!!
Proof alright... THAT YOU ARE LYING b/c we ALL know that you are supposed to split bilaterally symmetrical animals from head to tail so that you get half of all the organs in each split half (pancreas, spleen and other vital asymmetrical organs notwithstanding...).
Sheesh, and you think we wouldn't have figured that one out...
BTW... I fragged my little sister (laterally, of course - so you know I'm not lying) years ago. Here they are a few months after the split.
They are both all grown up now; I'll see if I can get a picture of them, and I'll post it later.
They are the same dog.
The blue eyed dog obviously got RTN from being in the sun too quick after the split.
[ Retina tissue narcosis]
i will do a write up on RC in the next week or so of what happened over the past year but it is not considered scientifically approved for publication in a journal the following reasons
1. i moved the specimens to different tanks
2. air contaminations - it was not done in a lab so aparently their could be air contaminations from other system
after that i will try cutting your dog :spin1:
1. i moved the specimens to different tanks
2. air contaminations - it was not done in a lab so aparently their could be air contaminations from other system
after that i will try cutting your dog :spin1:
bradleym
Premium Member
Oh..
My..
LORD!!!!!
I had no desire to get involved here, as my opinion has already been shared by others when this thread first started, but after today's events I am tagging along out of sheer amazement. BonsaiNut, I have only one comment:
I don't cry from laughter often. Well done, sir.
My..
LORD!!!!!
I had no desire to get involved here, as my opinion has already been shared by others when this thread first started, but after today's events I am tagging along out of sheer amazement. BonsaiNut, I have only one comment:
I don't cry from laughter often. Well done, sir.
BonsaiNut
Premium Member
I don't cry from laughter often. Well done, sir.
I'm not satisfied unless I can envision someone spitting coffee all over their keyboard 
ousnakebyte
New member
Quick update. Was at the swap meet this weekend and moved 12 units @ $500 each. Can't make quite as much money as if I were fragging anemones in Australia, but it is also not as difficult.
Yowza.... :beer:
bradleym
Premium Member
Couldn't agree more! This thread almost made me cry a couple of times. :lol:
BonsaiNut
Premium Member
All joking aside, even after three years, he never DID post any of the things he said he was going to... no photo evidence... no write-ups... nothing.
He still hangs out on RC, but not on the anemone boards. I'm not going to send him a PM though - he never answered me previously.
OrionN
Moved on
I like ryanrid. I think he is a great reefer.
After the way we treat him on this thread, I would not be surprised that he does not want to come back here, or on this thread.
Now we do know that some of the split Carpet frag survived, I would keep an open mind about this. Certainly get a Gigantea right there and cut him within a day or two of remove the anemone from the ocean, the success rate would be much higher than after send the carpet 1/2 way around the world.
Speaking for my self, I feel that I own ryanrid an apology.
After the way we treat him on this thread, I would not be surprised that he does not want to come back here, or on this thread.
Now we do know that some of the split Carpet frag survived, I would keep an open mind about this. Certainly get a Gigantea right there and cut him within a day or two of remove the anemone from the ocean, the success rate would be much higher than after send the carpet 1/2 way around the world.
Speaking for my self, I feel that I own ryanrid an apology.
D-Nak
Active member
His approach to this was completely wrong -- lots of talk with no evidence to back it up. And then he'd pop back in with random photos, which drove down his credibility.
It could very well be that he knew someone who figured out how to cut them with some success, but wasn't allow to show the process due to confidentiality reasons. But that's what we need to believe him. It doesn't make sense. It's like those of us who have to sign non-disclosure agreements yet we talk about the project we're working on and then tell people, "wait, wait, it's coming." It's just a way to stir up the masses for no reason other than to cause the stir.
To this day I am still waiting to see conclusive evidence that propogation via cutting a carpet anemone is possible. I've seen quite a few carpets with scars that show that they were cut at one time, but I tend to think it's something that happened unintentionally during collection, instead of a carpet deliberately cut in half, or quarters, or eighths.
Fortunately, though I still see quite a few gigantea recently, none have scars. I tend to think the phase of cutting gigantea has run its course. At least I hope so.
Have not seen enough of anything that made me confident to jump back into the big boy anemone game, but I suppose there is hope and still time.
Of course I am more of a sucker for magnifica/ritts.
bradleym
Premium Member
I like your style! I have a green mag, and someday I will lay my hands on a nice red one, too. :thumbsup:
