How many times will an anenome split?

[Timothy Tom]

A couple of weeks ago, after being out of town for 2 weeks, I was
pleasantly surprised to find that my rose anenome had split twice
(from one to three). Since my tank has limited high-light areas
necessary for anenomes, I ended up trading one into the LFS for
credit. Lo an behold, after returning home from a week trip, I find
that it has split again. That makes three splits within about a month
period. Has anyone else had this experience? I am very glad that the
anenome is happy enough to be reproducing so much, but I am curious
now about how much, and for how long I can expect this to occur.

[Charles Spitzer]

"Timothy Tom" > wrote in message
om...
> A couple of weeks ago, after being out of town for 2 weeks, I was
> pleasantly surprised to find that my rose anenome had split twice
> (from one to three). Since my tank has limited high-light areas
> necessary for anenomes, I ended up trading one into the LFS for
> credit. Lo an behold, after returning home from a week trip, I find
> that it has split again. That makes three splits within about a month
> period. Has anyone else had this experience? I am very glad that the
> anenome is happy enough to be reproducing so much, but I am curious
> now about how much, and for how long I can expect this to occur.

forever. there's no limit. in effect anemone colonies live forever since
they can clone themselves forever.

[Pszemol]

Yes, rose anemone is known to split very often in aquaria...
A nice and colorful pest :-)

"Timothy Tom" > wrote in message om...
> A couple of weeks ago, after being out of town for 2 weeks, I was
> pleasantly surprised to find that my rose anenome had split twice
> (from one to three). Since my tank has limited high-light areas
> necessary for anenomes, I ended up trading one into the LFS for
> credit. Lo an behold, after returning home from a week trip, I find
> that it has split again. That makes three splits within about a month
> period. Has anyone else had this experience? I am very glad that the
> anenome is happy enough to be reproducing so much, but I am curious
> now about how much, and for how long I can expect this to occur.

[Rod]

> I am very glad that the
>anenome is happy enough to be reproducing so much

Some, many (* Most?) would say that it is Un-happy enough to split. Many say
that the splitting is stress related, and they split as a survival technique.