Advice: Bubble Tip Anenome

[skozzy]

Two days ago I noticed my bubble tip had a small section of it caught in one
of my powerhead filters, this filter had a green sponge in it to stop any
chance of this happening, but it somehow managed to get a small section
between the join of the sponge a bit of it went inside and was seriously
tangled in the bio balls.

After trying for an hour to untangle it I saw that it was pointless, so I
had to make a choice to either cut it off or tear it off. Well assuming that
a cut would be as bad for it as a cut would be for us i decided to tear it
off (If we had a finger torn off it would stop bleeding very fast, if it
were cut off it would bleed for a very long time), anyhow, it didn't seem to
affect it and 2 days later it divided and now I have two in the tank.

I am not sure which half has the mouth but for the other half without the
mouth, how long will it take to grow one ?

Both halves seem ok and are moving around the tank faster then it did when
it was only one. I can't tell which has the mouth so I won't try feeding it
anything untill I find out.

Also if they bump into eachother will they attack eachother ?

-Andrew

[Mike]

I don't know about you, but I would want my finger cut off,

I have had this happen to one of my bubble tips, It did tear, but seemed to
do well afterwards. As for dividing into two this is normal and will happen
if conditions are right without the aid of a powerhead. They will not attack
each other, i.e go looking for one another and fight, they should exist OK.

Good luck
Mike
"skozzy" > wrote in message
...
> Two days ago I noticed my bubble tip had a small section of it caught in
one
> of my powerhead filters, this filter had a green sponge in it to stop any
> chance of this happening, but it somehow managed to get a small section
> between the join of the sponge a bit of it went inside and was seriously
> tangled in the bio balls.
>
> After trying for an hour to untangle it I saw that it was pointless, so I
> had to make a choice to either cut it off or tear it off. Well assuming
that
> a cut would be as bad for it as a cut would be for us i decided to tear it
> off (If we had a finger torn off it would stop bleeding very fast, if it
> were cut off it would bleed for a very long time), anyhow, it didn't seem
to
> affect it and 2 days later it divided and now I have two in the tank.
>
> I am not sure which half has the mouth but for the other half without the
> mouth, how long will it take to grow one ?
>
> Both halves seem ok and are moving around the tank faster then it did when
> it was only one. I can't tell which has the mouth so I won't try feeding
it
> anything untill I find out.
>
> Also if they bump into eachother will they attack eachother ?
>
> -Andrew
>
>

[Wayne]

Hi:

Sounds like you already took action. I just turn off the powerhead or what
ever it is caught in, and the anenome usually figures a way out within a
day. This has occurred on numerous occasions for me with anenomes.

Wayne
"Mike" > wrote in message
...
> I don't know about you, but I would want my finger cut off,
>
> I have had this happen to one of my bubble tips, It did tear, but seemed
to
> do well afterwards. As for dividing into two this is normal and will
happen
> if conditions are right without the aid of a powerhead. They will not
attack
> each other, i.e go looking for one another and fight, they should exist
OK.
>
> Good luck
> Mike
> "skozzy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Two days ago I noticed my bubble tip had a small section of it caught in
> one
> > of my powerhead filters, this filter had a green sponge in it to stop
any
> > chance of this happening, but it somehow managed to get a small section
> > between the join of the sponge a bit of it went inside and was seriously
> > tangled in the bio balls.
> >
> > After trying for an hour to untangle it I saw that it was pointless, so
I
> > had to make a choice to either cut it off or tear it off. Well assuming
> that
> > a cut would be as bad for it as a cut would be for us i decided to tear
it
> > off (If we had a finger torn off it would stop bleeding very fast, if it
> > were cut off it would bleed for a very long time), anyhow, it didn't
seem
> to
> > affect it and 2 days later it divided and now I have two in the tank.
> >
> > I am not sure which half has the mouth but for the other half without
the
> > mouth, how long will it take to grow one ?
> >
> > Both halves seem ok and are moving around the tank faster then it did
when
> > it was only one. I can't tell which has the mouth so I won't try feeding
> it
> > anything untill I find out.
> >
> > Also if they bump into eachother will they attack eachother ?
> >
> > -Andrew
> >
> >
>
>