Fragging an Anemones

I've got a bubble tip anemones who's best friend is my tomtatie clown,
since I purchase the anemone he has doubled in size to the point where
it is taking up almost half of my 72 gallon tank. The local shop isn't
interested in taking it as it is too big. I am wondering if it can be
fragged.

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I've got a bubble tip anemones who's best friend is my tomtatie clown,
since I purchase the anemone he has doubled in size to the point where
it is taking up almost half of my 72 gallon tank. The local shop isn't
interested in taking it as it is too big. I am wondering if it can be
fragged.

Most corals can be 'fragged' because they're made up of thousands, or even
millions of individual entities co-existing. An anemone is a single
organism, an attempt to 'frag' it would generally result in an untimely
demise. However, given the right conditions, many anemones will split into
two self-sustaining critters, though I've never had it occur in one of my
tanks.

b

"krknbls" wrote in message ...
Most corals can be 'fragged' because they're made up of thousands, or even
millions of individual entities co-existing. An anemone is a single
organism, an attempt to 'frag' it would generally result in an untimely
demise.

That is totaly false!
I will give you one example: Aiptasia in an anemone!

You can definitelly fragment an anemone with a razor blade.
I have seen articles about people cuting in half bubble tips.
No problem, if you have conditions in the tank for the injured
anemone like this to heal in pace and quiet without predators.

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interested in taking it as it is too big. I am wondering if it can be
fragged.

I am not aware of any way to frag a bubble anemone that won't chance
killing it.

In my experience anemones tend to split when they are mildly stressed,
usually by virtue of being too large for their immediate environment. A
well set anemone will tend to split rather than move if it outgrows its
crevice.

Your only option may be to feed rich foods until the anemone really does
become too large. A fellow employee tried this at work with a large rose
bubble and after a couple months it split and split and split again and
again. I think we ended up with five or six anemones which were all very
quickly bought up.

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"krknbls" wrote in message
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Most corals can be 'fragged' because they're made up of thousands, or
even millions of individual entities co-existing. An anemone is a single
organism, an attempt to 'frag' it would generally result in an untimely
demise.

That is totaly false!
I will give you one example: Aiptasia in an anemone!



My, my. Learn something new every day! Though I wouldn't stoop to actually
calling aiptasia an anemone. g I can't say as I'd attempt slicing my
anemones in half, though I'd love to see it successfully done.

b

"krknbls" wrote in message . ..
My, my. Learn something new every day!
Though I wouldn't stoop to actually calling aiptasia an anemone.

Does not matter how *you* call aiptasia -
it IS 100% an sea anemone from a biological point of view...

g I can't say as I'd attempt slicing my
anemones in half, though I'd love to see it successfully done.

Go to this forum: http://forum.marinedepot.com/Forum13-1.aspx
and ask Anthony Calfo how he has done this himself...
He has sliced in pieces MANY, MANY corals in his life.
Believe me - even stony corals with a single polyps
can be cut with a tile saw and they will heal nicely and
here you will have two corals: anemones will do the same.

You will probably be also interested in reading this:
http://www.coralgrowing.com/CoralFragmentation.php

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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Does not matter how *you* call aiptasia -
it IS 100% an sea anemone from a biological point of view...

As I am aware, but their residence on my "kill on sight" list makes me
biased.



Go to this forum: http://forum.marinedepot.com/Forum13-1.aspx
http://www.coralgrowing.com/CoralFragmentation.php

Thanks. Think I will.

b

anemones tend to split when stressed, so if, and I advise against this,
you let your tank parameters slip, stressing the anemone it may divide.
but doing so puts your entire tank at risk. as well as the life of your
anemone. I would reccomend trying to swap it for a smaller one with
some one who may be interested in a lager one.Surely a safer route than
trying to stress it into splitting.

krknbls wrote:
"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"krknbls" wrote in message
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Most corals can be 'fragged' because they're made up of thousands, or
even millions of individual entities co-existing. An anemone is a single
organism, an attempt to 'frag' it would generally result in an untimely
demise.

That is totaly false!
I will give you one example: Aiptasia in an anemone!



My, my. Learn something new every day! Though I wouldn't stoop to actually
calling aiptasia an anemone. g I can't say as I'd attempt slicing my
anemones in half, though I'd love to see it successfully done.

b

Aiptasia anemones are different than lots odf anemones they reproduce
by pedal laceration. every piece of aiptasia anemone has the ability to
develop ito full anemones. a bubble tip most likly will not reproduce
the same way. as a side note the nudibrach Berghia verrucicornis eats
nothing but aiptasia and is a very effectice method of aiptasia removal.

krknbls wrote:
"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"krknbls" wrote in message
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Most corals can be 'fragged' because they're made up of thousands, or
even millions of individual entities co-existing. An anemone is a single
organism, an attempt to 'frag' it would generally result in an untimely
demise.

That is totaly false!
I will give you one example: Aiptasia in an anemone!



My, my. Learn something new every day! Though I wouldn't stoop to actually
calling aiptasia an anemone. g I can't say as I'd attempt slicing my
anemones in half, though I'd love to see it successfully done.

b

Aiptasia anemones are different than lots odf anemones they reproduce
by pedal laceration. every piece of aiptasia anemone has the ability to
develop ito full anemones. a bubble tip most likly will not reproduce
the same way. as a side note the nudibrach Berghia verrucicornis eats
nothing but aiptasia and is a very effectice method of aiptasia removal.