How bout a few to the eastern half - say Kentucky? The only cool stuff we get out here is rics.

Adin! where's your gloves?!

Jamie: I wouldn't recommend slicing an actinia anemone (waratah, beadlet, etc). Even if it were to work, it wouldn't be the most productive way to culture them. Once they get large enough they become a baby-spitting-factory and slicing them have the effect of keeping them small (again, this is assuming they are capable of surviving a slice). I have considered it however; about 3 or 4 months ago I made a radial cut in one of my larger ones. It wasn't a complete removal of two halves... more of just wanting to see what would happen. The individual filled in cut and is still alive today.

Joel: Always wear gloves! Do as I say, not as I do!

+50

let the smash and sell begin!

Update: The mouths have reformed and the tentacles are sticky. I'll probably wait another week before I begin agressive feeding again. This species is extremely hardy. This fragging session experienced zero losses out of the 4 anemones split.

Adin, how many nems do you have now? Do you still have the anemones with the red and black faced anemones?


-texx

yeah... that guy is king of the tank-o-neglect.

update on the red in the photo illustrating 50/50 portioning of the base



the twins!!

Wow, those are amazing looking!

Hey Adin, how'd you get the 'nems off the rocks?

Here's the one that I want to slash.

make the anemone "uncomfortable."

options:
1. direct a powerhead at the base
2. reposition the rock so that it's under low light

the nem will either start to walk or completely detach. once it's moving, you can easily peel it off with your thumbnail.

OR, chip it out.

great photo btw!

tex... need more info. get a shot of the body too

though completely in the wrong area, it looks a lot like:

Anthopleura kurogane
http://actiniaria.com/img/anthopleura_kurogane.jpg
http://actiniaria.com/img/anthopleura_kurogane_1.jpg
good luck with the search. please make a thread in the ID forum.

Thanks for the tips! Might have to figure something with a powerhead. The only return is done via a spraybar coming off a Mag 2.

It's already under rather low light at the moment. It's in my pico tank sitting in the shade for the past 2 months now. Can't chip it out either since it's embedded in a rock surrounded by orange bam bam zoas. It just looks well lighted in the pic since I moved it for the shot.

Ebn... how'd it go?

DAMN THOSE ARE HOT YOU BASTARD

i forwarded this thread to GaryM at reefcentral. i'm so nervous... Majchrzak and Weast = reef idols.

Take Chill Pill.

would this work on a GBTA?

WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT, BUT IT'S BEEN DONE

why not? is there another way? or do you just have to sell it when it gets too big?

propping btas is messy business

anybody got a link on how to do it sucessfully?

Machete. Chop VERY hard and try to get a clean cut

Don't gut it. SHARP, brand-new razor...Or, like mentioned above, a friggin' machete.

I honestly would not try it. Just buy another one (and sell yours if its too big)

Not worth killing a creature that lives almost infinite :/

Really. And bubbles split so g.d. often that you may as well just wait for it to do it on its own.

LOL. ok I'll take the advice. I was nervous about trying it anyway

Hijack alert--MDeth, do you know of any interesting longevity records?

I've been keeping my eye on this hitcher for awhile. Though it was microscopic, I could see a hint of red at the mouth. It's 10x its original size now and I believe it to be S. tapetum! Because of its size, I'm hoping it's the product of spawning (new morph).

I'm considering changing the topic of this thread to "ANEMONES." What do you think?

I've changed the topic title... please discuss all anemone propagation methods in this thread!

OMG. I can't believe I had missed this thread. Adin, you're bad man. Awesome!

ADIN THAT'S SO CUTE

GIMME

Hey man nice work, I was wondering if this could be done to a condylactis Anemone and if it would be smart to do so. And if someone could hepl me with info on loading my pics where I comment that would be sweet.

Why would you want MORE condys? :x

Aquaculture?

LOL why not "aquaculture" Aiptasia while you're at it? I realize that some people like Condylactis, but....ewww. They have no place in probably 99% of reef tanks.

lol. I think its just to see if it possible and how well you can prop. and so on.


Hey everyone check out my anemone prop. tank!!

True. But, a species tank with symbiotic crustacean could be sexy. I happen to like condys.

tex post a step by step in this thread.... the more species we can document the better

Ok I'll take some pics the next time I slice. Which will most likely be tomorrow. lol. Its addicting. Too bad I have so many that I can slice.

Adin-I had some questions for you in my prop. thread. They are on page 2 if you have a chance.

Condylactis are horrible, horrible creatures. LOL! I like when they eat people's clownfish.

That is a risk with our unnatural pairings. Condys are the bomb

Nice thread!!

I need to find someone in the midwest that has some of these to sellf.

I <3 nems

I have three marine tanks with different things in them and 1 FW and A 1gal for mini puffers. Just about one for every room of the house and bathrooms. My condy and clarkii have been kickin it since the third day I placed the clown in the 10G. I just wanted to know if it could be done without killing the little #$@%er. He was originaly going in my 50G but my stars&stripes puffer was looking at him funny. I had to set up his own little tank and that's what got me started on this whole nano reef hobby.

So I was getting ready to slice the 2'' mini carpet yesterday - had brand spankin' new, shiney razor blades and everything. Went to ice down the nem's foot, and notice that the big one is gone and two smaller ones are in its place, and slightly odd shaped.

So apparently, it was tired of waiting for me to slice 'n dice, and did its own thing. Kinda sad...new razor blade, and now no 'nems to cut up

photo!

uploading to computer...

Here they are!

From this guy:


To these two:
no flash:


flash:


And the lineup:


The left one has rotated a bit since splitting, so the splitting line for it is on the lower left.

NICE!!

Darn--I thought you were gonna show us the new razor blade...

J/k!


Those are really nice! Congrats!

--Diane