Breed animone

position it on two rocks so that the base will atach so that it will atach it's base to both rocks, once this happens start to slowly move the rocks apart from each other, eventually the anemonie will split, all you have to do is wait for the second anemonie to grow it's mouth and you will have two anemonies. Breeding, will never happen with almost any species of coral, just because of how long it takes for this to happen and how stable/perfect the water has to be, and if they do breed, you've then got the problem of raising the larvae.
 
dorkfish said:
Breeding, will never happen with almost any species of coral, just because of how long it takes for this to happen and how stable/perfect the water has to be, and if they do breed, you've then got the problem of raising the larvae.
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It has happened in as aquarium in CA, but they pumped water in from the ocean, and they had a moonlight imitating positions of the moon, everything to a Tee. But even if it does breed, your problem is not raising the larva, but from keeping everying in your tank from dieing from all the crap that will then be decaying in it :eek:
 
dorkfish said:
position it on two rocks so that the base will atach so that it will atach it's base to both rocks, once this happens start to slowly move the rocks apart from each other, eventually the anemonie will split, all you have to do is wait for the second anemonie to grow it's mouth and you will have two anemonies. Breeding, will never happen with almost any species of coral, just because of how long it takes for this to happen and how stable/perfect the water has to be, and if they do breed, you've then got the problem of raising the larvae.
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Seems more likely the anemone will simply move to one rock or the other. Have you actually seen this method work?
 
Actualy, not sure if this method works or not with anemonies, but I've read in the reefkeepers FAQ on here about corals doing it, and I have read stuff about marine larvae (mostly for fish but backed out of this, too complicated for my liking), aparently all things in the ocean go through a larval stage. The only case of this happening in aquaria is the one fishieniss posted about. IMO letting them split or helping them split(once bas is atached to two rocks you start moving the rocks apart) is the best and possibly only way to do in anything smaller than the size of a large living room, and oh yess, the water would have to be perfectly stable.
 
there is always the old rubber band trick. place one tightly over it. i know it works with softies, never tried it on a BTA though.
you can frag larger ones like carpets, im not sure about a BTA once again.



however i do kidna agree with mogurnda about the anenome jsut moving. I have sen it happen to xenia in my tank, but it would seem an anenome, that moves so easily would jsut go to one rock.
 
The only Anemone that can really survive a forceful split is something like Aiptasia or Manjano, otherwise you risk killing the animal.
 
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