Help! How to frag carpet anemone?
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"The S. haddoni have not been bred in captivity and rarely do they split on their own. Propagating is not recommended. Anemones in general can multiply by sexual and asexual means. One way is using fission, which is when they actually split in half from the foot or mouth to form a clone, although the clone is its own animal, similar to twins. They will also reproduce using male and female sex glands or find another anemone of the opposite sex. This results in the production of ciliated planula larvae. This planula will eventually fall to the sea floor, develop a pedal disk, then begin to grow into a new anemone." http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reef/anemones/SaddleAnemone.php
Please do NOT pin to the poor anemone with a thumb tack, be a darn good way to kill it.
Anemones are a single animal...not a colony of animals so it's impossible to frag.
Please do NOT pin to the poor anemone with a thumb tack, be a darn good way to kill it.
Anemones are a single animal...not a colony of animals so it's impossible to frag.
The way it was explained to me, is you set a piece of rock over the middle of it so it can't go anywhere. However, you may have to shape the rock so that the oral disc is exposed. Anyway, in an effort by the anemone to get away it will split on either side of the rock. I have seen this done with leathers, toadstools, mushrooms and other types like them. Having seen it done with those corals it made sense to me when I heard it with anemones. From what I understand it is better for the coral because there is less chance for infection, because the coral splits by choice rather than being cut.
