hoppies99 February 8, 2011 Share February 8, 2011 (edited) I've bought an rose anemone for my dad aquarium. We had the anemone for about 4 months ago. It just split today..... I was just wondering if it good or bad.? Edited February 8, 2011 by hoppies99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan February 8, 2011 Share February 8, 2011 Good! Now you have 2 for the price of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanglandJoshua February 8, 2011 Share February 8, 2011 (edited) I agree, Ive seen them split. Anemone's have two ways to reproduce. 1.) they can split in half turning one into two. Some aquarists actually cut them in half to speed up this process. It is very risky, and done wrong will needlessly kill the animal. 2.) like many marine organisms they can release sperm and egg into the water, if there are enough of this organism in the area and with a bit of luck the eggs and sperm will meet. Any individual anemone can release sperm, or egg, or both. So it is possible that one anemone could fertilize its own eggs. I beleive that the eggs attatch to a solid object and mature there. However i could be wrong. Over all, even though it is very risky the only propegation I am aware of in captivity is splitting, or a forced split. Congratulations on your anemone splitting, your doing something very right Edited February 8, 2011 by LanglandJoshua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 February 8, 2011 Share February 8, 2011 Could also be a sign of something amiss with water quality. They split when they want to or when they are stressed, so a quick check is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppies99 February 8, 2011 Author Share February 8, 2011 Could also be a sign of something amiss with water quality. They split when they want to or when they are stressed, so a quick check is a good idea. thank you... that's what i thought, because i had read something about the anemone split do to water issue. I'll do the test later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppies99 February 8, 2011 Author Share February 8, 2011 I agree, Ive seen them split. Anemone's have two ways to reproduce. 1.) they can split in half turning one into two. Some aquarists actually cut them in half to speed up this process. It is very risky, and done wrong will needlessly kill the animal. 2.) like many marine organisms they can release sperm and egg into the water, if there are enough of this organism in the area and with a bit of luck the eggs and sperm will meet. Any individual anemone can release sperm, or egg, or both. So it is possible that one anemone could fertilize its own eggs. I beleive that the eggs attatch to a solid object and mature there. However i could be wrong. Over all, even though it is very risky the only propegation I am aware of in captivity is splitting, or a forced split. Congratulations on your anemone splitting, your doing something very right thank you:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppies99 February 8, 2011 Author Share February 8, 2011 Good! Now you have 2 for the price of one. LOL... thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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