Anemone Splitting

[supersmile]

My anemone just split into 2 and I am reading on the internet that the splitting is caused by stress. Is this true? Since it has split it has also moved to a new location. It was in it's previous location for about a year without moving.

[supersmile]

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[Pier Pressure]

I bought a small GBTA a few months ago from a fellow reefer. Dude told me that his were splitting all the time. It has tripled in size and not split at all since I added it. I bought a RBTA from Golds that is hosting a carribean crab and it moves around quite a bit and does not seem very happy. Yet I seem to have found four very small (dime-sized) babies that look red on a rock near it. I, too, would like some advice on whether or not splitting is caused by stress and thought I would add my anemone experiences as well to this thread. The RBTA does not seem to have split at all, but if it did not, then where are the babies coming from?

[superduperwesman]

They must split in the wild and I doubt it's due to stress? But thats just a thought I don't have any experience with these things?

[sharuq1]

I think it may be dependant on the individual anemone as well. Some split like crazy, others don't split, while some only split under duress.....

[ron101]

Splitting can occur spontaneously, due to stress, and due to injury. From my experience, the larger it is the more likely splitting will occur. After splitting they usually move and hide for a few days while they reform into whole anemones.