Anenome split?? Not sure

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

There's 2 completely separate bases or feet for each and they are not at all attached. I've been wanting it to split so I'm happy!

That's great, mine tricked me by making it look like there was 2 separate feet, for a solid week. Had me fooled to the point that I offered my "split" to a friend. Thankfully she didn't want it, since 2 days later I discovered it never really split in the first place.

[Madreefer]

So what causes anemones to split? Does anyone have the real answer other than just a guess?

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

So what causes anemones to split? Does anyone have the real answer other than just a guess?

This site has lots of anemone info http://www.chucksaddiction.com/anemone.html

This is what it says about splitting:

Propagating Anemone - While anecdotal, it may still be a valid observation that if you want your anemone to split or reproduce, frequent water changes along with target feeding the anemone every 3 to 4 days seems to induce the anemone to split (clone). This makes sense to me since for any animal to have the energy to reproduce, it must have the protein available. I also believe that the better water quality and the abundant food cues the anemone that it is in a very suitable environment capable of supporting more anemone like itself, a kind of trigger if you will.

[Madreefer]

Thanks Laurie. I guess i'll continue doing the things I do as I dont want mine to split.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Thanks Laurie. I guess i'll continue doing the things I do as I dont want mine to split.

No prob, I figure I should make myself helpful every now and then

[Coralgurl]

Well now I'm just not sure. This morning there were 2 distinct separate anenomes. One on the bottom, one just above. Both had tentacles. Now the bottom one is tight against the rock and I'm wondering if there's a hole that it squished itself through. Guess I will have to wait until the lights turn off now.....

[intarsiabox]

My GBTA split quite a number of times in it's previous tank. Only problem is that I never saw them split, the next day there would just be another one on the rocks somewhere. I'd be interested to see if anyone knows a time frame that it takes anemones to split.