wasp Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 This topic was discussed a few months ago and I showed a couple of pics although not enough for someone to properly understand how to do it. I divided an anemone a few days ago and this time I have photo journaled the whole process so others can see how it is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted March 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Here is the anemone before cutting. It has just run into a powerhead & is a little unhappy, mouth hanging out a little. On the chopping board ready to be cut. Cutting. Cut straight down right through the centre of the mouth. After cutting. Here they are 1/2 hour after being returned to the tank, they have begun to expand. This is the critical stage they are very vulnerable to infection. Water must be extremely clean and flow set just right. Four days later two healthy and almost healed anemones . Normally takes a week or so for them to heal, but in this case here they are already joined back together in only 4 days, danger period for infection is now past. The mouths are still not properly formed it will be several weeks before they are ready to take food. For this reason anemones must be in good shape before dividing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 That's awesome, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 WOW! Wasp this is the best post i've ever seen on this forum. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 thanks alot Wasp (evil looking knife tho :lol: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 That's awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Have you had any failed splits? That is a nasty looking knife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 poor poor petry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 another top post, good on ya wasp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 can any anemone be cut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 practise on apstasia ;P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 havent got any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 can any anemone be cut no, dont believe so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 very controversial post there Waspy boy! Some people aint gonna like that! (I dont mind if it actually works. Is one for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 very controversial post there Waspy boy! Some people aint gonna like that! Why is it controversial ? Its a process that is detailed in many current books and documents on the subject and a reflection of one method that anemones reproduce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 i found it very tutorial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 mmm Rose BTA??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Are there actually people who consider this cruel? These are incredibly simple organisms - one of the most simple multi-celled organisms around. The funny thing about evolution - like female spiders eating their newly mated husbands, its obviously not fun for the male, but he got to reproduce, and thats the name of the game. I'd be more worried about standing on ants which have a far more impressive nervous system - and a brain. Mechanical reactions to chemical/mechanical stimulations is how the anemone "thinks", so it's pretty much a robot. Dont take it too hard on yourself Wasp, real anemones dont cry. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 It looks cruel, is it possible to do it a slow way, like a really tight rubber band right around the middle, could that make it want to split?? just a random idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Good luck, slippery as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Didnt think of that, everytime I brush up to my purple long tent. anemone it sticks like supa glue. Still it looks cruel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 It looks cruel, is it possible to do it a slow way, like a really tight rubber band right around the middle, could that make it want to split?? ??? you think a quick knife through the middle is less humane than a tight rubber band around the waist? ha hahaaaa!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 I don't know if you can really call it cruel. I don't think they have a central nervous system to feel pain. And it's not any "crueller" than breaking branches off SPS or cutting pieces off soft corals. I doubt a rubber band would be a good idea. Like Steve says, it'd probably slip off and if you had it tight enough it doesn't it would probably do a LOT more damage than a nice clean cut by tearing its way through. Almost garauntee it would be a fatal injury. Edit #3: Oh, and I WANT ONE OF THOSE! GIMMEGIMMEGIMME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Pain is ultimately a perception, and not an objective bodily state. An anemone cannot feel pain, it's nervous system allows it to react to a stimulus. Just like if someone chopped your head off, and (quickly) gave you that reflex test they always show in the movies - the little jab in the knee with the funny triangular hammer. Your leg will kick back, but damned if your gonna care about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 ignore these wusses Wasp. i think the only way to improve your technique is to get Uma Thurman to do it dressed in spandex aka Kill Bill 3 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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