Ron Popeil Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 just thought i would introduce some exciting new developments with anemone propogation. its been discussed alot lately over on the RC anemone and clownfish forum, but to my knowledge not actually put into practice until very recently. it all started with some lectures by anthony calfo, and his work with the method of literally cutting an anemone down the middle in order to acheive two perfectly healthy anemones. alot of people have said they were going to try it, and then nothing, but a prominant figure in the forum, phil (phender) decided to actually do it. taking information from calfo, he took his large and very healthy s. mertensii carpet anemone and diced it. the following link is to his fascinating thread. things to consider: his anemone was very healthy and had been for years. even after two rinses in buckets, the anemone still emitted enough slime to kill off all his fish he has plenty of experience with anemone husbandry and finally, the thread is still very recent, no definetive proof it works, even though calfo swears its a completely functional method of reproductive and propogation. enjoy! http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=921143 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefin' Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 thanks that was a good article....thanks for sharing....time to sharpen the meat cleaver....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Yup read that a while back, I'm gearing up to test it out very soon on a few species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Popeil Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 once i get my prop system up, im going to start with my rhodactis mushrooms... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I have done that a few times, I turned about 10 (3 dif kinds) into about 40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I'm looking at doing a coral plate as well, Im just a little skittish on that though but the enemone seems like its a fun one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy-S Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Come on grab that new Crispa and and butter knife and lets do some fragging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefboy Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 yea ive ben contemplating cutting a rare orange gold morph RBTA i have two now might be worth a try they split so slow nothing like my red ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Yeah my RBTA has split 4 times in the last 8 months. It just split the other day. Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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