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Hi Anthony,
I spoke with you briefly at the Euroreef booth at Reefapalooza. You asked me to let you know if I decide to frag my anemone. Thank you for suggesting a filet knife. A razor blade never could have made one clean cut.
Here is the link to the thread.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=8070512#post8070512
Thanks for your help,
Phil
Phil
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| Posted 9/4/2006 4:58:18 AM |
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| Saw your thread over on RC Phil. Very informative. I'm planning to frag my carpet in 2 weeks and this is just the kind of info I need. Please keep us posted of progress. Are you using anything extra in the tank now you have cut it, e.g. Iodine in case of infection? Also, I'm sure this has been covered before, but what is the difference between a Mertensi and a Gigantea (I can spot a Haddoni easily). I thought I had a Gigantea, but looking at your pics, it could be a Mertensi. Is it only the Mertensi that have the purple spots on the column? Looking forward to hearing of your continued success. Regards Matt
Matt
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| Posted 9/4/2006 12:12:57 PM |
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Hi Matt,
The spots on the underside of a gigantea are usually blue or purple and are resticted to the underside of the oral disk.
The spots on a merten's are orange and/or magenta and they go down the column and actually get more and more dense until the foot is almost completely red/orange.
Phil
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| Posted 9/4/2006 3:03:49 PM |
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| Thanks Phil. THat makes mine a Gigantea then. Matt
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| Posted 9/4/2006 11:01:58 PM |
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| kudos to you Phil! Regrets for the precious lost fishes aside, its a great thing you've done to make this thread and take the time to post and repost/answer. Its not enough for the commercial coral and anemone farmers to tell folks they chance meet "yeah... just cut the in half"  Most of these such folks are too busy (or not interested) in heavy message board activity. And the few other nerds like myself that do post or preach anemone propagation have our work cut out for us with (naturally) skeptics But its folks like you Phil and others that will take the time to detail the application that will make the difference! Perhaps more than any other cnidarian species collected for the hobby, anemones at large dearly(!) need our aquaculture and conservation efforts. Poor to dismal (import) shipping and (community aquarium) survivability aside... just the very sustainability (rates of recovery and natural fucundity) in the wild is pitiful. Truly pitiful. Anemones are one fo the very few areas that I have to admit the hobby is making a negative impact on the reef  But successful domestic aquaculture (starting with basement farmers and other cottage industry growers) can make that concern and others (shorter shipping... improved survivability, etc) go away nicely!
I can't thank you enough for sharing this my friend.
And to all/others... there is no physiological reason why you cannot divide this cnidarian (anemone) but you can cut others as you know (corallimorphs, octocorals, etc). I (and many others) have successfully cut every anemone known in the trade (though in my case excluding Heteractis magnifica... because I don't think it should be collected or used in the hobby at all... and must practice what I preach). Anemone prop candidates require the same conditions as propping corals... conditioning for months in advance (heavy feeding, no stress... never propagate in the tank or with newly moved specimens)... use water baths to purge mucus and exudates after slicing... and then good water quality of course to improve healing. So Phil... whadya say, buddy? another 12 weeks (good feeding) and make 4 anemones? Please?   Kudos again, my friend.
. Anthony Calfo
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