Anemone Experiment
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Well... If I were to attempt such a thing, I'd cut them in half and then use a sterile towel to dry them a bit so that I could super glue the outsides a bit together as if I were stitching. Afterwards I'd put them in a smaller/tighter fit container so the superglue has time to take hold and at the same time the compact container will keep the fleshy parts in contact so that when they attempt to repair tissue, there is a possibility of them coming together.
I don't know how successful this will be but remember to send me the first one if you are successful
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I don't know how successful this will be but remember to send me the first one if you are successful
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@Frankenstein - won't work. Using Frankenstein in jest - not disrespect because that is what came to my mind has a read and wrote this - sorry. Save your time, energy, money, and anemone's life. I am not a biologist so take this with a grain of salt. I tend to believe it is an asexual reproduction, the split, and when they do they become new individuals. They each grow at that point. Some say asexual reproduction, others say stress, some say over feeding, some say the anemone's own mechanism for survival. I really don't know.
I do know I started with one. Over the course of a year it became two. Two later became three. Three then four, four was an even number I guess so a 5th joined the party. Someone must have had too much to drink at said party and a couple months later I noticed a 6th. At this point I have no idea what the heck is going on in my tank but it is too small (40 breeder) for that many anemone's so they pooled their money together and bought me a 240 gallon upgrade (true story - well, ok - maybe not but it sure sounds good).
Forcing a split, personally wouldn't recommend it, is one thing. Trying to sew or glue two jello super slimy things together is a setting a failure to launch before you can even begin your countdown to engine fire. Also on more thing is that anemones really are not that expensive these days so the return on investment isn't going to be worth your time. Even if you some how magically have success slapping a fancy name on something and trying to turn a buck won't happen.
Best of luck but I just can't see how it would happen based on what I've been through with mine.
Edit: I do think I get what you are trying to do. The thought of grafting fruit trees came to mind.
I do know I started with one. Over the course of a year it became two. Two later became three. Three then four, four was an even number I guess so a 5th joined the party. Someone must have had too much to drink at said party and a couple months later I noticed a 6th. At this point I have no idea what the heck is going on in my tank but it is too small (40 breeder) for that many anemone's so they pooled their money together and bought me a 240 gallon upgrade (true story - well, ok - maybe not but it sure sounds good).
Forcing a split, personally wouldn't recommend it, is one thing. Trying to sew or glue two jello super slimy things together is a setting a failure to launch before you can even begin your countdown to engine fire. Also on more thing is that anemones really are not that expensive these days so the return on investment isn't going to be worth your time. Even if you some how magically have success slapping a fancy name on something and trying to turn a buck won't happen.
Best of luck but I just can't see how it would happen based on what I've been through with mine.
Edit: I do think I get what you are trying to do. The thought of grafting fruit trees came to mind.
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Not disagreeing with what you said except for this... have you seen the listing Coral Collection? They have some pretty outrageous prices...
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I’d reiterate that it won’t work.
I’ve cut a few anemones, largely because I got them with partially damaged foot and to try. They’ll release a lot of slime and expel stinging cells over the next hour or so, you have to discard the water.
It’s been a while, but I think both closed immediately then tried to move within an hour. Then it takes about a week to heal...if you mess with it during healing it will likely die pretty quickly.
I’ve cut a few anemones, largely because I got them with partially damaged foot and to try. They’ll release a lot of slime and expel stinging cells over the next hour or so, you have to discard the water.
It’s been a while, but I think both closed immediately then tried to move within an hour. Then it takes about a week to heal...if you mess with it during healing it will likely die pretty quickly.
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You are right of course, yes. Some can command a higher price due to the color morph and/or patterns. For sure. In my mind I was thinking of prices years of old compared to today. But I do see your point and agree.
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Though, I certainly wouldn't risk slicing one of the high-end ones unless they split to tribble (old star trek time!) proportions ...and even then, I'd probably wouldn't either since I can sell them and offset the amount of money I throw into this obsession (way beyond hobby)
