ECC Nexus Burst Grafted Anemone available

[A Reef Creation Verified Sponsor]

We have our first ECC Nexus Burst Anemone available. This is a grafted Bubble Tip Anemone. These nems are the first grafted anemones we have ever seen so we had to have one.
we purchased a nice 50/50 colored one from wholesaler Eye Catching Corals in Vienna, Ohio in late Summer of 2020.
here’s a couple photos of our mother

And here is our first offspring available.


https://shop.areefcreation.com/collections/wysiwyg/products/ecc-nexus-burst-bta

 

[Lovefish77]

Is this for real? Never saw a grafted anemone.

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Yeah I thought I read that the nexus burst was natural. And the splits sometimes are all green or all color or both

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Nexus Burst Anemones from Eye Catching Coral | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

The Nexus Burst Bubble Tip Anemone is an exciting new strain of Entacmea quadricolor that is set to rekindle the hype for aquarium anemones. This very wild lineage of bubble tip anemone is partially…

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[Lovefish77]

If it is natural that makes sense as it is very hard to graft anemones like that by hobbyists.

 

[Lollipop]

well this makes me thinking about another half a person is grafted to a half me. chill

 

[Nam]

How much ? Plz pm

 

[DaneGer21]

Not sure I’d call it a graft. Maybe a color morph?

 

[MSarro27]

 

[Tired]

"Graft" seems like it would imply that it was done intentionally. I'd call this a chimera.

No, seriously. The term for an organism that has parts containing two separate sets of DNA, like this, is "chimera". Like the mythological creature. For some particularly cool animals, look up "gynandromorph bird" or "gynandromorph butterfly". That's the term for a chimera where the different components are different sexes. Animals with strong sexual dimorphism, like some birds and butterflies (think cardinals), make spectacular gynandromorphs.

Cool that this is a kind of anemone that splits. I've seen chimera RFAs, but those don't split, so aren't likely to have chimera offspring.

 

[A Reef Creation Verified Sponsor]

"Graft" seems like it would imply that it was done intentionally. I'd call this a chimera.

No, seriously. The term for an organism that has parts containing two separate sets of DNA, like this, is "chimera". Like the mythological creature. For some particularly cool animals, look up "gynandromorph bird" or "gynandromorph butterfly". That's the term for a chimera where the different components are different sexes. Animals with strong sexual dimorphism, like some birds and butterflies (think cardinals), make spectacular gynandromorphs.

Cool that this is a kind of anemone that splits. I've seen chimera RFAs, but those don't split, so aren't likely to have chimera offspring.

I think you are correct in that the NEXUS is more likely a Chimera than a true Graft. Jim of Eye Catching Coral never referred to this anemone as a graft and neither did Jake Adams in the article posted in this thread above. I added it here to help show the uniqueness of this anemone but maybe the term was too loosely used.
My apologies for that.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Sold!
Thanks Randy!

 

[ADAM]

Sold!
Thanks Randy!

 

[Leslie Tabor]

Yeah I thought I read that the nexus burst was natural. And the splits sometimes are all green or all color or both

If you read the Reef Builders article, the actual Nexus Burst are natural, NOT grafted. I am very confused by this seller.

 

[Lovefish77]

What is really interesting in this specimen is that the color transition from green to orange is razor sharp like a perfect cut or a perfect straight line. With most marine organisms (coral, fish, clams, ...) the color change is more gradient and the transition is rather smooth. But that is not the case with this nem.

 

[Lovefish77]

Just curious about the source of this anemone in the wild (which ocean, region..etc). Whenever i try to do a google search on this anemone morph it just takes me to the sellers of this variety! I mean some marine bioligist must have came across or documented this color variety in the wild, right?
Anyone knows where they came from? I read a supplier somewhere in Florida had a few and then people/wholesalers started buying and voila they are starting to spread.
What is really strange is the fluorescent protein in the foot, i am not a nem export (as i only kept black widows successfully) but i read and saw a lot of other nems, and non of them have that florescent foot! The webbing and the speckles on the tentacles look like a bubble tip black widow/Sherman. But the color transition in the tentacles still have me going in circles and i keep searching
Will keep you guys posted if i find anything.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

I will keep you all updated on the Growth and coloration of this nem. I look forward to adding it to my amazing collection.

 

[A Reef Creation Verified Sponsor]

If you read the Reef Builders article, the actual Nexus Burst are natural, NOT grafted. I am very confused by this seller.

If you read my response in post #11 it should help you understand better.

 

[abbypoodle]

Eye Catching Coral had these a while back and Live Aquaria Divers Den even had one. They are smaller and look pretty amazing!

 

[abbypoodle]

We need a chimera thread for clams, anemones and lobsters. Who knows what other chimeras are out there!!!