How can I get anemone too split ??

[Jason mack]

Hi fellow reefers ..
this is my magnificent anemone, it's hard too judge from the photo .. but this fellow is about 4x the size of my hand .. I would love too get him too split .. I had read somewhere feed them 4 x daily mysis shrimp .. for a week or so .. would this work .. or is there another method .. he's almost too big for my current tank now .. any advice or suggestions would be appreciated
Thanks .

 

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Very sharp cutting instrument.

 

[reefaland310]

When I had mine in a bucket when I was doing an upgrade for a couple hours soon as I put him in the new tank he split the next day probably due to the temperature change

 

[Jason mack]

Very sharp cutting instrument.

Yes I've seen videos of this on YouTube .. but I'd rather not do this .. it seems a cruel thing too do ..

 

[Jason mack]

When I had mine in a bucket when I was doing an upgrade for a couple hours soon as I put him in the new tank he split the next day probably due to the temperature change

Aaaahhh nice I will also be doing an upgrade in a few weeks my new 90g is cycling now .. so maybe this could happen for me .. I hope so

 

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They don't have a central nerve system so they can't feel pain. it's not cruel.

Yes I've seen videos of this on YouTube .. but I'd rather not do this .. it seems a cruel thing too do ..

 

[Mpierce]

You can try feeding it more, sometimes that will make it split. I used to give mine chunks of raw deveined shrimp and it would split pretty often, I had like 7 at one point.

 

[cromag27 Verified Sponsor]

Over feeding and forced stress are not scientific methods. one could say that's even more cruel than cutting.

 

[Mpierce]

I was not suggesting "over feeding". Just offering it some more food. Some people never feed them, In general I never did unless I was trying to get a split.

 

[cromag27 Verified Sponsor]

Scientists still know very little about anemones. there's no explanation as to why they split or when they decide to split. I believe various methods can differ from strain to strain. There's always a downside to every method, so that has to be weighed. overfeeding is worth a shot. drastic environmental changes like tank temp and salinity are never recommended because it can impact other living creatures in the tank.

 

[Jason mack]

I feed mine once a week I feed frozen muscles (thawed first obviously).. also when I upgrade the temp and salinity will be the same .. only difference will be my new lights ..which I will also acclimatize all my corals too slowly

 

[aabjones888]

I know they don't like change. Whenever I wanted my nems to split I would dump my 2 part right into the aquarium over where the nems were and soon or later they would split. It's prolly more from stress related but I never lost any from doing this.

 

[94Roarge]

I got mine from a friend when theirs split, but mind hasn't split. I feed it either every day or every other day. Never more than it can eat unless I know my porcelain crabs will want some of it [emoji14]