Anyone looking for a bta?

[mtfatwork]

I had one that was about 14" in diameter and couldn't seem to get comfortable in the tank. Tonight I cut it in half. It is green with purple tips. I was just checking to see if anyone is looking for one, as I now have a good sized extra. I will not sell it unless is it is healthy and healed to a point that I feel it is doing well, however, if it is looking good by this weekend, I can bring it to the frag swap if anyone wants it. I was thinking like $50? if that is fair. Both halves are about 6-8 inches.

Here is a before pic, coloring is off in the pic because the flash was on...



LMK if you are interested.
Mary

[schneijt]

For the record, those of you with anemones should note that cutting them in half is not a recommended method for splitting anemones. Many have tried this and killed perfectly healthy anemones, so try at your own risk. Personally, I beg you not to do this to perfectly healthy creatures. Mtfatwork, I hope your anemone(s) pull through, but I already have 2 anemones and can't possibly deal with a third. Good luck selling it.

-Joe

[borgy]

This is a beautiful anemone....well 2 now.

If no one snatches it up ... I may have to make a deal with you two. Dang, I think I'm addicted to deals!!!!

Keep me informed on how they are doing. See you Satuday

[mtfatwork]

they are doing great today.

[mtfatwork]

Many marine biologists, and experts on home reef keeping say that cutting them in half is actually less trauma to the creature than it tearing itself in half, although, I do not reccomend cutting anemone's to just anyone either. If done properly the success rate is very high, as long as you provide proper care for them while they heal. In that respect it is much like fragging a coral, there is always a chance that if you cut it up, it will die. Also, tank raised creatures are much hardier than wild caught, which is another reason to stick with tank raised whenever possible. However, if not for fragging corals, there would be not be many tank raised specimens available to the average hobbyist, which in turn, would put our coral reefs in greater danger than they are already in.


ahem...(cough)... (step down off my high horse)

[schneijt]

I had read in the past that cutting them was a poor way to try to "produce" anemones. Keep us posted with how yours heal up.

[mtfatwork]

As of today both look well, I am gonna wait another day or two and monitor their progress before I feed them.

[mtfatwork]

So when I got home last night One of the anemones had been wandering the tank looking for a good place to plant itself, when it got sucked up into one of the seio 820's. Needless to say there was tissue everywhere, cloudy tank, and all around not good. However, once the now quarter of the original anemone (the other half of the new guy was chewed up) was released from the seio, it retreated to its original home... I decided to let it be as I could not tell if the mouth was damaged or not (it has a good chance of making it if the mouth is not damaged beyond repair). When I got up this morning I searched the tank for him to see if he was still alive. To my surprise he found his new home on the back of a rock on the other end of the tank, and his tips were bubbled out nicely... Yeah! Looking good today all things concidered... but definitley still alive, and doing ok.

[pogodzib]

Two of us getting our anemone's sucked into a PH within a couple of weeks. What bad luck. I hope your recovers. Too bad all of mine got chewed up to where there wasn't any chucks larger than a nickel.