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unintentional maxi mini anemone propagation

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by violet21chewy, Jun 20, 2011.

  1. Jun 20, 2011 #1
    violet21chewy Des Moines area

    violet21chewy Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    I keep reading how many people are able to take a razor blade to their maxi mini's and cut them up to propagate.  I haven't had the nerve to try this....2 reasons....1)I'm afraid I will kill it and 2) I feel too bad.  I categorize anemones as "non-coral" and since these don't naturally split, taking a razor to them seems a bit inhumane. I see them as a whole entity vs a colony......I know...a little weird....
    Anyway I was arranging rock and one of my maxi mini's had gone behind a rock and attached to 2 separate rocks.  When I removed the top rock the other came along and fell and tore my maxi mini in 2. I have been watching it carefully and both are luckily healing.... I got lucky that they didn't get a bacterial infection and just melt with all the jagged tissue.
    Curious...what are all your thoughts on this propagation method?
     
  2. Jun 20, 2011 #2
    FishBrain New London

    FishBrain Expert Reefkeeper

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    I have just recently started collecting maxi mini's and have about 10 different kinds. Two weeks ago I decided to cut them all and out of 10 all of them lived but 2 so now I have 18 and they are almost back to normal. I just look at it like if something in nature comes along and eats half of it. It isn't a natural way for them to reproduce but is a way of living through a attack.
     
  3. Jun 20, 2011 #3
    adampottebaum

    adampottebaum Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Bill you might have better luck cutting one or two at a time, cutting them all at the same time probably caused some chemical warfare which didn't help. I would think a razor right through the center would work just fine, it always worked for my ricordeas when I propagated them.
     

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