is my lta splitting?

[mr_bill]

Originally Posted by djmx2002
bump.... is it bad? or is it ok?
Do you mean, is it an ok anemone to have? I have one and they are very good as far as lighting requirments. On the bad side... they are fish eaters, and do not readily host fish although mine does.

 

[djmx2002]

:notsure: just one last comment....
i don't believe that this is a tenticle that got ripped off...
this thing is almost at the bottom of the leg.... and it just apeared recently....
i am really confused now

 

[clown123]

YEA THEY DO THAT I HAD 1 THAT DID THAT ALSO! oops sor for the caps!

 

[thomas712]

Sexes are generally separate in sea anemones. The typical reproductive pattern is one where both sexes spawn into the sea where fertilization occurs. Within a few days of fertilization, a swimming motile larva called a planula is formed. Depending on the species, the larva may or may not feed. Eventually the larvae will metamorphose into a small sea anemone and take up existence in the benthic environment. Asexual reproduction is common in some anemones, including the bulb tipped anemone, Enatacmaea quadricolor, which may reproduce by splitting into two or more clonal descendants. Such cloning is absent or very rare in other host sea anemones. Unfortunately there really isn't any good data on each species with regards to reproduction. We know that the E. Quad can be a prolific splitter, and many of the mushroom's and ricordia's do this as well. Some may even move and leave a piece of themselves behind which become an anemone. From my limited understanding of most of the hosting style anemones it usually takes something stressful or traumatic for this to happen. But that's not to say that it is impossible.
According to one article that I read "Proceedings of IUCN/WCPA-EA-4 Taipei Conference March 18-23, 2002, Taipei, Taiwan" Conylactis anemones were capable of sexual and asexual reproduction.
Thomas