DaddyMav
11/05/2012, 09:40 PM
My main question is, has anyone ever had a bubble tip anemone regenerate from a shred of another one?
I've noticed an anemone in my tank about 4 months ago. Actually I noticed about 5 of them all at once. They were all really tiny and some were moving around the tank so I figured that they were probably Majanos and I killed off all of them that I could find except for one. There was one that was pretty much seperated from everything and didn't move around at all. Since it would shine so brightly under my actinics, I decided to keep him and just pay close attention to him if he split or moved.
Fast forward to now. That same little anemone is still around and kicking. He's actually grown to about 4x his original size and he's starting to look alot like a GBTA. Right now he's about 3/4" diameter on the oral disc and maybe 1" tall. The tentacles seem to have a bit of a bubble on their tips and he looks like he just got a second row of tentacles that grew in behind the first.
The reason I'm asking about the ability to grow back is the fact that about a month before they showed up, I had a GBTA that was destroyed by my koralia powerhead. Besides this little guy and the other 4 that I killed off, I haven't seen any other pests in my tank and I know it can't just be spontaneous generation.
Any ideas or experience with this?
I've noticed an anemone in my tank about 4 months ago. Actually I noticed about 5 of them all at once. They were all really tiny and some were moving around the tank so I figured that they were probably Majanos and I killed off all of them that I could find except for one. There was one that was pretty much seperated from everything and didn't move around at all. Since it would shine so brightly under my actinics, I decided to keep him and just pay close attention to him if he split or moved.
Fast forward to now. That same little anemone is still around and kicking. He's actually grown to about 4x his original size and he's starting to look alot like a GBTA. Right now he's about 3/4" diameter on the oral disc and maybe 1" tall. The tentacles seem to have a bit of a bubble on their tips and he looks like he just got a second row of tentacles that grew in behind the first.
The reason I'm asking about the ability to grow back is the fact that about a month before they showed up, I had a GBTA that was destroyed by my koralia powerhead. Besides this little guy and the other 4 that I killed off, I haven't seen any other pests in my tank and I know it can't just be spontaneous generation.
Any ideas or experience with this?