Propagating your riterri/magnifica anemone

[BKTruong]

Please share your experiences as mine is out sizing my rank

Please, this is not a ethical thread thanks

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[D-Nak]

Let it split naturally or prepare for one or both sides to die if you force propitiate it.

[BKTruong]

I know this is why I made the thread to hear people's experiences thanks


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[davocean]

I don't think you will see many people's actual experience as not many have or would do this.
I could never do it myself personally, if you do, post results, and if that does not seem viable I am in socal w/ a nifty mag home ready for that beauty!

[D-Nak]

Whooops, sorry, I wasn't done with my response. I was waiting at the dentist office and started my response and didn't mean to send it.

I had a mag that split naturally. It was almost done splitting completely but then stopped. I ended up cutting the two nems apart. I think they will split when stressed, like BTAs.

However, I also think that like some BTAs, individual mags are either male or female, or they're the colonial type. If they are male or female, splitting them will kill either one side or both. If they're colonial, then force propagation should be fine. The problem is that there's no way to tell the difference.

I remember only one story of force propagation of a mag and it was actually a guy local to me. IIRC, one side made it and the other side didn't.

As davocean said, once people have healthy mags -- which in itself is still rather rare -- they don't dare trying to cut them, so finding a success or failure story will be tough.

All that said, I believe it is possible to do. I just fall into the category of never doing it myself.

[davocean]

Agree, and I'll add to that I also agree w/ stress splits, as I had a mag going through cipro treatment that started to split, but did not complete.

My best guess is maybe it was getting better in treatment and stopped, it really looked like it was going to make it, but it just seemed in limbo, sadly did not survive.

[Kinetic]

Didn't Vivid successfully cut theirs in half? They lost the mags at some point due to some other failure later on, but the propagation was successful.

[Pinkskunk]

If i were you, i would not try to split it. instead i would upgrade my tank. a mag like that is very very rare so i would not risk it.

[Reefvette]

There is only one person and one place i have seen have regular success with propogating Magnifica.

Atlantis Aquarium is long island.

They also have had there magnificas for at least 5-10 years. in a huge stable system.

I would advise against it.

[dieselkeeper]

Originally Posted by Pinkskunk

If i were you, i would not try to split it. instead i would upgrade my tank. a mag like that is very very rare so i would not risk it.

I would agree with above statement. I have one in a 40 gal. It is 10 inches across. I just got a 90 gal just for the mag. I plan on possible having other carpets as well one day.

[D-Nak]

Originally Posted by Kinetic

Didn't Vivid successfully cut theirs in half? They lost the mags at some point due to some other failure later on, but the propagation was successful.

I remember that. We can say that they did successfully cut it in half (in the tank!). but both sides later died a few months later, so we'll never know about long term success. I wouldn't consider it a successful propagation. I'd need at least 6 months in order to call it a success.



You'll see in the comments that they said both halves died...

"They lived for four months and ate out of their new mouths actually. But a new employee did water change and left them above water line too long and stressed them out and died. Was mad and sad about it since it was preventable but we can only move forward and learn."

Unfortunately I don't buy this story because unless they left them say, overnight, a water change shouldn't cause too much stress. They're commonly exposed for hours during low tide.

[davocean]

I was just going to say, sounds like they pinned blame on new guy rather than owning up to possible complications from a forced split.

I've seen many pics of mags exposed on bright sunny hot reefs half a day on low tide.
They can hold their own water for quite a long time.

[Kinetic]

Ah good find D-Nak!

It does seem reasonable that a healthy mag would do fine above water during a water change. But we'll never know!

[OrionN]

There is this thread:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ight=magnifica

[davocean]

Originally Posted by Kinetic

Ah good find D-Nak!

It does seem reasonable that a healthy mag would do fine above water during a water change. But we'll never know!

My mag sits high and dry on every WC, and there are pics of reefs w/ tons of mags doing just the same.

Most educated vendors ship them in almost no water at all, just enough to keep them wet, as they hold their own for a long time.

[pfan151]

Originally Posted by BKTruong

Please share your experiences as mine is out sizing my rank

Please, this is not a ethical thread thanks

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Wow. I can’t help you on cutting but that is an incredible looking mag. Been searching for one like that for about two years. I have a nice one but yours definitely beats it. I’d not take a chance on losing that guy by cutting. I am of the belief that there are 2 types of mags. One type will split naturally and the other type just grows into beasts. Just a theory though