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severed anemone tentacle
still alive? 9/25/08
Hi folks,
This is my first question, although I've been reading and
learning from your site for several months now. I have had freshwater
aquariums off and on for maybe 25 years, but I'm on my first marine
setup - it's been up for about 2 years now. It's on the small side - a
30 gallon tank with about 25 lb. of live rock, one yellowtail damsel, a
Condylactis anemone, and a beautiful pair of tank-bred Clarkii clowns
that host in the anemone.
I've had the anemone in my tank for about
10 months now. About two weeks ago it got itself tangled up in the
slotted intake cover of one of my filters. This had happened once or
twice before with no apparent harm - I just turned off the filter and
let the anemone deflate itself and pull its tentacles back out.
<Good>
This time, a couple of the tentacles seemed to be stubbier
than they were before, so I assume that they were broken off when the
anemone pulled itself free. Thankfully, the anemone does not seem to be
adversely affected by the injury as far as I can tell.
Now the plot
thickens: yesterday I noticed an inch-long section of tentacle lying on
the bottom of the tank, and it appears to still be alive (inflated with
water, same color as the anemone). Should I remove the tentacle?
<Yes, I would>
Is there a chance that it may grow a new body, or will
it eventually die?
<The latter... though Actinarians/Anemones are
noted for "powers of regeneration", reproduction via scission, this
usually calls for part of the basal disc being involved. I have not
heard/read of tentacles re-growing a specimen.>
Thanks in advance for
your advice,
-Ben
<Bob Fenner>
Splitting Condy Concern
Very important question for you. I have this Condy anemone and it
seems to have split overnight is it ok???
<Without a picture I cannot be certain, although it sounds like your anemone
has reproduced asexually. Provided it's in a good environment, it should recover
just fine. You shouldn't worry about it unless the clone moves towards
neighboring corals.>
how do i help it
<Observe it for several weeks and watch its overall condition. Feeding it
krill, squid, shrimp, or other meaty foods will help benefit the anemone.>
also how does this happen/ why???
<Asexual reproduction is common in some species of anemone- it's a way to
make an exact copy of the original anemone as its offspring.>
thanks for your help
<No problem. Keep in mind that a picture of the anemone would really help in
this situation, as I cannot be completely sure that the anemone is asexually
reproducing. If you can take a picture of the anemone and send it to us it would
help out a lot. Take Care, Graham.>
Thomas Wood
Help! (Atlantic Anemone spawning event?)
My name is Ray, I live in Tucson, Arizona. I have a saltwater fish tank. I
have two CONDYLACTIS in my tank as well as many other fish and corals etc. Well
both of my Condy tonight had a stringy spider web type of substance coming out
of them. Inside the stringy substance there appeared to be thousands of white
granules (they looked like eggs). Because of the powerheads, it looked like it
was snowing in my tank. All of the fish were going nuts eating the granules.....
What happened??? Were they eggs? If so, what do I do?
<Perhaps these were reproductive products. Not much to do at this point but keep
a close eye on your livestock. Bob Fenner>
Ray Chapman
Toxic spawn? 3/14/03
Quick question about a Condylactis (sp) anemone...last night. seemed to be
spewing out a murky film. with in 10 minutes all the fish were dead!. they were
floating upside down as I was trying to do an emergency water change...but no
luck... they all died as well as 2 cleaner shrimps/banded shrimp as well...all
snails and other critters are fine...the tank is 3 years old and had
been totally fine until last night. these were all original inhabitants of the
tank. fish/anemone. everything was added together. I thought the anemone was
dieing ..looked all deflated etc.. but this morning it is fine. inflated to
regular size...which is huge! the foot is close to 3 inched across...but seemed
to have the same murky film coming from its mouth. although not as much as last
night...water is cloudy as well. another water change today...any ideas?. there
is no foul smell coming from the tank or anemone...all water param's are
fine...weekly changes etc...I am stumped/bummed out...any ideas? Thanks guys
Pete
<the first thing that comes to mind is a reproductive act where the gametes
were toxic. "Toxic eggs" are rather common among reef
invertebrates...a sensible evolutionary strategy. In the wild they are simply
noxious in the vast expanse of seawater and dissuade most predators from eating
them by taste. In a closed aquarium, however, merely "noxious" can
become "fatal". Just a guess... it is a bit odd that all but the
anemone died. You can rule out a pathogen too as both inverts (shrimp) and
fishes died and diseases are almost never shared between the
groups. My regrets, bud. If its any consolation, such events are rare
in captivity. But continue to do several large water changes (25-50%) in the
next week and use chemical filtration media heavily (carbon/Polyfilters).
Kindly, Anthony>
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