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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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