Can only one flower anemone reproduce it self?

zheka757 · 08/19/2019, 07:24 PM

I was feeding acan corals today by turning flow down and as I feed them I spot small orange polyp. Kept on looking found 2 more Polyps in more shaded area of my frag tank. They look like same as my ultra rock flower anemone, and that's the only anemone I have in tank, But those polyps to small to tell for sure, about 1/4" in size

Uncle99 · 08/20/2019, 06:45 AM

Yup, normal, I find them underneath the adult

Uncle99 · 08/20/2019, 10:19 AM

But my understanding is ya need two, male and female

zheka757 · 08/20/2019, 10:35 AM

The concern I got is. I know i only have one anemone. I haven't seeing adult there for couple of months now.
And I'm not sure what I'm looking at. It was brite orange polyps that much I know. To small to even capture good on camera to show you guys.

Uncle99 · 08/20/2019, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by zheka757

The concern I got is. I know i only have one anemone. I haven't seeing adult there for couple of months now.
And I'm not sure what I'm looking at. It was brite orange polyps that much I know. To small to even capture good on camera to show you guys.

They are excellent hiders!

billdogg · 08/25/2019, 09:30 AM

AFAIK, anemones can reproduce both sexually and asexually - i.e. by splitting. BTA's are especially good at this. I had a RBTA many years ago that just up and disappeared one day. Several months later they began to appear. My one had become 7 or 8 while hiding behind the rocks.

08/19/2019, 07:24 PM	#1
zheka757 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: North Port Florida Posts: 283	Can only one flower anemone reproduce it self? I was feeding acan corals today by turning flow down and as I feed them I spot small orange polyp. Kept on looking found 2 more Polyps in more shaded area of my frag tank. They look like same as my ultra rock flower anemone, and that's the only anemone I have in tank, But those polyps to small to tell for sure, about 1/4" in size

08/25/2019, 09:30 AM	#6
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	AFAIK, anemones can reproduce both sexually and asexually - i.e. by splitting. BTA's are especially good at this. I had a RBTA many years ago that just up and disappeared one day. Several months later they began to appear. My one had become 7 or 8 while hiding behind the rocks. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

08/20/2019, 06:45 AM	#2
Uncle99 Crab Free Zone Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,906	Yup, normal, I find them underneath the adult

08/20/2019, 10:19 AM	#3
Uncle99 Crab Free Zone Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,906	But my understanding is ya need two, male and female

08/20/2019, 10:35 AM	#4
zheka757 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: North Port Florida Posts: 283	The concern I got is. I know i only have one anemone. I haven't seeing adult there for couple of months now. And I'm not sure what I'm looking at. It was brite orange polyps that much I know. To small to even capture good on camera to show you guys.