Zack
Fri, 17th Oct 2014, 03:19 PM
After a few months of waiting, I finally received my Sherman anemone from an ARC user! It was beautiful, and I wanted to help bring this species into San Antonio. After doing some research, I decided to do daily feelings and large weekly water changes to induce a split. I started three weeks ago and after a pretty tame three weeks, we finally have results!
First, a quick info about Sherman's:
Deep deep red color
It is a rose bubble tip, but it rarely bubbles
Very very very hardy anemone
Splits very often. Sometimes up to 8 times a year. I had one that split 4 times in 8 months.
So here's what happened.
Yesterday evening was pretty normal, with the exception that my Sherman began moving. It moved behind the big rock in my tank and deflated. I checked my levels and my nitrates were a smidge high but nothing out the ordinary. My water changes are on Fridays so wasn't too worried about it. For a few hours it just sat there deflated. I left to eat and came back to this around 830 or so.
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Good to see it was inflating but I was still a little worried. I decided to keep the lights on and attempt to feed it. No dice, didn't want the food. A few hours later, here's where we're at:
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It had began inflating more fuller. Still a little concerned so I stayed up and watched it. It began spreading itself between the big rock and the supporting one behind it. Finally, this happened:
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30 minutes or so later:
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And this morning!
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First, a quick info about Sherman's:
Deep deep red color
It is a rose bubble tip, but it rarely bubbles
Very very very hardy anemone
Splits very often. Sometimes up to 8 times a year. I had one that split 4 times in 8 months.
So here's what happened.
Yesterday evening was pretty normal, with the exception that my Sherman began moving. It moved behind the big rock in my tank and deflated. I checked my levels and my nitrates were a smidge high but nothing out the ordinary. My water changes are on Fridays so wasn't too worried about it. For a few hours it just sat there deflated. I left to eat and came back to this around 830 or so.
25344
Good to see it was inflating but I was still a little worried. I decided to keep the lights on and attempt to feed it. No dice, didn't want the food. A few hours later, here's where we're at:
25345
It had began inflating more fuller. Still a little concerned so I stayed up and watched it. It began spreading itself between the big rock and the supporting one behind it. Finally, this happened:
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30 minutes or so later:
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And this morning!
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