"Rumble-Stiltskin

[tripsied]

This is my new sebae anemone. Any feedback on the pic is appreciated!
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It's name is "Rumble"-stiltskin due to the fact that it hasn't really settled dow yet and has been "rumbling" around the tank. It's base is roughly 8 inches across so it's rather large.

Thanks for input!

 

[kyabk]

Wow thats great. I have been thinking about getting one. Do you know how long they live?

 

[Anonymous]

Impossible to tell, since anemone reproduction is weird anyway--when it splits into two anemones, are they both brand new? Is one the parent?

Some specimens have been thought to be upwards of 300 yrs old. 8O

 

[tripsied]

Sharkky,

That would be a pretty big anemone :lol: :lol: 8O 8O

 

[Anonymous]

Not necessarily. When an anemone splits, I don't think of each new clone as a brand new, age 0 anemone. I look at it as 2 clones of the old anemone, each as old as the previous. They're genetically identical, so it's not as simple as a parent-child relationship. Also, anemones don't grow continuously over time; they're much more dependent on water conditions, feeding, etc. My S. Gigantea will grow or shrink upwards of 6" over the course of any given month depending on how it's feeling, how much I've fed it, etc. When I give it a 4" tiger prawn shrimp, it'll actually shrink for a day or two by about 2", then expand about 4" past what it had been pre-feeding.