Need Help with Anemone

[Coinzmans Reef]

I have had this Anemone since the beginning 3+ years and she has grown to 16" with no signs of stopping. I have tried once to remove her before but my OG clown fish went on suicide watch. The Nem has split once and passed eggs once. For the last year and a half all she does is grow. I have tried feeding her every day for a week to see if she would split but she just got bigger.
I really need to have her split as Nemo and I are very fond of her however the surrounding corals are not happy with her home invasions. I don't want to cut her for fear she might perish. I would prefer a stress split over cutting. How can I get the Nem to split? Will placing her in a 10 gallon tank with new water and no light do the trick? I have heard Po4 addition to the new tank might work. Any thoughts or success stories would be appreciated.



525 liter

Salfin is 6"

 

[Saltyreef]

I have had this Anemone since the beginning 3+ years and she has grown to 16" with no signs of stopping. I have tried once to remove her before but my OG clown fish went on suicide watch. The Nem has split once and passed eggs once. For the last year and a half all she does is grow. I have tried feeding her every day for a week to see if she would split but she just got bigger.
I really need to have her split as Nemo and I are very fond of her however the surrounding corals are not happy with her home invasions. I don't want to cut her for fear she might perish. I would prefer a stress split over cutting. How can I get the Nem to split? Will placing her in a 10 gallon tank with new water and no light do the trick? I have heard Po4 addition to the new tank might work. Any thoughts or success stories would be appreciated.

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I only had my rose split when in super high light, or ovefeeding. It split from the stress on multiple occasions.

 

[Jekyl]

Changing the coloration or intensity of lighting has caused splits in my nems.

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Any tips guys?

 

[Sleeping Giant]

try over feeding

 

[Jekyl]

try over feeding

Careful with this. Anemone don't have a very fast or efficient digestive system. Large pieces can cause issues.

 

[Coinzmans Reef]

I only had my rose split when in super high light, or ovefeeding. It split from the stress on multiple occasions.

She loves the light. She gets right to the top of the tank and basks in the four Reef Led 90's light and loves crazy flow, go figure. The only great thing is she never moves on her own.

 

[Coinzmans Reef]

I have tried twice to over feed and she only gets bigger. I used fresh shrimp pieces every day for a week each time.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I have tried twice to over feed and she only gets bigger

keep at it

 

[Coinzmans Reef]

Any thoughts on moving it to a new 10 gallon tank with new water and no light or low light for a time?

 

[Coinzmans Reef]

keep at it

Are you suggesting a longer duration two weeks or until she stops eating or splits. What food do you suggest cause clearly fresh shrimp is not doing it.

 

[Saltyreef]

Any thoughts on moving it to a new 10 gallon tank with new water and no light or low light for a time?

I wouldnt risk rehoming if it were me.

 

[Saltyreef]

Are you suggesting a longer duration two weeks or until she stops eating or splits. What food do you suggest cause clearly fresh shrimp is not doing it.

Whole silversides. And feed it right after it regurgitates and looks ready for more.

Your nem looks like it could eat a whole pack at once LOL.

 

[Coinzmans Reef]

I wouldnt risk rehoming if it were me.

I don't want to rehome just get it to stress split so I can add one part back to the DT and give the clone away.

 

[Saltyreef]

I don't want to rehome just get it to stress split so I can add one part back to the DT and give the clone away.

If its made into an established holding tank it should be fine. Just blast it with light too.

Fwiw everytime i get a new mushroom or nem i place it in a dish high up in my tank and it always splits.

This is how i was getting my OG bounce to split every month.

High light coupled with stress from new enviornment....

 

[Coinzmans Reef]

The Nem finally split after turning the whites down from 65% to 45% to 25% Each turn down lasted around four weeks before she split.

 

[Coinzmans Reef]

Update,

After the split I removed the larger one to the sump floating in a colander with light and added some extra flow. I was letting him heal and feeding twice a week. I was on my way to bring him to the LFS today as they have a large Nem and Nemo display tank, however I noticed he is well underway of splitting again.

Go figure, at least I know how to get him to split now going forward.

all the advice has been appreciated, thank you.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

good luck