Dien & Kris's RBTA Prop Station

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Well I've been thinking about doing this for a while but time and space was always in the way. When I saw a tank go up for sale I liked I then asked Kris if he would house it and we would do this together. Got the tank in October from a fellow member and slowly set it up and let it cycle. We then took water from my tank and Kris's along with live rock from my tank to kick start the system.

Shortly after we removed one of my RBTAs from my display. What I didn't realize though was that we picked out the biggest one. When fully open it's a good 10" across at least.

System Specs:
Oceanic 30G Cube and Stand
Mag 5 Return Pump
175W MH Pendant
1" Overflow with dual returns
3-sided acrylic box in the middle for containment after the cut
Smooth and flat Fiji/Tonga with no holes for easy removal

We've been feeding the anemone a few pieces of krill each day for over a week now. So we figured it was about time to start our little project. Tongith we cut it open. One issue was that it was ppretty limp/smushy. Couldn't get it aligned properly for a nice cut of the foot and mouth. The foot kept sliding a certain direction so we concentrated ont he mouth and guessed about the foot.

Kris did the cutting and the razor was pretty sharp but the anemone looked ragged after cutting it. We may try to find another knife of sorts for the next cut. Before the first cut we were tempted to cut it into four due to its size, but since the foot didn't cooperate too well and the cut looked ragged we thought we should give it a rest.

We plan on adding in some carbon tomorrow and doing a partial water change. There is no filtration on the tank besides live rock.

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Yee-ouch! After looking at them tonight, I think they will both heal fine though. Both halves are moving and still have that ridiculously red color still so we'll see what happens.



P.S.- I want your camera. :wink:
 
Uhoh! Competition! :wink:

I'll be very interested to see how this goes! How long did ya'll wait between adding the anemone to the tank and cutting it?
 
The power head is not running full time. Actually it is just there if we need assistance getting an anemone off of a rock. It is only plugged in if need be.

The anemone has been in the tank now for about 3-4 weeks and is fed generously daily except for today (day of cutting).
 
@bobber3 wrote:
Wouldnt a really good pair of scissors work better then an exacto knife??? said:
According to Anthony Calfo, no... The "pinching" action of the scissors would injure more flesh than just a really really sharp knife does...
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Something with a long blade like a filet knife works the best. The longer blade can more easily slice through in one pass. Too short of a blade may require a type of sawing motion.
 
All I can say is [WOW!!! ]

I talked to Kris tonight and he said one is out and doing good and the other one is still in hidding.

Matt
 
one of the ones from the first cut died

right after new years we cut the surivor and thought we were screwed since we cut it 20/80 but to our surpise both are doing well and eating

hopefully next week we'll try another cut
 
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