Majano for nutrient export?   2/25/19
Hello WWM! I wonder if you have ever heard of anyone using majano anemones in a refugium as a means of nutrient export, the way some people use Xenia?
<Oh yes; even Aiptasiids>
I'm curious if anyone has tried it and if it has any good potential. Would the majanos stay isolated in the refugium, or can they spit out planulae that can enter the main tank?
<Mmm; they fragment, don't know re successful planulation in captive systems>
Thanks for your input on this! I have tried researching but haven't found much info on this particular topic.
*Joanne White*
<I encourage you to write up your findings, speculations and submit them here, elsewhere for others edification. Bob Fenner>
Majano for nutrient export?   2/26/19
Hello Bob,
<Good morrow Joanne>
Thanks! I may just do that - this past weekend I acquired a majano-covered
rock from my wonderful LFS ("You want WHAT???").
<Hee hee>
They are set up in a species tank as I am interested in studying them. And I am also in the process of setting up a new tank with a refugium so why not try it?
<Sure>
Although a majano refugium will certainly be no good for exporting pods to the aquarium, LOL!
<Maybe; you'll soon see>
I have noticed over the past two days that a number of the majanos on my rock have "let go" and drifted to a new location in their aquarium.
Something to keep in mind in a refugium - make sure they can't escape!
<Generally bits and pieces is their mode of extending themselves in space and time in captive systems... pedal laceration, fission... being sucked into pumps and overflows!>
A number of aquarists have written about having one or several majanos in a tank for YEARS without them splitting or moving, so maybe this behavior is in response to either a) being placed in a new environment, and/or b) overcrowding (the rock is COVERED with them). Another thing for me to study!
<Ah yes; I suspect either dire or propitious circumstances brings on their adventitious behavior>
As a parting note, check this out:
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82072250.pdf  New Anemonia species discovered in Chile, Anemonia alicmartinae. Here are a few pics (hope they come through):
<Interesting. And yes; nice images>
*Joanne White*
<BobF>

Experimental Majano Tank Update!       5/7/19
Hello!
<Hey Joanne>
I told you a few months ago I would be giving you updates on my experimental majano tank, so here we go!
<Ah, good>
To recap: I was curious about possible uses for majano anemones so I set up a small (5 gallon) aquarium to study them a bit.
Tank equipment: water circulation pump, heater, LED reef light. That's it! No skimmers, no nothin'.
Infrastructure: approx. 1" sugar fine sand, several chunks of live rock Livestock: 1 damselfish, several blue leg hermit crabs, several Nerite snails, 1 small decorator crab, some red Gracilaria (added a few weeks ago), and, of course, MAJANOS!
The tank is fed generously once or twice a day. Normal water change schedule is maintained.
I have to say, this has been the easiest tank break-in ever! During the initial break in period, there was a very small diatom bloom, which lasted less than a week. Apart from that, there has been no algae blooms, no hair algae, no diatoms, no red slime, nothing. Just a clean looking, healthy tank. Meanwhile, a much larger (30 gallon) tank that was set up about the same time frame has gone through all of the above, and still battling Dinoflagellates. And that tank is much more lightly fed than the majano tank.
The majanos originally came crowded on a piece of live rock. Since introducing them to the tank they have spread out, but it doesn't seem that they have actually increased in number. They were kind of overcrowded on the piece of rock and so many of them just detached and settled elsewhere in the tank.
<Mmm>
They have not caused any trouble at all for the other tank inhabitants.
Of course there are no other corals, anemones, etc. in there, but the damselfish and other inverts are just fine. In fact they are probably in more danger from the damsel than the other way around, as the damsel likes to rearrange the sand and often dumps sand on the rocks (and over the majanos).
I am planning on moving the group to a 20 gallon long tank in the near future. I'd like to see how things go in a larger setup. Also it will be a good place to keep some critters that I really like but that don't
belong in a reef tank. I could call the tank "Bullies of the Sea", or "Tiny Terrors of the Deep", or some such, LOL.
I just set up a refugium on the other tank mentioned above (the one that has gone through all the various outbreaks). I am SERIOUSLY thinking of adding some of the majanos to the refugium.
<Yes I would. Have seen, read of folks using Glass/Aiptasia Anemones in such a way>
Main thing I am worried about there is that I want to refugium to supply the tank with pods, etc., and I'm not sure if they will get eaten by the majanos or what.
<Some will assuredly>
If I can figure some way of confining the majanos to just a portion of the refugium it might work. Or maybe just build a layer of loosely stacked pieces of live rock at least 3 or 4 inches deep. I'm guessing the majanos will stay at the top of the rock and sides of the refugium to get enough light, and the lower sections of the rocks will be a true refuge for the pods and other critters.
So that's where we are now. I'll see what develops once the group is transferred to the 20 gallon.
*Joanne White*
<Thank you for this update, input. Bob Fenner>

Majano?      4/28/18
Hi! I purchased some Zoanthids from a friend who was dismantling and were impressed how healthy they had become. After feeling them I wondered if these are the Majano Anemone.
<Appear to be; yes. Please read here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/anemoniafaqs.htm
and the linked Anemonia FAQs files above>
They are confined to their original rock at the moment and don’t appear to be hurting my bubble or Xenia. Should I get them out of there?
<Mmm; if they were mine; I'd leave as is. Unless they become too numerous, I find these animals to be beautiful; good to keep>
I appreciate your site so much. I’ve not found a better site for FAQ
Respectfully
Marcia
<Thank you for sharing. Bob Fenner>