Who wants to play Name That Anenomie?
- Thread starter dj.simpson
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I'm trying to keep cold water creatures because that's what I can collect locally. (Melbourne, Australia)
Everything seems to be able to tolerate the 23degree temp, except the seaweed.
In 6 weeks the 5 adult mcNugget-sized ones have spawned an army of at least 75 ant-sized minions.
The other creatures don't seem to mind them.
Everything seems to be able to tolerate the 23degree temp, except the seaweed.
In 6 weeks the 5 adult mcNugget-sized ones have spawned an army of at least 75 ant-sized minions.
The other creatures don't seem to mind them.
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dj.simpson":viwfsqql said:
You're in Melbourne? Man, those are some very very desirable anemones over on this side of the world. I am told they are very common down there but the freight costs to ship something from your part of the world to our part of the world overnight make everything terribly expensive.
They are called Waratah anemones, and I don't know if I've ever heard of them reproducing quite that fast in someone's tank. Very cool!
http://www.scuba-equipment-usa.com/marine/DEC04/Waratah_Anemone(Actinia_tenebrosa).html
I am lucky to live right across from a beautiful beach where I can stock up on as many creatures I can find. Not to mention an endless supply of clean sea water. I change 25% water per month (good exercise) and run with a minimum of filtration, I have a bed of mussels for that and a deep live sand bed seething with biomass for nitrate removal. Essentially I've tried to recreate 250ltrs of an actual marine ecosystem. Funny thing is that these red anenomies were the first things to go into the tank and were originally slated to be decoration, but I soon discovered that they have a will of their own. They wander around the tank (sometimes they hitch a ride on an abalone or snail) looking for the ideal feeding spot in the currents. When they are real happy there is a ring of brilliant blue spots around the mouth. I must be doing something right because they are spreading like a rash, there is at least 14 fleeing from womb in the shot below...
As for the puffer, the giant blue eyes and huge smiley mouth have me convinced she is a female. I call her Bubbles, she cheerily fluffs around the tank all day with that funny look on her face. The really amazing thing about her is that her skin changes colour! Not right away, but at night her spots are dark like cheeta spots, but during the day she turns a mostly sandy colour.
A mate and I caught her in a net one night, blew up to the size of a tennis ball!
As for the puffer, the giant blue eyes and huge smiley mouth have me convinced she is a female. I call her Bubbles, she cheerily fluffs around the tank all day with that funny look on her face. The really amazing thing about her is that her skin changes colour! Not right away, but at night her spots are dark like cheeta spots, but during the day she turns a mostly sandy colour.
A mate and I caught her in a net one night, blew up to the size of a tennis ball!
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FWIW, those anenomes are really common out here too (East coast, S.Africa). I had some get into my other tank on some brown mussels I was keeping in the sump to keep them fresh, they are a biatch to get rid of, something similar to aiptasia. IMHO anything that spreads that fast and kills fish needs to stay in the ocean, and out of a tank.
I also live on the ocean and have access to local species and endless sea water- its the best!
I also live on the ocean and have access to local species and endless sea water- its the best!
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