Author Topic: Any marine nano reefers here? (Read 844 times)

Gunthr · « **on:** December 28, 2004, 09:39:03 AM »

I just wanted to show off my Clarkii Clownfish being hosted by my Rose Bubble Tipped Anemone. The clown takes very good care of the anemone - he brings it food in return for protection among the stinging tenticles ...

hawker238 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2004, 09:48:47 AM »

I want to be the first to say tiny sea noodle'.

JB73 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 28, 2004, 10:13:28 AM »

what is the plural of noodle?

peni?

noodle'?

noodlees?

Masherbrum · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2004, 10:15:09 AM »

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Originally posted by JB73
what is the plural of noodle?

peni?

noodle'?

noodlees?

donuts?

Karaya

Gunthr · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2004, 10:16:10 AM »

geez, I thought it looked more like a lovely bouquet of nipples, or maybe hot colored and ribbed for her pleasure prophilactics

Flyboy · « **Reply #5 on:** December 28, 2004, 10:39:08 AM »

in one of my dives at shark bay (sinay) i saw a huge beutiful sea Anemone with 2 clown fish in it, by moving my hands towards the Anemone i got the clown fish to "attack" me and i got to pet him

clown fish, blow fish and morey eels have a distinct feeling of their skin (think its covered in slime or something) its the most smooth surface i ever touched.
althou touching a morey eel may not sound like a good idea, they rarely object, just need to know when to stop

i will look for pictures

EDIT: found them

check out this thread http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123388

Gunthr · « **Reply #6 on:** December 28, 2004, 10:48:27 AM »

pretty cool thing to see ... and quite interesting behavior. The slime on the clownfish develops properties over time that are similar to the anemone's slime - thus fooling the anemone into not stinging the clown because it doesn't recognise the clown as being different from itself.

Gunthr · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2004, 10:52:13 AM »

wow... beautiful photo. That anemone is also a Bubble Tipped Anemone. Sometimes, they get elongated and deflate the bubble tips for unknown reasons. Mine looks just like it at times.

Is that photo from the Red Sea?

NM - I just followed your link. Amazing photos! I don't know how I missed that thread. Well done. I'd love to dive there one day...

octospider0 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 28, 2004, 12:14:56 PM »

did you know an anemone has barbs on its tentacles and thats what the "sting" comes from? A healthy, happy anemone needs 24 hours to regenerate its barbs each time they touch somthing. The biggest reason most anemones die in captivity is due to over feeding because their barbs cant rejuvinate quickly enough.

In nature, anemones are considered almost immortal and can live hundreds of years but in an expierenced "reefers" tank the average life is under 5 years. No one can explain this. It is thought, that they derive some sort of nutrution in the wild that we are unable to provide.

I have an electric blue carpet anemone that is about 26" long and have had him for close to 3.5 years. Within the last year he has started to shrink much to my dismay.

Odi

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2004, 12:29:04 PM »

Used to have a salt water tank beofre we moved, it was a 65 gallon tank that myself and my step dad had been taking care of. Its a fresh water tank now. Maybe salt in the summer.

Went diving in Hawaii a few years back. Was amazing, such a difference from Lake Erie to swimming with sea turtles and fish the size of yourself.

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 28, 2004, 12:55:20 PM »

aaaaahhh Nemo

nemo..nemo..nemo...

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Gunthr · « **Reply #11 on:** December 28, 2004, 01:12:56 PM »

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In nature, anemones are considered almost immortal and can live hundreds of years but in an expierenced "reefers" tank the average life is under 5 years. No one can explain this. It is thought, that they derive some sort of nutrution in the wild that we are unable to provide.

Yes, I knew they are immortal - don't die in the wild as long as they get what they need. Interesting animal. My RBTA likes to wander around my tank occasionally, stinging my other inverts and corals as he goes. I'm hoping it will split soon because its starting to get a little too big. Sorry about your carpet's condition. I never had a carpet anemone because they get to big for my nano tank (29 gal with a 15 gal refugium growings pods, culerpa and chaetomorpha macroalgae.)

Gunthr · « **Reply #12 on:** December 28, 2004, 01:17:51 PM »

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Used to have a salt water tank beofre we moved, it was a 65 gallon tank that myself and my step dad had been taking care of. Its a fresh water tank now. Maybe salt in the summer.

Went diving in Hawaii a few years back. Was amazing, such a difference from Lake Erie to swimming with sea turtles and fish the size of yourself.

Yep. I learned to dive in the Great Lakes; Erie, Lake St. Clair, St. Clair river, Lake Michigan, and besides freezing your butt off, they're like deserts compared to the Caribbean Atlantic as far as amount and diversity of life. G'luck with your tank.

Mini D · « **Reply #13 on:** December 28, 2004, 01:18:39 PM »

OK... that's pretty cool. Salt water tanks have always been impressive to me, both in appearance and amount of work required for upkeep.

AWMac · « **Reply #14 on:** December 28, 2004, 01:19:56 PM »

C'mon I wanna see Gunthr in a pic kissin a Morey Eel on the lips.

You can do it Gunthr...Just look the Morey in the eye and say "HaaaaaaaR...."