Anemone Club! - Page 29

vdituri · 03-08-2008, 12:36 AM

True. Little shop of horrors over here.
Feed me Seymore, feed me.

tbittner · 03-08-2008, 12:43 AM

cheeks69 · 03-08-2008, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by tbittner

Victor, I didn't know that Carpets would eat fish too.

Here's a photo of mine after he ate a 5" Trigger, you can just barely make out the the mouth of the Blue Throat in the photo

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i have never had a carpet or a RBA and since my upgrade of light have been thinking about buying one or the other. i just wanted to know if anyone has trouble with thier anenomes constantly moving stinging and killing corals or eating fish?

The sting from the BTA's isn't very potent so unless the fish is weak and dieing they won't eat them but the Carpet on the other hand is very agressive with a very potent sting and will eat your fish.

BarbMazz · 03-08-2008, 09:36 AM

Wow! Sorry for your loss! Did you see it happen? How does the anemone catch the fish? Wait for the fish to get to close and then snatch it up? How big is the anemone?

Sorry for all the questions, but that is pretty remarkable!

cheeks69 · 03-08-2008, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by BarbMazz

Wow! Sorry for your loss! Did you see it happen? How does the anemone catch the fish? Wait for the fish to get to close and then snatch it up? How big is the anemone?

Sorry for all the questions, but that is pretty remarkable!

It happened during the night so I didn't see it but immediately suspected the Anemone. The tentacles have a very potent sting so if the fish gets too close and it happens to touch the Anemone the fish will become disabled and an easy snack !

Here's a photo of what the fish looked like.

BarbMazz · 03-08-2008, 09:49 AM

What a beautiful fish.. you must've been very upset!!

Yuck! Can you imagine?! Does the anemone purposefully sting, or is does it happen if something just brushes up against it?

cheeks69 · 03-08-2008, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by BarbMazz

What a beautiful fish.. you must've been very upset!!

Yuck! Can you imagine?! Does the anemone purposefully sting, or is does it happen if something just brushes up against it?

Yes I was and eventually removed the Anemone. These Anemones are active hunters and have a way of knowing when a fish is close based on my experience.

BarbMazz · 03-08-2008, 10:49 AM

I can't blame you for that! Those carpets are so beautiful, but that's just too high a price to pay, imo. Have you gotten another anemone of a different type?

cheeks69 · 03-08-2008, 11:02 AM

I've had so many hosting Anemones over the years but since my RBTA was chewed up by a ph I decided not to keep them anymore. They just get too big and when they move around it can be a real PITA with a tank full of corals.

BrianCM · 03-08-2008, 11:25 AM

Thanks guys for the comments. It took me a long time to get it that way. i rescued it from a fellow reefer who got sick of it moving around so he threw it in his sump with NO light! It took me about 5 months to noticed he did this. SO I took it home when it had only 1-2 tentacles left.

tbittner · 03-08-2008, 12:21 PM

Wow Robert! Unbelievable! And when I think of triggers, I think of killers. Amazing to see one of them being eaten. Those carpets grow HUGE too. Is it Vicki who has a big one in her tank?

Brazo Brain! And awesome job in rescuing it and nursing it back to healthy. It looks very happy and HUGE!

Craig Manoukian · 03-08-2008, 12:44 PM

Robert, thanks! I was tring to remember who posted a picture of a carpet snacking. Couldn't remember if it was you or woodstock or....expensive anemone meal, eh?

Tru2nr · 03-16-2008, 10:01 PM

hey im part of this club now...not sure what color this BTA is gonna be its suposed to be green this is day 3 of it being in my tank

GSELLERS · 03-16-2008, 10:43 PM

ooh ooh i wanna join......say hello to my little....um...well.....16" friend

red carpet anemone with currently spawning pair of true percs
Video of spawn 1 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
Video of spawn 2 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

i'll try and get better pics, the anemone is in a wierd position right now

GSELLERS · 03-16-2008, 10:52 PM

The male kissing the blue tang

oh look some eggs on the glass:

03-08-2008, 12:36 AM	#421 (permalink)
vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 5,784 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anemone Club! True. Little shop of horrors over here. Feed me Seymore, feed me. __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

03-08-2008, 12:43 AM	#422 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anemone Club! __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

03-08-2008, 09:36 AM	#424 (permalink)
BarbMazz Madame Klanganator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 3,360 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anemone Club! Wow! Sorry for your loss! Did you see it happen? How does the anemone catch the fish? Wait for the fish to get to close and then snatch it up? How big is the anemone? Sorry for all the questions, but that is pretty remarkable! __________________ A Snail's Pace Beginning: an old lady's first reef http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...tml#post366161 ~not knowing how near the truth is we seek it far away~

03-08-2008, 09:49 AM	#426 (permalink)
BarbMazz Madame Klanganator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 3,360 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anemone Club! What a beautiful fish.. you must've been very upset!! Yuck! Can you imagine?! Does the anemone purposefully sting, or is does it happen if something just brushes up against it? __________________ A Snail's Pace Beginning: an old lady's first reef http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...tml#post366161 ~not knowing how near the truth is we seek it far away~

03-08-2008, 10:49 AM	#428 (permalink)
BarbMazz Madame Klanganator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 3,360 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anemone Club! I can't blame you for that! Those carpets are so beautiful, but that's just too high a price to pay, imo. Have you gotten another anemone of a different type? __________________ A Snail's Pace Beginning: an old lady's first reef http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...tml#post366161 ~not knowing how near the truth is we seek it far away~

03-08-2008, 11:02 AM	#429 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 7,032 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anemone Club! I've had so many hosting Anemones over the years but since my RBTA was chewed up by a ph I decided not to keep them anymore. They just get too big and when they move around it can be a real PITA with a tank full of corals. __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

03-08-2008, 11:25 AM	#430 (permalink)
BrianCM Fire Coral Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bellevue,NE Posts: 77 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anemone Club! Thanks guys for the comments. It took me a long time to get it that way. i rescued it from a fellow reefer who got sick of it moving around so he threw it in his sump with NO light! It took me about 5 months to noticed he did this. SO I took it home when it had only 1-2 tentacles left.

03-08-2008, 12:21 PM	#431 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anemone Club! Wow Robert! Unbelievable! And when I think of triggers, I think of killers. Amazing to see one of them being eaten. Those carpets grow HUGE too. Is it Vicki who has a big one in her tank? Brazo Brain! And awesome job in rescuing it and nursing it back to healthy. It looks very happy and HUGE! __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

03-08-2008, 12:44 PM	#432 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,408 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Anemone Club! Robert, thanks! I was tring to remember who posted a picture of a carpet snacking. Couldn't remember if it was you or woodstock or....expensive anemone meal, eh? __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

03-16-2008, 10:01 PM	#433 (permalink)
Tru2nr Elegance coral Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,171 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anemone Club! hey im part of this club now...not sure what color this BTA is gonna be its suposed to be green this is day 3 of it being in my tank __________________ My 55g Chronical of addiction... Mistakes Have been made in the past.....still trying to clean up from them in the present....mistakes will be made in the future.....so what do we do?...... we party until we make another mistake!!!! WARNING: Corals in Tank, Add Crabs at own risk

03-16-2008, 10:43 PM	#434 (permalink)
GSELLERS Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: BRANDON FLORIDA Posts: 761 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anemone Club! ooh ooh i wanna join......say hello to my little....um...well.....16" friend red carpet anemone with currently spawning pair of true percs Video of spawn 1 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting Video of spawn 2 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting i'll try and get better pics, the anemone is in a wierd position right now

03-16-2008, 10:52 PM	#435 (permalink)
GSELLERS Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: BRANDON FLORIDA Posts: 761 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anemone Club! The male kissing the blue tang oh look some eggs on the glass:

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