bing@mcnc.org (Carter E. Bing) (04/12/88)
I recently added some plants to my salt tank and found that they
had some unexpected guests come along with them. I found about 5 really
small anemones & one small feather duster worm in my tank. My question
is what should I feed thease guys and how large will they get? I really
don`t plan on keeping the anemones but I would like to get them to grow
large enough to trade for something else. I do plan on keeping the worm.
I think there were also a couple of sea squirts in there with them but
they are so small that I`m really not to sure.
I also have another anemone question. This past Friday I notice that
my Sea Bey Anemone appeared to be 'withering` which really had me worried.
On Sunday he appeared to be returning what seemed to be normal. I noticed
he appeared to increase and decrease in size. It went from one extreme to
another. Is this normal behavior for anemones?
Tanks,
Carter bing@mcnc.org
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (04/13/88)
In article <2996@alvin.mcnc.org> bing@mcnc.org (Carter E. Bing) writes: > > I recently added some plants to my salt tank and found that they >had some unexpected guests come along with them. I found about 5 really >small anemones & one small feather duster worm in my tank. My question >is what should I feed thease guys and how large will they get? I really >don`t plan on keeping the anemones but I would like to get them to grow >large enough to trade for something else. I do plan on keeping the worm. >I think there were also a couple of sea squirts in there with them but >they are so small that I`m really not to sure. Hell, you didnt do anything to get them, what makes you think you have to do anything to keep them alive ? :-) You havnt identified them, so, "how big will they get" is pretty tricky to answer. But I'll take a wild stab. Are they bascially transparent, light brown, almost the color of weak tea (with no milk init) with relativly narrow tentacles that are about the length of the base ? Then I have no idea what they are. Sorry couldn't resist. I checked all my books, and I was *sure* I had a picture of them someplace but alas, no. Anyway, if they are what I think they are, they quite often come into tanks this way, and are very hardy and undemanding; they get to be about 4", and seem to reproduce fairly well in home aquaria. A little tetra min once a week ought to keep them fed. They will probably take a year or two to become a decent size, but I'm not sure there is a great market for them; indeed by the time a few of them are big, you'll probably have hundreds. The feather duster work eats standard filter-feeder food. Purchase at local dealer, or again, powdered tetra min. > I also have another anemone question. This past Friday I notice that >my Sea Bey Anemone appeared to be 'withering` which really had me worried. >On Sunday he appeared to be returning what seemed to be normal. I noticed >he appeared to increase and decrease in size. It went from one extreme to >another. Is this normal behavior for anemones? > It can be normal, but if they persist in this state for more than a week or really start to look like hell, you may indeed have a problem. How's the water chemistry of the tank they're in ? -- ............................................................................... richard@gryphon.CTS.COM rutgers!marque!gryphon!richard