richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (12/09/87)
In article <4406@ihlpg.ATT.COM> dalka@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Ken Dalka) writes: >This is a important question for me. I have not kept anemonies >but intend to try in the future so I have been trying to ask >questions. I've been told 2 things: > > 1) they are difficult to keep alive for more than 3 or 4 months > in a non-reef tank system where you are using standard filters. Garbage. I've kept them alive for well over two years with a very simple set-up. There was a store near Toronto (I think it was called _Anne's_) that had a 150 gal tank with a 10 year growth of brown transparent anemones. There must have been thousands, in all sizes. The filter ? Two small inside box filters. Relied on whatever sunlight filtered through the front window, and that was the extent of the set-up. > 2) they are BOTH filter feeders and accept lumps of food and > should be given both. They will eat both, but dont need both. Lumps of food is easier. >Anemonies are a broad class of invertebrates so I guess Ill say I'd ^^^^^ Actually phylum Cnidaria, class Anthoza. >like to keep the kind that clowns love to cuddle up in (carpet anemonies?). Clowns will get along with most any anemone. They acclimatize themselve to a "new" anemone by quickly flicking the anemone with their caudal peduncle (the part of the body just before the tail). After doing this for a few days, they "get used" to the anemone and can lounge around in it with impunity. From _Exotic Marine Fishes_: "It has been established that the fish develops an immunity from anemone nematocysts (stinging cells) by altering its protective mucous coating. The first time the fish comes in fleeting contact with the tentacles, it is mildly stung and thereafter develops an immunity." "Removing the anemonefish from the tentacles is very disconcerting for the fish. It takes Amphiprion percula (now occelarus or something like that) fifteen minutes to reorient itself to the tentacles from a distance of thirty feet." CLowns prefer, and look best in the Pacific anemones of the Genus Stoichactis - the carpet anemones, while the most common anemone in petshops is usually Condylactis passiflora - a Caribbean anemone, usually pink or mauve, with fairly long, wide tentacles. It is one of the easier anemones to maintain. >Anybody wish to comment? c c Dusty old Nastran Deck c /* Expression parser */ { Yet another comment } -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the keys in my ignition..."
tom@pur-ee.UUCP (Tom McCain) (12/11/87)
In article <2526@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: > >Clowns will get along with most any anemone. They acclimatize themselve >to a "new" anemone by quickly flicking the anemone with their caudal >peduncle (the part of the body just before the tail). After doing this >for a few days, they "get used" to the anemone and can lounge around >in it with impunity. > Is it a common practice for damsels to do this??? I've noticed that my domino damsel has been playing quite often in a purple anemone. I thought this was only something that clowns did...??? --- Tom McCain ...!pur-ee!tom tom@ee.ecn.purdue.edu
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (12/12/87)
In article <7117@pur-ee.UUCP> tom@pur-ee.UUCP (Tom McCain) writes: >In article <2526@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: >> >>Clowns will get along with most any anemone. They acclimatize themselve >>to a "new" anemone by quickly flicking the anemone with their caudal >>peduncle (the part of the body just before the tail). After doing this >>for a few days, they "get used" to the anemone and can lounge around >>in it with impunity. >> > >Is it a common practice for damsels to do this??? I've noticed that >my domino damsel has been playing quite often in a purple anemone. >I thought this was only something that clowns did...??? Nope. Yours is the only damsel in the world that does that. Well, okay, you caught me. Yeah, it's reasonably common for damsels to do this, esp. if they dont have a lot of coral to play in. I seem to recall that some fish can gain immunity by nibbling at the tentacles. >Tom McCain (Are you the guy that has those shoe stores ?) -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the keys in my ignition..."