anemone experts? - Page 2

elbeesea · 01-23-2007, 09:44 PM

Michael, thanks for going out on the limb for us! Me an' the kids feel special now! How do you think they should be kept? As you can see, they are now just hanging (literally) in the net at the top of the tank.

turbo4603 · 01-23-2007, 09:51 PM

elbeesea, your a proud grandma!!! Keep us posted, sound very intresting. Just throwing some thoughts up i the air, why dont you place small rocks aroud or right next to the baby anemone so they can atach themselves, instead of floating around in the sand. I dont know much about anemones, but just an idea!
Birchell, you definitely have a picture adiction!!!

elbeesea · 01-23-2007, 09:56 PM

I'm off to put some little rocks in their net right now... after which I'll start their college funds.

turbo4603 · 01-23-2007, 09:59 PM

LOL
Its very cool if your anemone actually reproduced in your tank, thats the first time i have heard of it hapening!

Birchell · 01-23-2007, 10:10 PM

I know I like pictures!!! The rock idea sound great to me. Just dont crush them, lol. They are turning green because you have them closer to the light.
I would try to retun one or so to the base of the mother and see if they do better. The mother will not hurt them because of the mucus on then are the same. Im by no means an anemone expert, I just jumped on this post because it is ground breaking in my book. Anemones are almost 100% dumed the captivity. Not much is know about how to keep them alive. Most will not make it more than a few years without dieing. Im thinking that you target feeding plankton is the best thing for it. Im thinking anemones us alot of energy. The can walk around, and expand/contract more than most corals, so that has got to take alot of energy. Plankton is a natural food, and is small enough that it can be digested easly. Most people give there anemone chunks of fish or shrimp, but it take alot of energy to eat that, lol. I would just keep up what your doing, and hope for the best. Mybe someone will figure this out, and we can start growing anemones, and not rip them off the reef!!

elbeesea · 01-23-2007, 10:26 PM

There are now little pebbles in their nursery-net, ready for them to climb on (if they can). Next I'll be buying one of those big swing sets at Costco for them...

Makes sense that being closer to the light would make them green. I'm hesitant to put one back by the mom, cuz it will just float away - there's not much to them. None of the other buds seemed to have landed anywhere and "stuck." Would there be something at a fish store that keeps fish quarantined within the same tank? Or maybe being close to the top is good? AFter all, the rest of their buddies don't seem to be alive and there must have been at least 20 tentacles that "gave birth" on Sunday.

And how are these guys gonna eat without mouths?

Birchell · 01-23-2007, 10:36 PM

That is what the green is for, lol. They will use photsinthisis(spelling) to eat, until they get a mouth. Anemones need lots of light. Alot of the corals and anemones you see in the store use light for like 80-90% of there food. The fish store should have a holding tank, or net you can use. There is a little net used for keeping baby guppys alive, it will probably work great for this case. It mounts to the side of the tank, and keeps bigger fish out.

elbeesea · 01-23-2007, 10:45 PM

Oh yeah, now I remember that net thing from my fantail guppy breeding days at the age of 12. I'll get one tomorrow.

So maybe it's good to keep them at the top so they can "green" themselves?

turbo4603 · 01-23-2007, 10:50 PM

I think thats a good idea!! But first, what lighting do you have??!!!
My big brother once had a rose anemone, and the autopsy me and my brother did revealed that its death was caused by too much lighting, because eveything else was fine!
Its cheaper if you make the swingset yourself!!!

Birchell · 01-23-2007, 11:01 PM

Im thinking that BTA;s like lower light, but the condy they have will love light. They a lugoon inhabiting anemone, so they live in shallow water. But good point. Watch the little guys close, and make sure they dont start to bleach ( they will turn clear because the lighting was to high for the algea inside them to handle it ). Bleaching can also be caused by stress.