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06-21-2006, 07:28 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rensselaer, Indiana
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I reread my post, When I said "the best thing to do" I really meant "what I would suggest" sounds overly bold as to call my thoughts "the best thing" for I myself am new to all of this, check your post often, Lots of people here that know what they are doing.
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55 gal. tall
45lbs sand
70 lbs live rock
aqualife 95x2 pc
penguin biowheel filter
2 power heads
aqua c skimmer hob
1 percula clown
1 damsel
2 bta
1 cleaner shrimp
mess of snails
large col of sun polyps
25 blue hermit crabs
1 sandsifting star
xenia
brown and orange zo's
several blue mushrooms
12 Ricordia mushrooms
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06-25-2006, 09:56 AM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
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Are you sure you have a Bubble Tipped Anemone? I used to have a Condylactus that behaved like yours -- shriveling up for 12 hours or more almost every day. I also had a Heteractis which never did that.
It may be species-specific behavior. _________ -- SAW39 45 gal modified hex. Started and cycled August 2005.
2 Serpent Stars, Ocelaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Green Chromis damsel, Condalactis & Macrodactyla dorensis anemones, 1 big bristleworm, 1 small Banded Coral shrimp.
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06-25-2006, 03:46 PM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Anemone's are delicate and not very hardy to keep-especially for anyone who hasn't had experience with them. Also with less than 3 watts per gallon on your tank, my thoughts are, that it won't last very long. Water quality needs to be almost perfect and metal halides or atleast intense t5 or power compact lighting is adviseable with atleast 5watts per gallon.
If you want to have an anemone, you might want to try a flower or caribbean species(Condylactis) as they are alot less expensive and alittle more forgiving and easier to care for.
As for the happiness of anemone's, they will almost always move around in search of the perfect place for them to feel comfortable and not stressed out. Which leads to another common problem that many of us have faced in the past or will probably face in the future and that is anemone vs. powerhead or intake pipe or even corals which could be stung by anemone's. If an anemone gets stuck in a inake pipe from a powerhead the suction will cause a big mess and possibly the demise of your anemone if not other inhabitants as well. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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07-27-2006, 10:33 AM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri
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This chapter is over... The Anemone died a week ago.
It was weird, one day so full and colorful...the next shrivled up.. then back to full and colorful...
Well, I came home and it was melted and falling apart. I think the problem was feeding. The clown wouldn't accept it and it would not eat no matter how or what I tried to do.
Just when I said I am going to change my focus and have a FOWLR my wife noticed a little baby bubble on my magnet. I didn't beleive her, but upon further inspection I found an anemone about 2 mm wide on the magnet, It moved to the side of the tank, and then to a rock... and so on and so on. It is identicle to the one that died. Is it possible it brought it in with it? How do these things reproduce??
I have noticed that there are "spots" on the inside of my tank.. could these be eggs?
I guess I will try this again, although I am reluctant. Part of me hopes it grows big and the Clown adopts it....part of me would not be disappointed if one of the crabe just ate it and get the whole thing over with. I am seriousdly starting to doubt I can keep this type of creature safely.
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65g , 20g sump,Wet/Dry filter -10 lbs live rocks and 660GPH pump,In sump CU-75 protein skimmer- bak pak P.S, coralife UV Sterilizer, nite/day 96 watt 10,000K and 96 watt True Actinic 03 Blue,40 lbs live/wet sand, 6 stage RO
100 lbLR
1 Lawnmower blennie
a few snails
a few hermit crabs
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07-27-2006, 11:02 AM
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#15 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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Sorry to hear about the death of your anemone 
As for your small anemone, I'm hoping that it is not one of the pest anemones that are common in this hobby. Any chance you could take a post a picture of it?
Anemones reproduce several ways depending on the species. Some asexually by splitting, Others grow from pieces of pedal disc left behind when the anemone moves, and some are sexually reproduced from eggs and sperm. That being said, I doubt that the spots that you're seeing in your tank are anemone eggs but take and post pics of them too if you can  | |
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07-27-2006, 12:06 PM
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#16 (permalink)
| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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I'm hoping it's not a majano. 
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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07-27-2006, 12:22 PM
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#17 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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As am I. I recently broke down my 90 gallon (and plan to start over with a 180) because of an enormous majano infestation! | |
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07-27-2006, 12:42 PM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Chicago Age: 21
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What's the difference between majano and aptasia? _________ Prevent dihydrogen monoxide contamination in your aquarium: www.dhmo.org | |
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07-27-2006, 01:02 PM
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#19 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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Take a look here: Hitchhiker FAQ - Rock 1
Unfortunately, the processes used to eliminate aiptasia hardly, if ever, work on majanos. They're a lot more resilient than aiptasia and I have not found any animal in the hobby that will eat them and not also eat corals and/or clams. | |
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07-27-2006, 07:42 PM
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#20 (permalink)
| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri
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Was definately Aiptasia.. I found one large one on the back side of a rock... and there were two little ones on my glass. I removed them without plucking them.. and ran the rock clinger under scalding hot water..
I'm sure I will now have an infestation of these... we'll see. | |
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