2 S. gigantea's in same tank
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(you wouldn't know it from the pics but there is a pair in there 
, the male just doesn't poke his head out too often..)
catastrofe
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Very nice!
sonofgaladriel
Shiny!
I am so jealous! Those look very good.
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Delphinus,
When you initially added the 2nd gigantea carpet to your system with the 1st....did you do any special to prevent any potential problems?
Congrats btw, I'd love to be able to keep a gigantea alive. I saw your pic of your Hmag and it is beautiful as well.
I'm curious about keeping multiple anemones in the same system. I know it can be done, because I've seen it before. I currently have an H.mag and would like to keep another one in the same tank.
Nick
When you initially added the 2nd gigantea carpet to your system with the 1st....did you do any special to prevent any potential problems?
Congrats btw, I'd love to be able to keep a gigantea alive. I saw your pic of your Hmag and it is beautiful as well.
I'm curious about keeping multiple anemones in the same system. I know it can be done, because I've seen it before. I currently have an H.mag and would like to keep another one in the same tank.
Nick
catastrofe
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Nick,
Not to hijack this thread, but I'm transferring one of my giganteas from its nanocube to my 150G today. I've had no issues keeping 3 gigantea together but they've outgrown the nano in short order. My plan is to keep one in the nano and have 2 in the large system.
I'm drip acclimating to the new system parameters but that's about it in the way of prep.
BTW, in my previous tank I had 2-BTAs, 2-haddoni, and a magnifica. All coexisted without any issues. . .
Bob
Not to hijack this thread, but I'm transferring one of my giganteas from its nanocube to my 150G today. I've had no issues keeping 3 gigantea together but they've outgrown the nano in short order. My plan is to keep one in the nano and have 2 in the large system.
I'm drip acclimating to the new system parameters but that's about it in the way of prep.
BTW, in my previous tank I had 2-BTAs, 2-haddoni, and a magnifica. All coexisted without any issues. . .
Bob
delphinus
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I didn't really do anything to prepare. At the point where they were introduced into the same system, I had both for a while, so I just moved one, and watched for anything.
What's interesting though is that in the last week, the green has not been opening up as much as before. And the brown has been opening up more and more since the move. I'm hoping it's not some kind of negative interaction, but it is something I'm keeping an eye on.
I also have 2 roses and a brown BTA in there. I feel it's a little overstocked with anemones and would prefer not to do it this way, but at the moment I don't have anywhere to put the BTA's and I'm too selfish to give them all away.. Eventually I'll be able to move things around though so it's not a permanent situation.
What's interesting though is that in the last week, the green has not been opening up as much as before. And the brown has been opening up more and more since the move. I'm hoping it's not some kind of negative interaction, but it is something I'm keeping an eye on.
I also have 2 roses and a brown BTA in there. I feel it's a little overstocked with anemones and would prefer not to do it this way, but at the moment I don't have anywhere to put the BTA's and I'm too selfish to give them all away.. Eventually I'll be able to move things around though so it's not a permanent situation.
55semireef
Moved On
Lets see some pictures.
Wow nice tank. I just pick up a few things from a guy that had to move out the buz. 4 carpets all bleached look like handons green maybe with a little uv lite. One is nicely striped. I hope not an atlantic carpet. The biggest about 4" across and smallest 2". the little one eats alot.
What can you do about the bleaching than just TLC. Any alege
supplements i.e. zoo,chrome, or photoplankton?
I got a red CC from the guy and was worried about them eating anemones. It's gone to my B-I-L.
What can you do about the bleaching than just TLC. Any alege
supplements i.e. zoo,chrome, or photoplankton?
I got a red CC from the guy and was worried about them eating anemones. It's gone to my B-I-L.
55semireef
Moved On
Strong lighting, stability, good water parameters, good flow and daily feedings will bring back bleached anemones generally speaking.
What I said is the best way to do it imo. Its the most natural way and you can't overdose on doing the right thing compared to feeding it supplements that you could possibly overdose on. Hope that helps.
delphinus
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I would agree with 55semireef's suggestions. Time and TLC, and make sure they're feeding, and good water quality as best you can. Dosing anything won't really help in the re-establishment of zooxanthellae.
What's "B-I-L" BTW?
Anyhow here are 2 new pictures. It's hard to tell from the pics, I can't seem to get a good angle on it, but the brown is easily twice the diameter now as the green. Mind you it was a pretty big anemone before the move. The green guy, hopefully he's finished sulking as he's starting to look a little better. I think part of it is that the aquascaping could be better around the green whereas the brown has found a more or less perfect spot. I'm going to grab some new rock pieces next time at the LFS and see if I can rearrange things a tiny bit around the green guy so he can open up properly.
Once again, from the pics you wouldn't really even know there's a breeding pair of ocellaris in there. I don't have the patience to sit there to try to snap the shutter when they poke their faces out for the 0.2 seconds at a time that they get visible. These crazy fish may as well be invisible.
What's "B-I-L" BTW?
Anyhow here are 2 new pictures. It's hard to tell from the pics, I can't seem to get a good angle on it, but the brown is easily twice the diameter now as the green. Mind you it was a pretty big anemone before the move. The green guy, hopefully he's finished sulking as he's starting to look a little better. I think part of it is that the aquascaping could be better around the green whereas the brown has found a more or less perfect spot. I'm going to grab some new rock pieces next time at the LFS and see if I can rearrange things a tiny bit around the green guy so he can open up properly.
Once again, from the pics you wouldn't really even know there's a breeding pair of ocellaris in there. I don't have the patience to sit there to try to snap the shutter when they poke their faces out for the 0.2 seconds at a time that they get visible. These crazy fish may as well be invisible.
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maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Great pic..
One of the local reefers around here has a H.magnifica that he's had for over ten years, and its easily over 24 inches in diameter...(no really, twenty four inches). Two deleriously happy ocellaris clowns live that thing...but you only them once every few hours.
An anemone that big would look so cool with about 20 clowns frolicking all through it.
Nick
One of the local reefers around here has a H.magnifica that he's had for over ten years, and its easily over 24 inches in diameter...(no really, twenty four inches). Two deleriously happy ocellaris clowns live that thing...but you only them once every few hours.
An anemone that big would look so cool with about 20 clowns frolicking all through it.
Nick
catastrofe
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Tony, how tall is your tank and what type of lighting are you running?
delphinus
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Tank is 24x24 footprint, 12" tall. I think it was built as a frag tank and it would be really good for that. I bought it thinking that's what I was use it for and then decided it would be a good home for the green carpet when I took down the 90g it was in. Lighting is a single Iwasaki 14k 175W.
If I get a chance to redo things I might try to add some actinic over the tank, but haven't figured out how best to go about trying that. It's a just a sort of ghetto style tank right now, I should post a whole tank shot just to give you guys an idea just how primitive it is overall.
I should mention that I keep eggcrate over the top of the tank. Because its so shallow I'm worried about the fish jumping, so the eggcrate helps me worry about that a little less. I just take it off for pictures because it's a little unsightly. I'd consider using a cover glass but because the tank is frameless and braceless there's nothing for a cover glass to sit on. If the eggcrate gets bumped and falls off it's not as bad as a panel of glass getting bumped.
If I get a chance to redo things I might try to add some actinic over the tank, but haven't figured out how best to go about trying that. It's a just a sort of ghetto style tank right now, I should post a whole tank shot just to give you guys an idea just how primitive it is overall.
I should mention that I keep eggcrate over the top of the tank. Because its so shallow I'm worried about the fish jumping, so the eggcrate helps me worry about that a little less. I just take it off for pictures because it's a little unsightly. I'd consider using a cover glass but because the tank is frameless and braceless there's nothing for a cover glass to sit on. If the eggcrate gets bumped and falls off it's not as bad as a panel of glass getting bumped.
delphinus
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No kidding. This pair actually used to be in my H. mag until about a year ago when I moved the H. mag into its own tank. I never ever saw them back then! In fact they would hide in it so badly, that the male was literally starving himself because he wouldn't come out to eat. If I could get food to within a couple inches of him he'd eat, but then of course I'd startle him in the attempt to get food that close to him. Since moving into the carpet it's a little better, although he still needs to eat more. The female gets nearly everything I offer right now, the male just gets whatever happens to float by the exact spot where he's hiding. I don't know, are most ocelaris this dumb? Years ago when all I had were BTA's I thought ocellaris had some reasonable personality, now that I have these anemones I may as well not have the fish.
For the H. mag I was thinking one day I might try a number of small skunks. I agree, a cloud of clowns would look pretty cool. I would think you'd have to start with juveniles though. I'm guessing I couldn't get away with adding juvy ocellaris into this carpet tank since the two residents are paired up -- newcomers would probably be unwelcome.
