Has anyone done, or thought about making a chart that helps in identifying anemones.
We stopped by a Natural History Museum in NE Utah this past summer - lots of dinasour finds and info there! Anyway. In one of the kids' centers they had these charts that could help them id a dinasour (or at least a type) by using characteristics of something they found, like type of teeth or something like that.
I'm sure there's a name for this kind of chart, I just don't know what it is.
I wondered if something like that could be possible with anemones, at least the ones that are most common in our aquariums. It seems we have a wealth of knowlege here. I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to contribute any of that knowlege, I just know the basics.
We can use key identifiers like foot color, verrucae, patterns of the verrucae, tentacle length, and anything else that would be helpful. Of course there would need to be some sort of reminder that nems that are bleached, stressed, or in poor health may not be quite so easy to id, and that a follow up ID would be a good idea. I think pictures to illustrate the most common characteristics, as well as comparisons of (verrucae of one nem vs another) could be helpful as well.
Not only do I think this might be interesting to see, but it could be very helpful for those of us with less experience when shopping for nems. It may be useful for the LFS that are trying to be concientious with their livestock.
If there is already something like this out there, that's great, can someone point me in the right direction?
If there's not something like this yet, would anyone here be willing to put something together? Like I said, I'm not one that can contribute much knowledge wise, but I'm willing to help in other ways if needed.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and have a great day!
We stopped by a Natural History Museum in NE Utah this past summer - lots of dinasour finds and info there! Anyway. In one of the kids' centers they had these charts that could help them id a dinasour (or at least a type) by using characteristics of something they found, like type of teeth or something like that.
I'm sure there's a name for this kind of chart, I just don't know what it is.
I wondered if something like that could be possible with anemones, at least the ones that are most common in our aquariums. It seems we have a wealth of knowlege here. I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to contribute any of that knowlege, I just know the basics.
We can use key identifiers like foot color, verrucae, patterns of the verrucae, tentacle length, and anything else that would be helpful. Of course there would need to be some sort of reminder that nems that are bleached, stressed, or in poor health may not be quite so easy to id, and that a follow up ID would be a good idea. I think pictures to illustrate the most common characteristics, as well as comparisons of (verrucae of one nem vs another) could be helpful as well.
Not only do I think this might be interesting to see, but it could be very helpful for those of us with less experience when shopping for nems. It may be useful for the LFS that are trying to be concientious with their livestock.
If there is already something like this out there, that's great, can someone point me in the right direction?
If there's not something like this yet, would anyone here be willing to put something together? Like I said, I'm not one that can contribute much knowledge wise, but I'm willing to help in other ways if needed.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and have a great day!
