anemone lifespan

[MayoKetchup]

hey all,

According to Wiki, marine aquarist are the prime reason for rapid decline of clowns in the wild, via loss of natural wild anemone...

also, whoever wrote it, said anemones don't last long in the marine aquarists' tanks...

just how long do these anemones last in a hobbyists' tank? (presuming, it doesn't bleed away the first 24 hours?)

thanks,

MayoK

 

[Qwiv]

The hobby has been able to keep and reproduce some species. The life span of species not reproducable yet in captitivy, in the hands of a good bobbiest varies by species from a few months to a few years. The problem is that 95% of people in the hobby are inexerienced. An anemone in the hands of someone who has no idea how to keep an anenome is less than a year.

If your interested in getting your 1st anenome, please look for a captive raised RBTA. Rose Bubble Tip Anenome. These are shown to be one of the most adaptable, and they look great.

 

[GreshamH]

They can't age anemonies, so they can not determin the actual life span. Some think MUCH longer then humans live....by far.

And if you belive Wiki, I have a bridge to sell you and some beach front property in Arizona

 

[jefathome]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9700694#post9700694 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GreshamH
They can't age anemonies, so they can not determin the actual life span. Some think MUCH longer then humans live....by far.

And if you belive Wiki, I have a bridge to sell you and some beach front property in Arizona

London Bridge on Lake Havasu? I'll take it!!

 

[Qwiv]

I have beach property in Arizona too!!!

 

[Worldwithin]

I have had my Giant Green Carpet for the past 7 years, and he is still going strong.

:fish1::hammer:

 

[Vincerama2]

My RBTA is at least 3 years old...with clones ranging in age from 2 years and almost one year.

The clones' "age" is tough because ... it's a clone, so REALLY even though I say I have 3 RBTA and that the cloning events occurred at 2 years (when I moved to my house) and almost one year (last years heatwave!) they are all clones of the orginal RBTA so in theory they are all the same age. In fact, since I got my clone from someone else, I can't really say the "age" of my RBTA, because they are clones that (if we could do it) be traced all the way back to some sexual breeding event in the ocean, some indeterminate time back! Who knows, maybe my RBTAs are hundreds of years old!

However, the almost immortal lifespan of cloning anemones is more to pity when a hobbiest puts it in his tank and it dies!

V

 

[GreshamH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9700855#post9700855 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jefathome
London Bridge on Lake Havasu? I'll take it!!

Ahh man...Poking holes in my joke :lol:

Can't use that one again now as there seems to be some truth to it :lol: