Anemone Resources

[Ad Meliora]

I just ordered a copy of A Functional Biology of Sea Anemones by J. M. Shick. What resources have people found most useful? I'm half way through my Bachelor of Science in Australia and am hoping to do my postgraduate studies on anemones. Any scientific studies or anything will be much appreciated I'm especially interested in propagation!
Thanks :reading:

 

[Daniel62]

I not sure if this is much help. But a lady scientist in your country had some type of haddoni program going a while ago. Not sure who and when as I was never able to track it down, but since you live there you might have better luck. If you do find something I would LOVE to hear about it.

Haddoni's are my Favorite, currently have 7 in my system, hoping to induce some type of spawning behavior, we'll see.

Good luck in your studies.

 

[Ad Meliora]

Thanks Daniel! So you've had no signs of allelopathy between haddonis? Do you run carbon?

 

[phender]

I believe it is Anna Scott and Peter Lynton Harrison, both of Southern Cross University, that have spawned both Heteractis crispa and Entacmaea quadricolor (BTA) and had success raising the babies. I think they have at least a couple articles online.

 

[Ad Meliora]

Thanks phender! I've read through your thread where you cut your carpet and a few others, have there been any successful ones? I'm still getting used to the search function here.

I've read
I split my carpet (unwillingly)
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1942665&highlight=split+my+carpet

jynxtrix's Forcibly Propogated Haddoni Anemone
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2132881&highlight=haddoni+cut

Splitting Carpet Anemonies
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1973540

Your 'I fragged my carpet last night'
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=921143

and the often linked to
http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic104211-13-1.aspx

 

[Daniel62]

No, so far no signs of allelopathy between the haddonis. I am judging this by size and for a better word attitude Big, vibrating tentecals, color.

I will have to get a pic up

No, I am not running any carbon at this time, but am getting ready to put in a TLC reactor online this week. All of them are usually in some kind of contact with each other during the day.

I really wish someone could at least figure out what triggers a spawning response. I know that with all the nems I have, that there has got to be a male/female pair in there

Later

 

[Ad Meliora]

You should put up a picture here! I've got BTAs atm (like 20+) and I want to set up a mini breeder tank. Want to keep it simple but i'm not sure yet, wondering what LEDs I can get away with if I keep the tank shallow. ATM i've got maxpect razors on my DT so I'm not sure of the cheaper ones that are out there. Do you have any idea?

 

[NeilFox]

Look up OrionN's Posts. He is possibly the leading authority on nem's here. He has about 8000 posts. He mentions some of his resources and how limited anemone stuff is. I think he has somewhat compiled alot somewhere.

 

[Ad Meliora]

Wow. Ok thanks Neil. I've seen him in a lot of the posts around here. I will try and find this compilation. There is a few in the anemone FAQ that i yet to get to, and still waiing for my functional biology book. I'm kind of hoping someone (probably Orion) has been following any science done on them and has put aside the best of it. Thanks!

 

[deangelr]

Check out Dr. Daphne Fautin at KU.. She is probably the leading nem authority in the US

 

[deangelr]

and find a research program as an undergrad to get involved early..

 

[Ad Meliora]

Check out Dr. Daphne Fautin at KU.. She is probably the leading nem authority in the US

Thanks. And good advice, should hopefully get there soon

 

[bues0022]

There are many interesting areas if study you could pursue with respect to anemones. Maybe the fist that comes to mind for me is food requirements of tropical anemones. This topic comes up time and time again, with limited research data. I also think the "chemical warfare" between species, and sexual reproduction topics are quite rich for academic studies. A big problem with sexual reproduction for a dissertation topic is that your thesis progression is somewhat at the mercy of getting the nems to get busy. If you are looking for other topics, just browse the forum and see what questions come up frequently and are hotly debated!

I know there are many here that might be very interested in seeing results from the research, and possibly even co-contributors in terms of an advisory group to help with advanced questions. Good luck and keep us posted.

 

[Ad Meliora]

There are many interesting areas if study you could pursue with respect to anemones. Maybe the fist that comes to mind for me is food requirements of tropical anemones. This topic comes up time and time again, with limited research data. I also think the "chemical warfare" between species, and sexual reproduction topics are quite rich for academic studies. A big problem with sexual reproduction for a dissertation topic is that your thesis progression is somewhat at the mercy of getting the nems to get busy. If you are looking for other topics, just browse the forum and see what questions come up frequently and are hotly debated!

I know there are many here that might be very interested in seeing results from the research, and possibly even co-contributors in terms of an advisory group to help with advanced questions. Good luck and keep us posted.

Thanks for the great reply! I'm already curious about what role if any Iodine plays for anemones and obviously the "bubbling" of the BTAs and the splitting. Would be interesting to see some genetic sequencing of different BTAs because there seems to be some great variation in size and reproduction! Still a while off though, one more year after this one before I can move onto post graduate studies. :celeb1:

 

[OrionN]

Thanks for the great reply! I'm already curious about what role if any Iodine plays for anemones and obviously the "bubbling" of the BTAs and the splitting. Would be interesting to see some genetic sequencing of different BTAs because there seems to be some great variation in size and reproduction! Still a while off though, one more year after this one before I can move onto post graduate studies. :celeb1:

Please update us on your studies. All of us here at the anemone forum are very interested in any insight and information you will gain from your studies.

 

[Ad Meliora]

Look up OrionN's Posts. He is possibly the leading authority on nem's here. He has about 8000 posts. He mentions some of his resources and how limited anemone stuff is. I think he has somewhat compiled alot somewhere.

Please update us on your studies. All of us here at the anemone forum are very interested in any insight and information you will gain from your studies.

He appears at last Anything you want answered particularly? Nice to meet you Orion :beer:

 

[ca1ore]

There is an anemone FAQ by BonsaiNut and others that I have found extremely useful. It is a tad out-of-date, but essential reading regardless. I have a PDF of it on my hard-drive, by no idea where it lives on the net. It is probably linked here on a RC thread somewhere.

 

[bues0022]

I think whatever you end up picking as your design topic, focusing on tropical hosting anemones could have an added impication to assist with keeping the hobby viable. As I'm sure you know, each year there are more laws proposed here int he US to try to limit the importation of many coral species. It is only a matter of time before this happens for anemones as well.

One of the biggest problems these laws have is that they are not based on much more than opinions. Unfortunately, standing up against public opinion is difficult, and requires irrefutable evidence. Certaintly pushlished data greatly assists in this defence of our hobby.

I'll reiterate what I and OrionN said earlier - please keep up updated. There are several extremely knowledgeable individuals on here that could really help you steer your research and provide useful insight. I think the interesting thing with your topic, is that much of the current data on said species may not be in standard published literature, but rather scattered throughout the internet. This makes searching and finding the truth quite difficult, and citing even worse.

However, I found in my dissertation work that having those discussions with the experts can help steer you to find a citable source, that you can then corroborate with interview citations. It gives two sources that are otherwise individually a little weak a bit more strength - sometimes the data you need to cite and discuss just flat out is not published.

Good luck!

 

[Ad Meliora]

I think whatever you end up picking as your design topic, focusing on tropical hosting anemones could have an added impication to assist with keeping the hobby viable. As I'm sure you know, each year there are more laws proposed here int he US to try to limit the importation of many coral species. It is only a matter of time before this happens for anemones as well.

One of the biggest problems these laws have is that they are not based on much more than opinions. Unfortunately, standing up against public opinion is difficult, and requires irrefutable evidence. Certaintly pushlished data greatly assists in this defence of our hobby.

I'll reiterate what I and OrionN said earlier - please keep up updated. There are several extremely knowledgeable individuals on here that could really help you steer your research and provide useful insight. I think the interesting thing with your topic, is that much of the current data on said species may not be in standard published literature, but rather scattered throughout the internet. This makes searching and finding the truth quite difficult, and citing even worse.

However, I found in my dissertation work that having those discussions with the experts can help steer you to find a citable source, that you can then corroborate with interview citations. It gives two sources that are otherwise individually a little weak a bit more strength - sometimes the data you need to cite and discuss just flat out is not published.

Good luck!

Yes, the law proposals come up over here sometimes and a lot of speculation about our market being flooded with export level corals (hasn't happened yet). We cannot import any corals or invertebrates as you probably know and the effect on pricing can be absurd.

My copy of A Functional Biology of Sea Anemones never shipped, seems they advertised it without actually having the stock to back it up. So I'm on the look again, it seems a good place to start.

Also, as I find any anemone related news articles I might post them here in case anyone is interested.

:beer:

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/35764/title/Modified-Toxin-to-Treat-Obesity-/