Bored today...new anemone pics :D

[Ynotme4886]

Has a bit of quiet time today so thought I would snap a few pics of my anemones.

I have a haddoni and a long tentacle anemone.

The LTA has a pair of pink skunks that host in it (part time when they are not in the toadstool) and the haddoni is un hosted and loving life.

On to the pics.

LTA

Now on to the haddoni. I have had him a good year and a half and it has never looked better. I've been feeding a bit more than I used to and he is now a good 8-10 inches across.

Dont mind the crab leg in his tentacles...he didnt eat the coral banded shrimp just ended up with one of his claws somehow. I think the hawkfish and the CBS had a bit of a tiff and the claw ended up in the carpet somehow.


Only issue I have is the LTA just doesnt have its foot buried as deeply as I would like it to. It is firmly entrenched under the rock at the sand level but I can still see the base of his foot extended behind him.

Is this a common problem with LTA's? His foot is undamaged and I dont see any reason it shouldnt be buried deep in the sand by now. It has a good 4 inches of sand to work with.

Anyway I hope people enjoy the pics.

 

[RLeclerc]

wow im loving ur LTA!

 

[Toddrtrex]

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Only issue I have is the LTA just doesnt have its foot buried as deeply as I would like it to. It is firmly entrenched under the rock at the sand level but I can still see the base of his foot extended behind him.

Is this a common problem with LTA's? His foot is undamaged and I dont see any reason it shouldnt be buried deep in the sand by now. It has a good 4 inches of sand to work with.

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The only time I had that same issue with an LTA was when I had it in the same tank as an S. Haddoni. Once I moved the Haddoni out of the tank the LTA fully settled in.

 

[Ynotme4886]

The only time I had that same issue with an LTA was when I had it in the same tank as an S. Haddoni. Once I moved the Haddoni out of the tank the LTA fully settled in.

Why do you think that it didnt settle in if I may ask. What size tank did you try it in?

Are they chemically incompatible in some way? I know some species are more compatible than others but have never heard anything about these 2 together.

In the past I have mixed bubbletips with haddoni's and haddoni's with haddoni's without an issue.

Any info you could share would be greatly appreciated.

 

[t4zalews]

sweet pairing of LTA and pink skunk, I'll have pink skunks one day

 

[Toddrtrex]

Why do you think that it didnt settle in if I may ask. What size tank did you try it in?

Are they chemically incompatible in some way? I know some species are more compatible than others but have never heard anything about these 2 together.

In the past I have mixed bubbletips with haddoni's and haddoni's with haddoni's without an issue.

Any info you could share would be greatly appreciated.

I just think that some chemical given off by either one of the two caused it. Tried it in my 58 for about 2 months -- got tired of always "replanting" the LTA. And for a couple of days in my 75 when I was selling an LTA and needed to place it in that tank.

See, I had issues when I mixed an Haddoni and BTAs -- the Haddoni was moving every week or so, stopped when I sold off the BTAs -- no other changes.

During this time I still ran carbon and a skimmer, and did weekly 5 gallon water changes.

 

[nanchil]

How long did you have your LTA?

BTW they look great...

 

[Ynotme4886]

maybe it was a space issue.

Gonna give it a few weeks and see how things go. They definitely stay as far from each other as possible. I do 20-25g water changes every week and do run carbon in a reactor plus I throw chemipure in the sump as well and have an oversized skimmer.

Found the LTA in the LFS. It was there for at least 3 weeks in a 15g tank with barely any flow and crappy lighting and wasnt attached to anything (tank had no sand and it tended to sit upside down with its foot up in the air)

Mouth was pretty tight and he was still sticky but was more white in colour than cream. When they moved him around his ring underneath was full of all the dirt and sludge in the holding tank. It looked like he was a swiffer duster run through a dust and dirt factory. It was awful conditions to say the least. Got em at less than 1/2 price and figured I had a shot of his health improving. I wanna do a cube for this guy with just skunks but its gonna take a while to get thing set up. I'm just glad he coloured up some.

 

[nanchil]

Good luck with the LTA. I tried twice and I didnt have sucess. But again it depends upon the water quality , light and flow I guess.

 

[SlateXIV]

Beautiful nems!