Pufferpunk
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Hey, is this the same person that answers Qs for Bob Fenner at WetWebmedia? Redvipe really knows her anemones!
Critical Anemone
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55semireef
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Quote me where I said "a BTA is very easy to keep."
This argument your making is pointless. I am not going to sit here and feed the ego of a 12 year old kid that puts "!" after every sentense she types.
This thread has exhausted itself. I am unsubscribing myself to this thread. Bye. :wavehand:
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Quote me where I said "a BTA is very easy to keep."
This argument your making is pointless. I am not going to sit here and feed the ego of a 12 year old kid that puts "!" after every sentense she types.
This thread has exhausted itself. I am unsubscribing myself to this thread. Bye. :wavehand:
bluerug
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All anemones are considered to be difficult to keep, but there are different levels of difficulty as in anything in life. The bta is considered to be the least difficult and the easiest of anemones to keep in your home aquarium, and i have no idea how someone can doubt that. Name one other clown hosting anemone that is easier to keep than a BTA. There is not one.
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All anemones are considered to be difficult to keep, but there are different levels of difficulty as in anything in life. The bta is considered to be the least difficult and the easiest of anemones to keep in your home aquarium, and i have no idea how someone can doubt that. Name one other clown hosting anemone that is easier to keep than a BTA. There is not one.
55semireef
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Slakker
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Yeah, tis a good point. Either way it's a shame that anemones so often die at the hands of the under prepared/under researched aquarist. That's why I'll be doing plenty of reading before even setting up my tank in the first place...I may even go down to university book rental and get the Invertebrates textbook that one of the Bio classes uses.
zoomfish1
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I think the real point that is so aggravating to 55semireef, me and a lot of others is the advice we are asked to give is ignored so much of the time.
I know the original poster was talking about his brother. I get that. Again, its very frustrating sometimes to give honest, experienced advice and then have it completely ignored or even argued with. Just my 2 cents. Sorry to hijack, but the thread seems dead anyway.
I know the original poster was talking about his brother. I get that. Again, its very frustrating sometimes to give honest, experienced advice and then have it completely ignored or even argued with. Just my 2 cents. Sorry to hijack, but the thread seems dead anyway.
Slakker
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Oh, yeah, I definitely understand that. That's why I keep reading and hanging around these forums even though I don't have a tank yet, because I'm just absorbing information constantly from you guys...and where better to get the "Do's and Dont's" than from the people who have had success? I think I've learned a LOT of stuff since I started reading this forum, and I appreciate it.
Random Aquarist
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What he said.
Well, technically, I do have a tank. I have my live rock. But that's it.
Slakker
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I wish I did...I'm planning a 90g setup, but for now while I'm in the dorms I can't have more than 20g...so I'm thinking about buying the Eclipse 12 saltwater kit just to get started in the hobby so I can get some experience before I go straight for my big tank. Also, I think the little 12g would make a great QT tank for later on down the road.
55semireef
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I agree with you. I was giving my honest opinions and my experience and yet I was ridiculed by being accused that "my advice is wrong for the world to read" and "that I am completely out of line." I thought those comments were just plain rude but whatever.
Slakker and Random Aquarist, you guys are both doing a smart thing by researching first and absorbing all this information. I wish others would do this as well. This thread would never exist if the brother had researched his anemones before buying.
o2zen
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Sadly most people do not go into a hobby with the "research then do it" point of view but rather a "I want to do this someday vision". Then one day they are standing in a LFS and the guy behind the counter says why not do it. Bingo, you now have a new reefer, with his new tank, his new fish, etc, based on what the LFS told him. He runs into problems, and then starts to research.
I know in my quest for understanding since I got into this myself alittle over a month ago I have visited 10+ boards, this one being the best, visited about 20 LFS in the area all of which gave me different points of views, etc. I am doing my best here but running into my own problems including blood sucking pests all in my first month. I started out with a Condy in my tank before any fish within a month of starting out because the LFS told me it would be no problem. Well the Condy is back at the LFS and I am trying to evolve myself in this hobby.
I am a diver but until I got into this hobby I only thought I knew about fish. The amount of data which I have consumed in the past month+ has really opened my eyes for the next dive I make. I will know more about the life I am seeing, where to find the life I am seeking, and all that. This hobby is going to increase my desire to dive and see things I will know by name now.
Anyway, its the LFS to blame for more newb's mistakes and you cannot blame the newb for not knowing because nobody does at first. Some people want flowing life in their tank right off the bat and guess where that leads them, to the LFS salesman bagging something they should not be saying sure your tank is good enough to keep an Anemone, you should get acouple clowns to go with that as well.
I know in my quest for understanding since I got into this myself alittle over a month ago I have visited 10+ boards, this one being the best, visited about 20 LFS in the area all of which gave me different points of views, etc. I am doing my best here but running into my own problems including blood sucking pests all in my first month. I started out with a Condy in my tank before any fish within a month of starting out because the LFS told me it would be no problem. Well the Condy is back at the LFS and I am trying to evolve myself in this hobby.
I am a diver but until I got into this hobby I only thought I knew about fish. The amount of data which I have consumed in the past month+ has really opened my eyes for the next dive I make. I will know more about the life I am seeing, where to find the life I am seeking, and all that. This hobby is going to increase my desire to dive and see things I will know by name now.
Anyway, its the LFS to blame for more newb's mistakes and you cannot blame the newb for not knowing because nobody does at first. Some people want flowing life in their tank right off the bat and guess where that leads them, to the LFS salesman bagging something they should not be saying sure your tank is good enough to keep an Anemone, you should get acouple clowns to go with that as well.
Slakker
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The point is people don't realize that when they kill something off, it's not "Shucks, go buy a new one." it's "Well...another one has to be brought in from the wild because that one didn't make it." Not to mention that these are living things that we're putting in an aquarium for our own selfish enjoyment...the least we can do for them is do the research to find out what they need to not only survive in a tank, but to really feel as much "at home" as possible.
The "Bingo" newbie is fine for freshwater, because It's pretty difficult to screw up a FW tank, especially if it's just tetras and guppies and stuff. Yeah, they're living creatures too, that deserve absolutely the best care, but fact is they're a lot more forgiving than absolutely anything in the marine environment, and almost all FW fish on the market are tank bred...no depletion of the natural population in the name of hobbyists.
I guess what I'm trying to get at is, I'm doing the research to get into this the right way, I want to do this because I care about preservation and conservation of the ocean. I believe that the ocean is our greatest resource and that we should take as much of a hands-off approach as possible, that includes collection for aquariums. If I am to potentially have an animal that was brought in from the wild, I am going to do everything in my power to know what that animal needs and how to accommodate it accordingly.
Think of it this way: You wouldn't bring a Panther from the wild to your home without doing any research first...so why fish?
The "Bingo" newbie is fine for freshwater, because It's pretty difficult to screw up a FW tank, especially if it's just tetras and guppies and stuff. Yeah, they're living creatures too, that deserve absolutely the best care, but fact is they're a lot more forgiving than absolutely anything in the marine environment, and almost all FW fish on the market are tank bred...no depletion of the natural population in the name of hobbyists.
I guess what I'm trying to get at is, I'm doing the research to get into this the right way, I want to do this because I care about preservation and conservation of the ocean. I believe that the ocean is our greatest resource and that we should take as much of a hands-off approach as possible, that includes collection for aquariums. If I am to potentially have an animal that was brought in from the wild, I am going to do everything in my power to know what that animal needs and how to accommodate it accordingly.
Think of it this way: You wouldn't bring a Panther from the wild to your home without doing any research first...so why fish?
