Halcurias anemone?

[traveller7]

They look the same, no measureable growth. You can definitely tell the one(s) that ate the black mollies....They are black inside :>)

fwiw: I allowed the temps to rise a bit in preparation to add goby that occassionally lives in the same area.....collection point will be from much warmer environment though.

We shall see.

 

[traveller7]

Added some southdown to the tank...pH was fluctuating a bit more then I felt was a good idea. Of course, that sure upset the little guys....no losses, tank looks better, anemones still ate.....but they always eat

Still keeping temps below 70F.
They don't seem to care at all about lighting, using a single 13w 03 for the time being.

Anyone else have these critters?

 

[WendyMc]

Hey all, just thought I'd give an update. I just moved my tank to my new house yesterday. Everything went smoothly (knock on wood . My female perc is hosting the halcurias now about 50% of the time. She goes back & forth between the RBTA & the Halcurias. She won't share it with the poor little male, but he doesn't mind becaue he gets to dive right in the middle of the RBTA which she never allows when she's there - he just gets the edges & underside when she's around. The Halcurias doesn't seem to mind, it still behaves the same.

 

[traveller7]

Wendy,

Good news on the successful move and glad to hear the little anemone is still plugging along

 

[WendyMc]

Thanks, Scott. Have you met anyone else with one of these?

 

[traveller7]

Wendy,

I only know of yours and mine, although there were at least a few more in the first shipment. I was unable to confirm any more then mine arrived in the second shipment.

 

[WendyMc]

with a heavy heart

with a heavy heart

I'm very sad to report that my stupid tronic heater went psycho and when we got home Friday evening, my tank was 86 degrees. My halcurias does not look good. It held on for a few days (not eating), but yesterday it started sliming out. I moved it to a higher flow area, knowing I won't be able to save it, just HAVING to do SOMETHING. My RBTA bleached, and I lost my fluorescent orange Ricordia Yumas. I'm so disgusted right now. I've read so many times of this happening to others. I'm 10 years into the hobby now, and it finally had to happen to me. My snails were upside down, looking like they just dropped from wherever they were, but I flipped them over & lowered the temp 1 degree every 2 hours using a fan & my backup heater I used to mix my new water, and all of the snails perked up & I haven't lost any yet. What a helpless feeling...

 

[traveller7]

Sad news Wendy

Heat is a much tougher condition to deal with then cold, but if I have the collection location information right they deal with vast temperature swings. Don't count it out yet.

Crossing my fingers for a recovery of all your critters.

btw: Adding a single channel temperature controller can be less then $100 and is a definite life saver over the summer. I highly recommend that type of configuration.

 

[WendyMc]

Thank you for the suggestion. Do you have any preferences on brands or sources? I haven't heard of one of these yet.

 

[traveller7]

Wendy,

Pulled this from the first sponsor as an example:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=13967&inm=1&N=2004+113769+2035

The Ranco brand is commonly used in aquarium applications and the idea for high temperature protection is to use a single channel controller set for example at 81F and set the heater at 79F. If the heater sticks and fails to shut off at the preset value, the temperature controller will kill the power to the unit a few degrees later. If you have a chiller, you'll need a 2 channel variant.

For the record: I use (2) Digital Aquatics Reef Keepers and Neptune Aqua Controllers at the moment:

http://www.digitalaquatics.com/
http://www.neptunesys.com/

I prefer to use multiple heaters and multi use power bars in my systems for added protection, outlet efficiency, and geek quotient

 

[WendyMc]

Aaah, must have...I will be the SUPERgeek! I tend to shy away from technical stuff, but this whole thing was preventable, and I would have gladly spent the money to prevent the loss. The Halcurias totally slimed, but there are 3 tentacle tips which detached & settled in the tank, the tissue looks firm, I'm hoping it decides to form mouths & regenerate. I'm really stretching here, I'm talking pieces of tissue like this big: -

 

[Psionicdragon]

Sorry to hear that Wendy

Are they doing better?

 

[WendyMc]

I only have 1 piece of tissue left. It has not grown. The other ones just sort of lessened in size & faded away. I don't know how it will be possible for this remaining piece to survive, unless it forms a mouth. They don't seem to get much if any energy from light, so I don't understand how it would accomplish regeneration without any means to take in nutrition. So I don't have any hope really for the last piece of my beautiful hulcurias.

 

[Quatro]

This thread needs a bump

Sorry to hear about your anemone Wendy, how is yours doing Scott?

It seems these anemones can be kept in either warm or cool water, does anyone think that cooler water would be best, or is 78 degrees acceptable?

Thanks!

 

[traveller7]

The original 4 are in the nano, with a microchiller, sub 72F water temps all the time, eat like pigs, no measurable growth, slight decline in size for some.....Suspect lack of diet more then light.

Added 2 more to my main system 10+ weeks ago, eating like pigs, 79-81F, 400w 20K at 32" and 75wt incan grow light at 20" with out a noticeable difference, hence the theory: light is fairly meaningless to these guys.

Frankly: I don't presume to know anything about the long term requirements, but:

- I don't believe 24x365 high temps will be good
- I don't believe light is a large factor in survival
- I don't believe we have real dietary requirements figured out

They seem pretty tolerant, but thrive "mode" seems elusive.

 

[gastone]

Scott,

still got these guys?

garrett.

 

[traveller7]

Wish I did Garrett.

After having the 2 in my 300gal, I eventually added the 4 from the nano. Nano's chiller needed extended maintenance and the two in the main system seemed to be doing fine.

Something ate all 6 the first day, presumably my foxface

 

[gastone]

Ouch, sorry to hear Scott.

G.