I Fragged My Carpet Last Night

[phender]

I didn't realize that it has been three years. Its nice we didn't lose all the pics when Reef Central upgraded, although most of the pictures are linked from another site so they were safe.

Not much to update since my last posts talked about the death of the remaining half. :hmm2:
I only check into Reef Central once in a while these days, so I don't know what happened to my old gallery when they upgraded or I would point you there to see some of my other anemones.

I have seen at least one mertens for sale since I killed mine. Although it was in great shape, it was not very attractive, so I passed on it.

At this point in my anemone keeping life, most of my anemones are close to being one of a kind collector's item type of individuals. For that reason, I have not tried cutting any more of them, not even the BTAs.

Not sure what type of update you were looking for.

I will check Reef Central once a day for a while to see if I have any questions that haven't already been answered in the thread.

 

[velvetelvis]

Do you have pics of your rare nems?

 

[ezhoops]

yeah what he said....rare anem pics

 

[OrionN]

I too would love to see pictures of your current anemones.

 

[traveller7]

I only check into Reef Central once in a while these days, so I don't know what happened to my old gallery when they upgraded or I would point you there to see some of my other anemones.

Howdy Phil, hope you have been well.

The old gallery is essentially gone since it was not actually part of vbulletin, but a temporary affair lasting years, and years, and years. Photo's linked in threads remain in place even if they were hosted in the old gallery. Not sure how they pulled that off, but I know it took awhile

All the best and glad you still find some time to drop in and visit

Scott

 

[phender]

You guys are killing me. Its not like they are a different species or anything, they are just some color varieties that you don't see everyday. Let me see what I can dig up. Taking new pics would require more work than I want to do right now. :lol:

The first pic is my 60 gal. with a large purple H. crispa on the left and a purple based H. mag on the right.
The next one in a close-up of the Mag. (Its bigger now)
Third is a pic of the purple crispa when it still belonged to the skunks. (I moved it to the other side for the percs when their gigantea died)
Forth is one I called the Xmas BTA when it first got it. It has since lost most of its spangles and looks like the fifth picture. I have seen similar BTAs recently under various names.

I have reached the maximum attachments so I'll have to do another post.

 

[phender]

Here are the other two.

The first pic of what was called a flame rose BTA when I got it. I have seen several other anemones that have been called flame roses since, but none of them have really looked like mine. Unfortunately it has never split.

The first pic is when I first got it. It was a combo of pink, orange, green and yellow pastel shades. As it acclimated to my tank it became "Cheetos" orange with yellow tips. I'm not sure which version I like better, but I don't have much choice in the matter. The third pic is a close-up. The actual color is closer to the close-up pic. As most of you know, bta colors tend to get washed out in photos.

The last one in another I have seen more of recently. It is green with yellow tips. The store I got if from called it "Bubble gum". I don't know why. It doesn't remind me of bubble gum at all. I gave you the slightly shrunken up version to accent the color.

 

[OrionN]

You have some of the nicest BTA, IMO
Thanks

 

[ben1]

Any new updates?

 

[blownz281]

Awesome anemones!! You have no problems with the nems being mixed?

 

[marc price]

^ I'm wondering about that too. Could the H. crispa's presents contributed to losing the S. gigantea, and a H. crispa together with H. magnifica in a 60gal.?

 

[trueblackpercula]

Great thread and thank you for sharing

 

[phender]

^ I'm wondering about that too. Could the H. crispa's presents contributed to losing the S. gigantea, and a H. crispa together with H. magnifica in a 60gal.?

I think that it is entirely possible that the H. crispa may have contributed to the S. gigantea's demise. The H. crispa was having a growth spurt at the same time the gigantea started to go bad. At the same time the gigantea had a large feeding that I think may have gone bad inside the anemone. No way to tell what was the real cause, but I have told myself that if I ever try another gig, I will keep it in a tank by itself and only feed planktonic sized food.

There may be a little bit of a battle between the crispa and the mag. They have been living together for several years now and both look good, but for as long as I have had them, they are not as big as I would expect. It could be because I don't spot feed them anymore. They just get what they can catch when I feed the fish. It could also be that they are inhibiting each others growth.

 

[Wayne@RC]

you should try again with this one