Magnifica and Gigantea at low tide

[Flighty]

check out the two anemone photos on this blog
http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2008/05/exploring-northern-semakau.html about 12 and 13 pics down.
It is just a random blog I ran across from a google search, but it really shows what some of these guys go through in the wild.

Think that is a gigantea or a mertans(sp?) in the second pic.

 

[Reefvette]

Low Lying Reef

Low Lying Reef

Is there anyway to replicate low tide and high tide and not do it with a surge?.

I am trying to creat an enviroment like that in my 30 breeder. Since the tank is so short you really to overdose on lighting and it provides the anemone with enough room to lay out. The 18 inch wide area gives you like square feet to give the carpet to stretch out.

Nothing else in the tank but a gigantea and and two gbr clowns.


I am going to be adding a gigantea sometime this week from a fellow reefer. When i get it i will start to post pics.

Im intrested to see how you could replicate low and high tide.

 

[AQUA DAVE]

And once again I am going to talk about the dry shipping....... This is better than stagnant water because they have to deal with it often. They can get a bacterial infection by being in a gallon of stagnant water but if you only put half a cup and let them expel their waste they don't have enough water in the bag to be able to take the nasty water back in. I think its simple and it makes sense.....

 

[Reefvette]

Shipping

Shipping

Im not talking about shipping i am talking about replicating high and low tide in an aquarium.

Being able to lower the water and then raise it at certain times of the day.

Shipping in little water still bothers me cause if they do begin to suck in their water its either completely waste water or its a mix of waste water and clean water.

 

[Flighty]

I don't think the tide is necessary or even helpful for them to survive. There is certainly a risk of internal and external injury from its own weight. I have only been on one trip to see them in the wild, but only one or two of the hundreds of ones we saw could have been exposed even at the astronomical low tide. Many were as deep as 60 feet. You can see the one in this pic is separating from the rock to keep its mass in the water.

You could raise or lower your lights to simulate the effect that the deeper ones see.

 

[GSMguy]

Rod told me his tank that houses his old gigantea and onyx pair had a seam split and he found it after 12 hours with no water and the anemone was covered in its own slime and the clowns were alive inside its folds. both the clowns and anemone lived

 

[Pacific Reefs]

:thumbsup: cool pics

 

[Doni]

Great photos! Thanks for sharing the link with us.

 

[Peter Eichler]

Ha! I love this part... "Ria shared with me that this seaweed is not commonly seen in our shores and may indicate that Semakau is a healthy shore since it houses this rare seaweed. She has seen it at Raffles Lighthouse before". Yes, that's in reference to a type of grape Caulerpa :lol: