New, sick Mertensii

[shutiny]

This animal is very interesting to me, thought I post some pictures of it. It arrived with dead tissue floating in the bag, it got in to a fight with a pink Haddoni and it lost more tissues the first night. The necrotic areas were about 1/4 of its oral disc surface, and with an area that tissue loss extended all the way to its mouth. The anemone was eating its own dead tissue as a dog would be licking its wound. There are more pictures in mine phtobucket site if you wanted to see.


On arrival:

http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones174.jpg



http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones175.jpg

http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones188.jpg

The next day and the parts that has no necratic tissue damages:

http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones179.jpg

A week later:

http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones208.jpg
http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones148.jpg
http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones214.jpg

Two weeks later:

http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones151.jpg
http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?sc=1&addtype=local

I believe it is the easier to keep large sea anemones and would be good for large tank display. I wished that we could breed this specie so that we all could enjoy it in our tanks.

 

[Slakker]

Great photos. Sounds like you got a tough little bugger...congrats, it's absolutely beautiful.

 

[shutiny]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10895275#post10895275 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Slakker
Great photos. Sounds like you got a tough little bugger...congrats, it's absolutely beautiful.

Thanks. They are much tougher than the gigantea, that is for sure!

 

[Flighty]

Did you see my sexual reproduction challenge with a newly shipped BTA? I have 4000+ planulae I am juggling right now trying to figure out how to get them to settle.

A bit of a dream come true, cross your fingers for some success over here Any insiteyou can toss my way?

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1219597

http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52817

Edit: sorry for the hijack, but I thought you would be excited too

 

[shutiny]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10900705#post10900705 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Flighty
Did you see my sexual reproduction challenge with a newly shipped BTA? I have 4000+ planulae I am juggling right now trying to figure out how to get them to settle.

A bit of a dream come true, cross your fingers for some success over here Any insiteyou can toss my way?

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1219597

http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52817

Edit: sorry for the hijack, but I thought you would be excited too

Cindy,

No, I didn't see it because I was gone for the past few months. That was an incredible observation ! What an experience to have and thanks for sharing.

I have collected live births from a newly arrived green Haddoni and a red Haddoni but has not been successful growing any of the babies(except Aiptasia ) So, don't have much to contribute. The lavas were there before the shipment, am wondering if the shipping condition/stress may play some part in success or failure paradigm.

However, I have a helper who is a Stanford grad student, and his study is focus on anemone. He has been a great help with resources, and readings. I'll see if he is interesting in contacting you. He believes that hobbyists may play a significant part in the future of marine animals. Where it is impossible for the average people to keep lions and tigers in homes but anemones and corals are being kept with successes.

There was a guy(Greg Hiller?) posted info that much same as caring for new clown babies and if it was me, I'll follow the same protocol.
Take care and take more pictures for us, please.

 

[Flighty]

New info is it looks like they are probably unfertilized eggs, so that's a bummer. I've been getting info from Eric Bornaman on his forum.

I'm sure someday we will work this out, it doesn't seem like there are any insurmountable hurtles.