What Color is Your Carpet? {pics please}
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Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Has anyone ever seen an orange Carpet Anemone? {Not a dyed one, of course!} SDII seems to indicate they really exist....
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Understandable. With a place like RC, who needs a library?
SDII = "The Reef Aquarium" {also called TRA} by Sprung/Delbeek vol. #2
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t..._books_1/002-1547887-3938415?v=glance&s=books
SDII = "The Reef Aquarium" {also called TRA} by Sprung/Delbeek vol. #2
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t..._books_1/002-1547887-3938415?v=glance&s=books
delphinus
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LOL if you had said "D&S" or "S&D" or "TRA II" I would have clued in sooner. I was thinking this was some new supplier you guys had all found or something ... :lol: anyhow thanks for the clarification.
PS. It's been a while since I've hit my TRA and done some reading ... Doesn't Sprung talk about visiting an anemone farm somewhere? Man, I gotta find me the contact info for that place.
PS. It's been a while since I've hit my TRA and done some reading ... Doesn't Sprung talk about visiting an anemone farm somewhere? Man, I gotta find me the contact info for that place.
OptimusReefer
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I have a basic green and melon colored carpet, i was wondering tho how do you all keep yours so frilly mine flattens out alot and has almost no wave to it, other than that it looks very healthy and ive had it for almost a year now...
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I have a basic green and melon colored carpet, i was wondering tho how do you all keep yours so frilly mine flattens out alot and has almost no wave to it, other than that it looks very healthy and ive had it for almost a year now...
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
You're right, Minh. Judging from where gigantea naturally occur, you would think they would be the carpet anemone species most tolerant of environmental conditions. As we know, nothing could be further from the truth in captivity!
OptimusReefer- Besides the varying "frillyness" of host carpet anemone species, {gigantea being the most "frilly", mertensii the least and haddon's somewhere in between them} I believe there is a connection between "frillyness" and diet. If the anemone is receiving a lot of light, and only occasional feedings of small {planktonic} prey, they tend to flatten out more. Heavy feedings of big chunks of food create more pronounced folds. This is my experience. Can anyone corroborate?
OptimusReefer- Besides the varying "frillyness" of host carpet anemone species, {gigantea being the most "frilly", mertensii the least and haddon's somewhere in between them} I believe there is a connection between "frillyness" and diet. If the anemone is receiving a lot of light, and only occasional feedings of small {planktonic} prey, they tend to flatten out more. Heavy feedings of big chunks of food create more pronounced folds. This is my experience. Can anyone corroborate?
delphinus
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Finally, my turn to post to this thread with a picture to contribute! :rollface: 
I found this guy at a LFS on Saturday.
I'm not 100% certain but I think it's S. gigantea. The tentacles are uniformly long and narrow, they vibrate or wiggle constantly, the oral disk tends to fold up abit instead of lay flat, and the verrucae are purple. I tried to get a photo of the verrucae but my camera has no macro capabilities and I think I got in too close so the detail is kind of lost in the lack of focus. (Sorry, I tried .. need a new camera!!)
It's only about 6" right now.
The pictures also don't show it, but there is a subtle yellow colour in the tips of the tentacles, that I hope will darken up in time.
It appears to be fairly healthy and robust. It attached instantly, it is holding on in a spot of quite high current, and it's even capturing mysis and some cyclops-eeze (of all things) when I feed the tank.
A larger picture can be seen here:
http://members.shaw.ca/hobiesailor/temp/anemones/carpet-day3.jpg
I found this guy at a LFS on Saturday.
I'm not 100% certain but I think it's S. gigantea. The tentacles are uniformly long and narrow, they vibrate or wiggle constantly, the oral disk tends to fold up abit instead of lay flat, and the verrucae are purple. I tried to get a photo of the verrucae but my camera has no macro capabilities and I think I got in too close so the detail is kind of lost in the lack of focus. (Sorry, I tried .. need a new camera!!)
It's only about 6" right now.
The pictures also don't show it, but there is a subtle yellow colour in the tips of the tentacles, that I hope will darken up in time.
It appears to be fairly healthy and robust. It attached instantly, it is holding on in a spot of quite high current, and it's even capturing mysis and some cyclops-eeze (of all things) when I feed the tank.
A larger picture can be seen here:
http://members.shaw.ca/hobiesailor/temp/anemones/carpet-day3.jpg
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OrionN
Moved on
Goodluck with him. See if you can view the video of BonsaiNut's Gigantea. He really have the anemone under very high current. I think that got to be the secret in keeping them.delphinus said:Finally, my turn to post to this thread with a picture to contribute! :rollface:
I found this guy at a LFS on Saturday.
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Minh
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Nice gigantea, delphinus. I've noticed that most of my big anemones feed rather heavily on cyclop-eeze, among other very small size meaty seafoods. Maybe they are more planktonic feeders than previously believed. It's good to know that I don't need to toss them any more Mackerel.
Here's a recent anemone pic I thought would be worth sharing.
Here's a recent anemone pic I thought would be worth sharing.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Tagamet's unidentified carpet anemone
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Nope. It's not.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Gorgeous anemone, Zedar. It appears multi-colored.
FWIW, my LFS just received an anemone that is very similar to Tagamet's. I'm not so sure these red/orange anemones are carpet anemones.
FWIW, my LFS just received an anemone that is very similar to Tagamet's. I'm not so sure these red/orange anemones are carpet anemones.
Thx
But he has turned greener since that picture, I think. I'll snap a shot of him tonight if I get a chance. Probably due to the lighhting. He was in a dimly lit holding tank for a week.
I'm just thankful he made it thru the transport period.
Tagamets anemone looks like maybe an atlantic carpet ? never seen one that color before though.
Wow thats a sweet blue you have Gary. I didnt know they had so many color variants till after i purchased this one. I would have probly purchased a blue.
NM, im satisfied, this guy is healthy.
But he has turned greener since that picture, I think. I'll snap a shot of him tonight if I get a chance. Probably due to the lighhting. He was in a dimly lit holding tank for a week.
I'm just thankful he made it thru the transport period.
Tagamets anemone looks like maybe an atlantic carpet ? never seen one that color before though.
Wow thats a sweet blue you have Gary. I didnt know they had so many color variants till after i purchased this one. I would have probly purchased a blue.
NM, im satisfied, this guy is healthy.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Zedar- Nice to see your anemone ended up with a black saddleback clown.
Here's are some carpet anemones owned by RC member Chris Kawamoto
Here's are some carpet anemones owned by RC member Chris Kawamoto
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