Thank you!
Didn't realize these guys could heal as quickly as they are...makes me less nervous about cutting them up.



Well, if you insist


Thanks Diane!

aww how cute

when you're ready, let's do some trading. i'm good for 1 maxi for 10 of your minis

Hmmmm.....must make room....

Then we talk

i saw a 8" S. tapetum yesterday.

i've decided to let my entire collection grow out.

it was nice.

i lied.

nice are they hard to keep?

We all knew you were when you said it



Mine haven't been - and many people consider them a pest since they multiply so quickly

Nips would like to put in one order of minicarpet collection. Please pick out some nice varieties. COD @ RHS

can't... new cuttings NFS

=( is there a waitlist?

i want mini carpet nems help me get addicted

borneman anemone?

Adin I want on the list for some nems pleasssssse.

Looks VERY similar to the borneman nem I got today...





























...with my new MAXIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If they have a fairly long stalk, then they're borneman nems - hard to tell from that pic.



**Preemptive strike, since I know you'll say it, Adin - will post pics of the maxis when I've got them off the massive rocks and settled in the tank a bit. Looks like 3 different color variations

omg...

i was waiting for photos to load in those white spaces in your post.

i hate you.


big rock? try the hammer trick.

everyone healing up nicely!

I should get pictures first, afterall you will have to live with me. Now break the rock, place them in the tank, and get me some pictures.

Going to try the hammer tomorrow and see what happens.

I want that one on the bottom right!

MINE MINE MINE MINE!!!!!!


Anyway......finally.....some pics!!!!
(Notice my newly improved camera skillz )

Borneman anemone, top view:


And a side view:




Sorry guys - just a teaser until I can upload the maxi pics

that's like a mini H. aurora.

i want one!

let's trade!

I'll see if I can get a couple more and we shall trade



And now........THE NEW MAXIS!!!!




pardon my baby clown

i need this one:

That thing would be a MONSTER in your tank - 3.5" (and it's still ticked off). Then again, I'm sure it wouldn't be that big for long

The "baby" one on the bottom right of that rock has the same coloring I think - its about 1.5"

The others are all 3+", except that 1st green one - about 1.5" for it.

i ask the gf at least ten times a day, "did you know i have the largest collection of mini carpet anemones in the world?" (as a joke.. she could care less and i enjoy being annoying)

now i have competition! describe your setup please!

Competition? I doubt that! running off with razor blade in hand

My fiance's almost as obsessed about them as I am now:




Current mini carpet tank:
15g +10g sump, 25ish pounds live rock between the two tanks, chaeto and xenia in the sump, running ~150gph through it.

Display has a K2 and minijet 606 for circulation. 150w Sunpod, stock bulb. Corals are Montis, yumas, and a few zoanthids/paly grandis. A few more mini carpets and the corals are going to the other tank.

Anemones:
Sebae (came with the clowns) - about to be moved
Borneman anemone
Mini carpets - something like 25 mini minis...guessing a bit on that. Now 6 maxi minis.

Its definitely time to make a tank thread

MINE ALL MINE.... no one can have any.... all mine. Very pretty, esp the first one.

I need to go back to Maryland now so I can see them.





JK Adin you can have some.

Amber

WHAT ABOUT ME????????

thats what they are I have like five of them lol .and I have been trying to ID them for over a year now....three just like that one and 2 that are pink.

Sorry, I forgot to say you can have some too, I know how to share. Infact I will share with everyone (with Daniels permission) just as long as he still has at least one of each so I can see them the next time I get to go up there. So friends?

And Pheallox you should share also those are my favorite anems, ever since I saw one in the lfs and they wouldn't get it off the rock for me (although at the time I just though it was a cool mushie, oops) and then they sold it to someone else . But I have one now . YAY Daniel.

My LFS gives them to me bnecuse they think they are pests LOL...and I will share I found a good way to force split them by dropping the rock into a cup of 50/50 salt water and skimmer gunk (dont ask) and after about half an hour there are 2 and so far all three times it has worked

Where are they getting their live rock from? Bornemans, from what I can tell, are fairly "rare" in the hobby. Certainly not a lot of "ID this nem" threads, and basically no info whatsoever about them.

Interesting propagation technique you got there.....too bad I don't have a skimmer


That last maxi in the pics is MIA - gotta go find it before it reattaches

They told me it is from there fiji rock yet I got one off of they tonga branch so I dont think they even know.....the closes ID I got was from Adin he called them ugly rock nems well I dont care what they are or where they come from I like them and they like me ....the new one is so cool it is green centered and has pink and white on the tips.

ANEMONE FRIENDS UNITE!

well I just cant bring myself to cut mine had the blade in hand and thought what if I phuck this up with adin around I will never get another ....so I will just feed it daily until it splits and then when there is 2 I will try.

Yeah - I've only got one so far, so I'm hesitant to cut, but I'm getting a few more in early November so I'll be attempting to cut then.


Have you had any split so far? How long does it take between splits?

Yes, friends!!!
Maybe now I can start an anemone prop tank too!
How do you like your Bam-Bam's?

I love my bam-bams, thank you so much for them. Its nice to have zoas again even if they are 12hrs away.

I was talking about cutting my mini....the "borneman nems" are the ones that I split with dirty water I think it is a servival instinct....I have five "borneman" and one mini.

OH!!!......in that case......CHOP IT UP!!!!!


So Adin - tried the hammer method for removal...surprisingly enough, it worked on one of them.
The other five are just EXTREMELY ticked off

Worked on the little one on the right:



It's now sitting in my anemone bottle

Man its like being a crack head with out crack but a nice pipe ....but you guys have crack please share crack I need my crack....wow that went some where I didn't want to go.

Well she is cut hope for the best so far they are in a cup floating in there tank cup with holes and rubble in the bottom so when they want they can attach...so far thewy are shaped like a c and that looks good to me.

PEER PRESSURE!!!!!!!!

Got my fingers crossed for ya!

Post some pics now

Where are you getting the nems dshnarw? I am in MD and I have never seen them around... Shoot me a PM if you don't wanna put a store name up here.


I did pick up some mini's at a frag swap in PA a couple weeks ago, would really love to get a maxi though, let me know if you ever have any up for grabs.

I got them all from a WAMAS member. Took all the healthy ones he had and left the one that didn't look like it'd survive the trip. Haven't seen any in stores - although I've bugged the heck out of every LFS worth walking in in the DC area. (Still trying to convince one store that they aren't pizza nems )

Are your minis the watermelon (green/pink) variety? If not, we should trade minis.

I'm in the waiting stage on the maxis right now - trying to tick them off enough that they move. Then they'll be getting cut and traded around.

I got three different ones. one is kind of yellow and pink, one is more watermelonish and one ran away and i haven't seen since i put them in the tank. I am hoping it will resurface, but who knows...


How long do they(mini's) take to begin multiplying once added to a tank?

I dont know how long it takes for them to split naturally, but its a whole lot faster to just split them yourself. All you gotta do is take them out of the tank, use a new (sharp) razor and slice through the mouth. (For better instructions see Adins photo instructions in the beginning of the thread). I say dont wait for natural splits just do it yourself.

Oh and when you do, can I have one? I'll get Daniel to trade you one of ours for one of yours.

Amber

Alright, I think i'll give them a little while to settle in and then i'll start hacking them to bits. I only got them a week or so ago. I'll try and get some pics at some point as well.

So this is the 1.5 pico all my Bornman nems are in and a few close ups

There are actualy five in therethe large is the first and the culture where I cloned the resat exept for the green centered one middle left.

mother


first clone

newest addition
and this is my mini after I went EMO on his arse.



they have attached and are looking well buy only time will tell.

not bad!

Hmmm, seeing these guys reminded me of some 'nems posted in an old hitch hiker thread I've saved. Has the "Borneman 'nem" ever been tentatively identified? It seems to resemble the pics posted on this page (scroll down a little):

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?...608b2a84f60b16a

which were tentatively ID'd, at least at that site, as Phymanthus sp. Wonder if a search on that genus would yield anything?

--Diane

There have been several "guesses" as to its ID, but no one has really decided for sure that I know of - EB put them into Epicystis along with the relocated flower/rock anemones. Others have decided on Phymanthus, but I don't think a concensus has been formed, at least among the reefing "experts". I think it should be in Phymanthus because of morphology (doesn't hurt that it would mean EB was wrong either...I kind of enjoy that idea )

Maybe we should send it to the REAL anemone expert - Dr. Daphne Fautin?