I would have cried...

but looks like it'll be okay...(so...just in case...DIBS on the baby!)


.......................


back to expressing concern

You are heartless man.











JK I know you are concerned for the anemones life.

someone posted theirs in the "post your insane anemone pics" thread... everyone scrolled by it like it was another red haddoni

i must have too. i didnt notice that at all

my mistake... "what color is your carpet anemone"

yes no maybe?

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...037#post9520037

oh that kid must have bought the tiny one. he has a good eye for organisms, for a hs student

the anemones from the last mass cutting on oct 7 are almost ready for another go... 2 more weeks?

Yummy. I want.

mmmmmmmmmmmmm...pretty.

yays! the reds are looking good

SIGH OF RELIEF.

!!!YAY!!!

my checking account is sighing at me in disappointment

What type of carpet is the red one?

I'm not exactly sure. It doesn''t have a distinct outer skirt of tentacles like every other S. tapetum I have. Its tentacle arrangement is similar to a mini-mini (not growing as close to the mouth. Here's a red...ish S. tapetum for comparison:



as compared to...

Glad to see it's doing well!!

What color is the foot?

looks like the others... but a shade of pink/red rather than peach/orange

weird - doesn't look like any of the larger species either.



Anyhoo - time for a borneman anemone update:

Natural fission by pedal laceration!!! The top and most of the "stalk" just twists off, and the nub of a foot left behind grows into a new, albeit somewhat bleached, anemone with pinkish tips.

Pic of one in my fuge now, poor lighting, but the tips are quite a nice pinkish hue in person:

For scale, this one is slightly larger than a quarter diameter from tip to tip.

that's an UGLY ANEMONE!

I agree

if anyone in the los angeles area is interested... i've posted one on www.scnrs.com for sale



need funds for vortech !!

WHOA!! Getting fancy are we???
I'll assume that wasn't up for sale long...



*sigh* ...it is, isn't it?

Personally, I think it's pretty cool looking, in a wonders-of-the-sea sort of way...

--Diane

FORCED pedal laceration works with mini carpets btw...

if you scrape one off the rock and leave enough behind, you may sprout a baby after a few weeks.

supernip, i think i might have a tiny crush on you for some reason.

don't worry, it's harmless. I am in love with someone, and they usually only last about 37 seconds.

did you mean to say adin?

No, i meant you. It's the picture i think, and the attitude.

Adin is just too cocky.

rofl.

who has anemones for me? i wanna know what the obsession is about

I hear ya....

^ i know you know what im talking about.

these boards are secretly run by carpet anemones and their propogators. well i want in damnit. I WANT IN!

i am the master of the universe.

Less words

More pictures

Please.

DOES THIS LOOK FAMILIAR?

WANT -> HAVETHANKS DANIEL!WANT -> HAVETHANKS DANIEL!

well this sucks. one of the three minis that i had decided it didnt like the rock it was on and took a ride on one of my snails. i look for it later and its no longer on the snail

that guy needs food.

EVER SEEN ONE MINI SPLIT INTO FOUR?!?!?

Thought it was maxi it was so big. Had it in the sump since Saturday, waiting for it to move so I could put it in a tupperware with the others. Looked in tonight and there are FOUR splits!

Sorry for the crappy quality - it's the sump so you'll see filtration equipment, and poor quality because the camera was dying and I didn't have time for setting things:

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(IGNORE THE BROWN ZOAS ADIN - THEY MADE ME BUY THE WHOLE ROCK)

i did that too for a wild mini... but mine was a rock of indo lords $$

unfortunately, it looks like the "original" minis too

my propagation is going slower than my distribution... for most morphs i'm back down to one individual!!!

I paid less for the rock with the mini on it than I have for minis by themselves. The guy was whining about getting his hand stuck on the mini all the time, and wanted it gone

Yeah...it is the original. I was hoping it was a maxi with the original coloration since it was so big.

My prop is going slow too...I need a bigger space to feed more and grow faster. But my distribution is down to 0 for a while (no one contacts me in that 24 hrs or so that I'd sell them one before the knife comes out again).

Does anyone know if this method of propagation (slicing right down the middle) works on Flower anemones (Epicystis crucifer) also?

not me...
but a quick online search says it doesn't reproduce naturally via fission, so the dropping in skimmer water wouldn't work.

try it and post pics

No.

They won't heal up I assume?

Know if pedal laceration would work (just curious...E. crucifer isn't so exciting...)?

I think that is the only way you can get them to artificially actually.

They are too exciting. Most of them are usually ugly browns or whites but if you know where to look you get beautiful neon greens and electric yellows with white stripes and white/black striped ones with teal centers. There are even orange and red ones many times on ebay (but I don't feel comfortable with ebay). Sure they're no mini carpet anemones but I don't think you should label them as not exciting until you keep a bunch of them (unless you have, then maybe they're just not your cup of tea).

Also, thanks for the info on propagating (how not to) them.

*nods in understanding*



bingo...they rank just below BTAs in terms of my endearment to them. I all nems (except condys...).

I concur, condys are just plain dumb.

i would love to see an all-flower-anemone tank.