dshnarw Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Well, for now everything seems all right. The new tank the strawberries are in seems to be doing reasonably well. The water hasn't gotten any cloudier since I put them in, and they've all opened up. One thing I've noticed about them, and I think this must be a characteristic of corallimorphs (I don't know much about them, so correct me if I'm wrong), is that they don't seem to be able to move like anemones do. If you think about it, being colonial the way they are, attached at the base, it wouldn't make sense to be able to move. I also don't know about reattaching. When I peeled some of the orange ones off, a thin brown layer came up under their pedal disks. I don't know if this is part of the anemone or part of the scallop shell, but it doesn't look like they'll be able to reattach with that on their feet. For now I'm just gonna leave them and see what they decide to do about it, but if it goes a week or two without them attaching, or showing any inclination to, should I even consider trying to glue them down? Not gonna worry about that right now, but for future reference. Well...brown stuff could be nems or could be shell - brown and gooey is probably part of the nem (at least in my experience with the mini carpets...but minis are fine even if you rip them up a bit...don't know about strawberries). If it's not gooey, it's probably the organic coating on the shells getting ripped off. I think the latter is more likely, and if that's the case you probably won't see them attempt to reattach, since they're still sort of attached. Beyond that...I dunno what to tell ya about reattaching them....new territory for all of us I suppose Keep up the good work!! Link to comment
Jamie Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Yeah, it's stiff and brittle. I was thinking maybe built up layers of algae on the shells or something. I'll just wait and see what they do - better to have them unattached anyway for shipping. Link to comment
Jamie Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Yay! The tank is still clear! I'm gonna test the water today, and do a 1 gal waterchange, and probably keep doing 1 gal waterchanges for the next few days. I also *might* move the Urticina's into the tank with the strawberries. The tank they are in is running 63 degrees, which is fine for everything else, but a little warm for them. I'm hoping this won't trigger allelopathy from either them or the strawberries, because I think that was one of the factors that led to the tank crash earlier. I'm also running carbon now, which would help with that. I can keep the current urticina tank down to 60 by adding ice every hour or so, so for now I've been doing that, but I won't be able to keep that up during the week with school. I fed everything last night, too. I couldn't really tell if the strawberries were eating - some of them closed up, slowly, but it wasn't and anemone-like reaction, but then again, they aren't anemones, I don't know how quickly they would normally react to food. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Yay! The tank is still clear! I'm gonna test the water today, and do a 1 gal waterchange, and probably keep doing 1 gal waterchanges for the next few days. I also *might* move the Urticina's into the tank with the strawberries. The tank they are in is running 63 degrees, which is fine for everything else, but a little warm for them. I'm hoping this won't trigger allelopathy from either them or the strawberries, because I think that was one of the factors that led to the tank crash earlier. I'm also running carbon now, which would help with that. I can keep the current urticina tank down to 60 by adding ice every hour or so, so for now I've been doing that, but I won't be able to keep that up during the week with school. I fed everything last night, too. I couldn't really tell if the strawberries were eating - some of them closed up, slowly, but it wasn't and anemone-like reaction, but then again, they aren't anemones, I don't know how quickly they would normally react to food. YAY!!!!!! GOOD NEWS TODAY!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!! Link to comment
Jamie Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 YAY!!!!!! GOOD NEWS TODAY!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!! And even batter news today! The berries look the best they have looked yet, all opened up and happy. They also look HUNGRY, so I'm gonna feed em in few minutes. I've got all the other stuff in the bottom part of the surge tank, and it's all looking great too. I think I'll be able to get the surge tank up and surging this afternoon! Link to comment
dshnarw Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment
jeremai Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 The last two pages have been a rollercoaster ride of emotions. First I was all Then I was all After that I was all And now I'm all Link to comment
dshnarw Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 The last two pages have been a rollercoaster ride of emotions. First I was all Then I was all After that I was all And now I'm all That makes two of us. I think I had a heartattack in the midst of all that Link to comment
Lalani Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 You guys need to chill... I had full confidence in ya, Jamie. Link to comment
Jamie Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 Glad you two made it through okay. Thanks Lalani. You setting up that tank yet? The surge tank is officially up again, but not surging, because the anemones are still attaching. The strawberries are still looking hungry (didn't feed them earlier) so I'll see how they feel about a little cyclopeez after I do some of my homework. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Glad you two made it through okay. Thanks Lalani. You setting up that tank yet? lol...and Lani sticks up for ya You guys need to chill... I had full confidence in ya, Jamie. not a lack of confidence in Jamie...lack of confidence in strawberry hardiness in midst of massive die off Link to comment
Jamie Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 I just hope the same thing doesn't happen when I ship to you! But it shouldn't, there's not much left on the rocks that could die. Link to comment
Lalani Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I'm still thinking about setting up a cw tank, but I'm pretty sure I can convince myself to do it. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I just hope the same thing doesn't happen when I ship to you! But it shouldn't, there's not much left on the rocks that could die. well, i have plenty of extra tanks and tubing to jimmy a second cw tank...and tons of free water, so i'm prepared. and i know what to do now that you've done it Link to comment
Jamie Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 heh, yeah, at least I've got experience now. I'm procrastinating on my homework tonight, so I might even get pictures! I'm not gonna stay up late, though, so we'll see. Television may be a piority, with all this going on plus a big english project, I haven't seen an TV in at least a week! I'll get pictures soon, if I don't get 'em tonight, though, so don't worry. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 heh, yeah, at least I've got experience now. I'm procrastinating on my homework tonight, so I might even get pictures! I'm not gonna stay up late, though, so we'll see. Television may be a piority, with all this going on plus a big english project, I haven't seen an TV in at least a week! I'll get pictures soon, if I don't get 'em tonight, though, so don't worry. nuttin on tv...football game isn't any good...take pics instead Link to comment
Jamie Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 TIVO!! All I watched was a half hour of family guy, but the lights were off when I went upstairs. Who knows, maybe I'll get some night-time shots, we'll see. Link to comment
Jamie Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 PICS!!!! Bottom tank: A. elegantissima Urticina coriacea Top tank: Urticina grebelnyi??? KWG identified it as a Christmas anemone, aka U. grebelnyi. doesn't look at all like the one in my book (solid red column is the main difference). Could it be U. columbiana? It fits the description much better. Input? (and don't worry, it's not being smooshed by that rock, just getting held in place till it attaches) C. californica!! (and tubeworm) -Jamie Link to comment
dshnarw Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omgomgomg omgomgomg omgomgomg Link to comment
Jamie Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Nice, triangle formation. I like it. Let me try this ___ ___ _ _______ ___ :) Well, that almost worked. It's a big smily face, if you can't tell. Link to comment
kingwintergreen Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 other way around, the one with the red base is the U. coriacea I'm going "by the book" on the U. crassicornis, although you are right in questioning whether or not it should be called... that "greby" name, whatever it is they look great, glad you like them Link to comment
Jamie Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Okay, thanks for clearing that up. According to this website (which is a good resource, according to Jeremai) U. crassicornis = U. grebelnyi http://actiniaria.com/urticina_grebelnyi.php Link to comment
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