dshnarw Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 THEY'RE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment
Scott Riemer Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 THEY'RE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love to see pics when the time is right. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 How do they look? not bad...a little deflated, but open we'll see how they look in an hour or so when the temp equilibrates... Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 they were still open when i put them in. surprised they're not less thrilled, considering the temp dropped 12* in the last 45 minutes. heading back to work, though...we'll see how happy they are when i get home tonight. Link to comment
Carinya Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 grats on the additions. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 grats on the additions. thanks! I have to say, from what little I've been able to see of it, this one: looks freaking AMAZING. Column is peachy-orange with steel blue verrucae, along with the crazy kaleidoscope oral disk/tentacles. Other one looks just like my red guy, but redder column and instead of being bumpy, it's striped. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 so i guess you guys are waitin on pichers? o...ok....... o...you wanted pichers of the new ones? red one...memory card filled up before i got many of it: and kaleidoscope: and a couple with flash so you can see the column: Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 you obviously picked the good A. equina - the one I got has no blue verrucae and everything looks great. Yeah, I think these intertidal nems couldn't care less about temperature changes. They were supposedly keeping the equinas at tropical temps - mine was 64 when it got here, and I just dumped it straight into the tank - no problems. Just a surge of fresh water after being kept in a particularly warm tidepool. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 you obviously picked the good A. equina - the one I got has no blue verrucae and everything looks great. Yeah, I think these intertidal nems couldn't care less about temperature changes. They were supposedly keeping the equinas at tropical temps - mine was 64 when it got here, and I just dumped it straight into the tank - no problems. Just a surge of fresh water after being kept in a particularly warm tidepool. it is a horrible guessing game they have...wish they'd show pics of the columns and stuff in divers den too. but hey...i wont complain they didn't mind the temp difference at all - 72* in the bag, 60* in the tank. I let them float for 45 minutes or so, and they stayed open the whole time until I poked them getting them out of the bag. They were half open again before I could walk out the door. Pretty amazing on the "still needs convinced of the ID for some of these darn nems" front...solid red one has no verrucae - very smooth with subtle stripes from foot to tentacles. kaleidoscope has very apparent verrucae, very similar to my old red nem, but grey on the outside with a blue dot in the middle. dunno if that makes any difference, but it's interesting to note at least. Link to comment
kingwintergreen Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 on the "still needs convinced of the ID for some of these darn nems" front...solid red one has no verrucae - very smooth with subtle stripes from foot to tentacles. kaleidoscope has very apparent verrucae, very similar to my old red nem, but grey on the outside with a blue dot in the middle. dunno if that makes any difference, but it's interesting to note at least. hey, those are pretty nice. what were they listed as? Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 hey, those are pretty nice. what were they listed as? both listed as Actinia equina Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 lol, that avatar makes me laugh every time Link to comment
Carinya Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 holy shizzle, those are nice. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 holy shizzle, those are nice. and MUCH nicer in person both ate like pigs tonight on cyclopeeze. seems they wouldnt mind if i'd tossed in some mysis or silverside pieces for them. kaleidoscope had all its tentacles shoved in its mouth stuffing cycloppeze in as fast as possible. also, confirmed ID on the new red guy - definitely A. equina. When it was feeding, I noticed it had blue spots between each tentacle, and bright blue acrorhagi = A. equina Link to comment
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