Jamie Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 I'll see what I can do - may have to wait till after finals (this week) for that one though. Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Well, no sculpin petting, but I did get some good macros. chiton sculpin he's so cute. Link to comment
Lalani Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Ooooooh......... That chiton looks huge! How big is it? Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 3-3.5 inches maybe? Yeah, pretty big. Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 WANT! I will pay anyone who can get me these anemones. Are they even real!? droool http://www.cienciesnaturals.com/208index.html Link to comment
JIM27 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 How is your sculpin behaving in the tank? I have one exactly like that one in my 10g and he bites the hell out of all three of my anemones. I thoguht it might be because it was hungry but regardless of how much its fed, it bites.I actually have it in a separate 5g now for the anemones sake until i can take it back to the beach. Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Yeah, he's hitting the A. elegantissima's pretty hard - doesn't bother the berries though. It seems that if I keep him fed he nips less, also, I think the more nems you have, the more spread out the biting will be. Which means that I will be getting more nems next time there's a low tide. And I demand pics. Actually, if you live near here, I'd take him off your hands for you - it'd be cool to have a pair. Link to comment
jeremai Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 WANT! I will pay anyone who can get me these anemones. Are they even real!? droool http://www.cienciesnaturals.com/208index.html Aulactinia? How is your sculpin behaving in the tank? I have one exactly like that one in my 10g and he bites the hell out of all three of my anemones. I thoguht it might be because it was hungry but regardless of how much its fed, it bites.I actually have it in a separate 5g now for the anemones sake until i can take it back to the beach. Who are you and why don't you have a tank thread?! Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 WANT! I will pay anyone who can get me these anemones. Are they even real!? droool this^^^^ Aulactinia? Who are you and why don't you have a tank thread?! and both of these^^^^ And I demand pics. and that one too^^^^ Which means that I will be getting more nems next time there's a low tide. oh hai Link to comment
JIM27 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Yeah, he's hitting the A. elegantissima's pretty hard - doesn't bother the berries though. It seems that if I keep him fed he nips less, also, I think the more nems you have, the more spread out the biting will be. Which means that I will be getting more nems next time there's a low tide. And I demand pics. Actually, if you live near here, I'd take him off your hands for you - it'd be cool to have a pair. Sorry, I'm in CA. But hopefully you have better luck with yours. My smallest(1inch) anemone is splitting from stress, the others are ok now though. BTW I forgot to say in my first post, You've got a great tank. Who are you and why don't you have a tank thread?! I havent posted here in a few years, I'll try to make a thread this weekend since you guys are interested. Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Sorry, I'm in CA. But hopefully you have better luck with yours. My smallest(1inch) anemone is splitting from stress, the others are ok now though. BTW I forgot to say in my first post, You've got a great tank. I havent posted here in a few years, I'll try to make a thread this weekend since you guys are interested. Do it! I wanna see! Well, today when I fed the tank the sculpin went after the nems - because the cyclops were too small to eat. He doesn't seem to do any physical damage - no missing tentacles or anything - I have no idea why he does it, actually - it seems totally pointless, just pisses the nems off. Thanks for the compliment. dshnarwhal - you can has elegant if I can has minicarpet, yes? Link to comment
hijiwii Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 WANT! I will pay anyone who can get me these anemones. Are they even real!? droool http://www.cienciesnaturals.com/208index.html Are those from europe or what Link to comment
jeremai Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 dshnarwhal omglol Are those from europe or what The photo is from a public aquarium in South Africa. I'm guessing they're locally-caught. Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 omglol sorry, I had too. I wrote it, and then I was like. "No, it can't be that perfect..." but it was. So I had too... But yeah, despite the fact that the website is in Catalan, it's an aquarium in south Africa. There's a link on the page to it. Couldn't find that pic on the aquariums website though. Link to comment
kingwintergreen Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Are those from europe or what Are they not just American West Coast nems (giant greens and warties) with their hues altered with Photoshop or something? Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 dshnarwhal - you can has elegant if I can has minicarpet, yes? thats pretty good... we'll have to discuss this in detail via pm. sorry, I had too. I wrote it, and then I was like. "No, it can't be that perfect..." but it was. So I had too... But yeah, despite the fact that the website is in Catalan, it's an aquarium in south Africa. There's a link on the page to it. Couldn't find that pic on the aquariums website though. hmmmmmmm...anyone notice the columns on those things? bumpy... Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 Are they not just American West Coast nems (giant greens and warties) with their hues altered with Photoshop or something? Don't think so. Notice that on the turquoise one, just left of center, there are radiating lines on the oral disk. The grey one just below and to the right has white marks on it's tentacles (Both these characteristics, however, are seen in A. elegantissima). The red-brown one (closed) just to the right of that has verrucae arranged in columns, whereas A. xanthogrammica has them randomly everywhere. thats pretty good... we'll have to discuss this in detail via pm. hmmmmmmm...anyone notice the columns on those things? bumpy... My pm box is waiting. Link to comment
jeremai Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Don't think so. Notice that on the turquoise one, just left of center, there are radiating lines on the oral disk. The grey one just below and to the right has white marks on it's tentacles (Both these characteristics, however, are seen in A. elegantissima). The red-brown one (closed) just to the right of that has verrucae arranged in columns, whereas A. xanthogrammica has them randomly everywhere. I'm glad you were willing to type that out, I was not in the mood, lol. Maybe email the Sanamyans a link to that site for an ID? http://actiniaria.com/authors.php Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 oooh, I should email them a pic of my unidentified nem too! It hasn't really opened yet, now it looks like it's splitting. Hopefully it starts doing better. But it'd be cool to know what it is! Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 I take that back, the nem is not splitting, and seems to be doing better! It opened last night, so I stuffed it full of mysis. It was open again today - so I stuffed it full again - I'll be at the beach for the weekend, so I won't have any updates on the nem for a few days, but here are a few better (but not very good) pics of it. I was finally able to get the red on camera! It really looks like and Urticina, doesn't it? Cloumn confuses me though. Do you think these pics would be enough for the people at Actiniaria.com to identify it? Link to comment
kingwintergreen Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Don't think so. Notice that on the turquoise one, just left of center, there are radiating lines on the oral disk. The grey one just below and to the right has white marks on it's tentacles (Both these characteristics, however, are seen in A. elegantissima). The red-brown one (closed) just to the right of that has verrucae arranged in columns, whereas A. xanthogrammica has them randomly everywhere. Actually, the lines are common in giant greens, as well as the blotches of heavier or lighter pigmentation over the mouth. I actually thought the one with all the large vescicles is a warty. Some of the others could be urts. Who knows, the photo could be what it claims to be, but it just looks a little suspicious to me . The anemone you just got actually looks a lot like an Epiactis australiensis to me. If you can find some images of this species online, note the color and pattern of the collumn. Although patterns on the oral disc and tentacles vary widely, note also that they usually occur in some combo of purple and white. Link to comment
Jamie Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 OMG TOTALLY AMAZING AND UNEXPECTED TIDEPOOL ADVENTURE!!!!!! AND I BROUGHT A CAMERA!!!! So, it was barely a low tide (+.2ft), but my mom was like, maybe we should stop here, because it was sunny, and really pretty, and I was like, sure! And then it was amazing! Anthopleura artemisia were everywhere, and beatuiful red and pink hydroids covered the rocks! And it was beautiful in the sunset. Best part of all, I brought my camera! Look! all pics are top downs of tidepools - no underwater camera on this trip view of the rocks the holes in this rock are the product of boring clams I had to post this one cause of the red. I didn't even see the color when I was taking the pic, hence the blurryness - I just snapped the pic and left - trust me - if I had seen that color I would have done everything in my power to get that nem, In fact, I'm going back tomorrow just to see if I can find it again. Sooo amazing! nem in a field of hydroids giant pink hydroid, top is a little less than 1 cm across baby! Sunset photos: kwg- Well, I have to agree, the colors do look a little 'altered.' And my nem does look a little like the few pictures I've found of E. australiensis. If it is though, how could it have come to be in Tillamook bay in Oregon? Link to comment
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