emora
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DISCLAIMER - not for the faint hearted
Yep, a slaughter. That is what I just witnessed a couple of hours ago.
This afternoon I had agreed to meet with a local reefer to swap some SPS frags for an purple footed H.magnifica and the Amphiprion clarki that hosts in it.
Since I started in the hobby I've wanted an anemone. I've read everything I could find on them and I often priced them out. But I just always passed it up. I simply decited that I would not buy one until I knew I had the appropriate system for it.
Just so happens that the timing right now is perfect. I have an established tank in my office with very low bio-load, just some LPS corals and lots of space. When I read the post from a local guy saying he had the anemone with the clarki ready to trade or sell, I knew it was the perfect opportunity.
When I got there he showed me two descent sized anemones. The one he had "ready" in the sump looked pretty shabby so he wanted to give me the anemone in the display tank. The only problem was it was still attached. He then proceeded to rip the anemone off the rock. But it was very firmly attached and it did not want to come off.
Watching him pull the foot I suggested using some ice to entice it to release. He went off to the kitchen and instead of Ice he had a knife. Not a sharp knife for a clean cut but a normal table knife. I wont go into the gory details. I tried telling him there was no hurry and that I could come back another day. But he wouldnt stop til the critter was in the bucket.
I brought it to its new home.
I acclimated it very slowly with an airstone in the vessel until the pH matched the tank pH. It only took me a half hour to get it home but the pH was at 7,4 :O
Its no looking all that bad. But then again, I'm no expert on these animals.
What should I look for over the coming days?
Yep, a slaughter. That is what I just witnessed a couple of hours ago.
This afternoon I had agreed to meet with a local reefer to swap some SPS frags for an purple footed H.magnifica and the Amphiprion clarki that hosts in it.
Since I started in the hobby I've wanted an anemone. I've read everything I could find on them and I often priced them out. But I just always passed it up. I simply decited that I would not buy one until I knew I had the appropriate system for it.
Just so happens that the timing right now is perfect. I have an established tank in my office with very low bio-load, just some LPS corals and lots of space. When I read the post from a local guy saying he had the anemone with the clarki ready to trade or sell, I knew it was the perfect opportunity.
When I got there he showed me two descent sized anemones. The one he had "ready" in the sump looked pretty shabby so he wanted to give me the anemone in the display tank. The only problem was it was still attached. He then proceeded to rip the anemone off the rock. But it was very firmly attached and it did not want to come off.
Watching him pull the foot I suggested using some ice to entice it to release. He went off to the kitchen and instead of Ice he had a knife. Not a sharp knife for a clean cut but a normal table knife. I wont go into the gory details. I tried telling him there was no hurry and that I could come back another day. But he wouldnt stop til the critter was in the bucket.
I brought it to its new home.
I acclimated it very slowly with an airstone in the vessel until the pH matched the tank pH. It only took me a half hour to get it home but the pH was at 7,4 :O
Its no looking all that bad. But then again, I'm no expert on these animals.
What should I look for over the coming days?
