A "Newbie" And His Anemones

Gator0930 · May 17, 2018

macon77 said:
Oh, crap. I forgot to "research" when I bought this lion.

In all honesty, I know (and knew) the risk. I still feel horribly about my blue fish. I am a bad fish parent.

We all make impulse buys. I did it and had to catch damsels out of my tank. Then I did it again and had to catch a blue sided fairy wrasse out of my tank and take it back to the LFS

macon77 · May 17, 2018

Gator0930 said:
We all make impulse buys. I did it and had to catch damsels out of my tank. Then I did it again and had to catch a blue sided fairy wrasse out of my tank and take it back to the LFS

Actually, the lion was not an impulse buy. I have always loved them. Since this tank has been running, I have not been able to find one that would eat something dead, until I found this one a few weeks ago. There had never been a question about whether, or not, I would get one, if I found one. Again, I knew the risks. It was a gamble I took. I do like the lion a lot, but I feel badly about my damsel.

Gator0930 · May 17, 2018

macon77 said:
Actually, the lion was not an impulse buy. I have always loved them. Since this tank has been running, I have not been able to find one that would eat something dead, until I found this one a few weeks ago. There had never been a question about whether, or not, I would get one, if I found one. Again, I knew the risks. It was a gamble I took. I do like the lion a lot, but I feel badly about my damsel.

Our conversation here inspired a thread of my own. Check it out
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/biggest-disaster.392453/

macon77 · May 17, 2018

Gator0930 said:
Our conversation here inspired a thread of my own. Check it out
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/biggest-disaster.392453/

Wow!!! I don't think I have ever started a trend in my life. If we could get two more people to do so, we could call it a trend. I could be famous.

I will absolutely check it out.

macon77 · May 17, 2018

Gator0930 said:
Our conversation here inspired a thread of my own. Check it out
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/biggest-disaster.392453/

OH, NO!!! Biggest disaster? I have to pick just one?

This could take some time, to figure out the WORST one.

Gator0930 · May 17, 2018

macon77 said:
OH, NO!!! Biggest disaster? I have to pick just one?

This could take some time, to figure out the WORST one.

Nope. Post them all. Like i said, it gives everyone a chance to learn from others mistakes. Plus it is entertaining

macon77 · May 17, 2018

Gator0930 said:
Nope. Post them all. Like i said, it gives everyone a chance to learn from others mistakes. Plus it is entertaining

Post them all!?!?! That could take a while.

macon77 · May 17, 2018

MOMENT OF TRUTH TIME!!!

Here is why I have not posted pictures of my tank until now. This is what the tank looked like during its "uglies" stage. This was just too embarrassing to post, at that point.

And, this is why I will never start a tank with dry rock (even seeded), ever again. There should inevitably be some ridiculous life form take over the tank that NO ONE ON THE PLANET CAN EVEN IDENTIFY, MUCH LESS FIND A SOLUTION FOR!!!

I also love some algae species. I was trying to grow the caulerpa that is pictured. Whatever this mess was that took over the tank, even the algae couldn't survive its consumptive abilities. Everything in the tank seemed to be starving to death.

In the first picture here, you can see the first anemone in this tank. It was in the cave, hiding from the brown crap. Even the anemone was scared of it.

***If anyone ever encounters this mess, URCHINS WILL EAT IT!!!***

macon77 · May 17, 2018

This is a thread about anemones. But, but, but, but...

Before...

After...

I have kept the setosa as an "indicator."
The leather will likely have to be rehomed, unfortunately.

macon77 · May 17, 2018

Back to our regularly-scheduled program.

OUCH!!!

macon77 · May 17, 2018

And, the wrasse makes an appearance. ("Made" an appearance. This is obviously an older picture.)

macon77 · May 17, 2018

Somewhat mind-boggling. I wish I could get better photographs.

Pascal Trill · May 18, 2018

Looking fantastic

macon77 · May 18, 2018

Pascal Trill said:
Looking fantastic

Thank you, Pascal Trill!!!

Sistawolf · May 18, 2018

Wow.. I love this.. and your pictures are prettt dang perfect.. I think you are definitely being to hard on yourself.. keep up the good work and if you ever consider getting rid of your babies.. babies.. let me know lol

macon77 · May 18, 2018

Sistawolf said:
Wow.. I love this.. and your pictures are prettt dang perfect.. I think you are definitely being to hard on yourself.. keep up the good work and if you ever consider getting rid of your babies.. babies.. let me know lol

Thanks, Sistawolf. I appreciate the comments.

The main issues I have with the pictures are that 1) the colors are frequently slightly off (relative to what my eyes see) and 2) it is impossible to capture "metallic" in a picture.

I have rehomed quite a few, recently. It will likely be a while before I need to thin the herd, again.

macon77 · May 19, 2018

@drblakjak55 commented about the bubbles on some of the anemones. That got me to thinking and looking.

This is one anemone. Some of the tentacles are bubbled, others are not. (The picture looks sideways, but it is not.)