Experimental Tank!

[SkiFletch]

Sorry to pick your ass Ski but mushrooms are under the class Zoantharia and order Corallimorpharia, and are thus not true anemones.

Huh, then how come everyone refers to them as corallimorph anemones? Or am I just hallucinating again? My taxonomic knowledge is clearly limited . You wouldn't happen to know the taxonomy of aiptasia?

Edit: at least I knew they weren't true coral

 

[Donya]

A lost of shrooms do well in pico tanks <5 gal. They're undemanding on light and easy to take care of. I have a small shroom species in my 1 gal. with 12W lighting and they're making baby shrooms quite happily. Just be aware that some shrooms can get rather huge and take up a space the size of your hand or larger with no trouble. Some hairy shrooms also get big enough to eat fish and wouldn't be suitable for a pico tank, so you have to be careful about what you get.

Also about shrooms and mobility...I added a new shroom to my 1 gallon recently that, while I was off looking for a pin to anchor it down, found a hole in the rock and wiggled out of reachable range in about 10 minutes and completely out of sight in another 5 min ( DOH...that'll teach me not get the pin first). A couple days later it was peeking out the other side of the rock and now it's crawling back up the other way again. They do roam a lot when they want to, but if they're happy they stay put.

corallimorph anemones

Well...it's probably because they're neither and are also called "soft corals." Two wrongs makes a right, no? LOL. If you look at white ball corallimorphs, they're closer to anemones and really do look like nems unless you get into details, so I can see where that name has come from.

 

[chrissaysyes]

Btw man, I'm in the US so I cant send you any shrooms Shipping would be a bit pricey

 

[Apistogramma]

Ooh thats a long way even for a really, really roaming shroom...thank you for the offer though Chris - it shall not be forgotten.

 

[chrissaysyes]

If you're ever on my side of the pond and you find your self on the east coast, I have a rock covered in em for ya

 

[Lynden]

You wouldn't happen to know the taxonomy of aiptasia?

Kingdom Animalia (Metazoa)
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Zoantharia (Hexacorallia)
Order Actinaria
Family Aiptasiidae
Aiptasia

 

[chrissaysyes]

Would a stomatopod eat aiptasia anemones?

 

[Lynden]

Would a stomatopod eat aiptasia anemones?

I highly doubt it but they are unpredictable. Synirr's ate an upsidedown jelly once if I remember correctly.

 

[chrissaysyes]

I had read somewhere that they eat anemones...was wondering what that was all about...I guess it's like you said, they COULD eat one...just wondering since I'd like to house aiptasias with my mantis.

 

[fishstick]

Hiya!

I've decided the best way to see if I can cope with the salt water world is to try it so...I have a nano-tank set up happily since October. It's 3.5 UK gallons...well I did say small!!!
It contains four kilos of live rock and about a centimetre depth of live sand. There are all sorts living in it! Two tiny snails (still not sure what sp.) came in with the live rock and growing remarkably well and my ammonia/nitrite and nitrate levels are all a happy 0.
My big question is...can I keep any corals in the tank???
My next question (and very cheeky) is does anybody have an fragging's they don't want that they might be willing to send me as I'd like to 'grow' my little tank for interests' sake more than anything.

Thank you in advance for any replies.

Where abouts are you? If you are in the uk I could send you some really small frags which will grow larger of course. I have 35 litres and am always finding very small pieces of the different corals I have which I attach to little rocks. With such limited space 'samples' are better than grown corals if you want to experiment.

 

[Apistogramma]

Where abouts are you? If you are in the uk I could send you some really small frags which will grow larger of course. I have 35 litres and am always finding very small pieces of the different corals I have which I attach to little rocks. With such limited space 'samples' are better than grown corals if you want to experiment.

Yes, I'm in Derbyshire! That would be awesome if you could send me some bits! I've got some decent live rock which has sprouted a little pink coral of its' own which I'm delighted at but as you say I don't want to buy larger corals and then find out they really don't like my tank...expensive and frustrating! I'll PM you my address.

 

[chrissaysyes]

Glad you found a donor

 

[Apistogramma]