Friday, December 24, 2010

Green carpet anemone.

Green color carpet anemone.Also a host to the indian clownfish varieties. Can be fed a small piece of shrimp or fish once in a while. Should be given bright lighting and a modest water flow in the aquarium. Will usually sit on the bottom of the aquarium by going into the sand. If disturbed it will also retract below the sand. It will also settle on the rocks or the glass of the aquarium. Largest carpet anemone i have handled was 15 inch pluswhen fully settled in a clients aquarium. The stubby green tentacles are extremely sticky and will readily detach onto the hands or net of the handler. The tentacles may sometimes cause allergic swelling of the bare hand areas exposed to the tentacles. I have had first hand experience. The broken tentacles stuck to the net remain potent for a very long time and will need to be removed with thorough washing. Safest to use a latex glove while handling them.

Brown color Carpet Anemone.

Brown color carpet anemone.Host to the indian clownfish varieties. Can be fed a small piece of shrimp or fish once in a while. Should be given bright lighting and a modest water flow in the aquarium. Will usually sit on the bottom of the aquarium by going into the sand. If disturbed it will retract below the sand. It will also settle on the rocks or the glass of the aquarium. Largest carpet anemone i have handled was 18 inch plus. The stubby tentacles are extremely sticky and will readily detach onto the hands or net of the handler. The tentacles may sometimes cause allergic swelling of the bare hand areas exposed to the tentacles. The broken tentacles stuck to the net remain potent for a very long time and will need to be removed with thorough washing. Safest to use a latex glove while handling them.

Blue spot butterfly fish.

Blue spot butterfly. Requires plenty of space to swim with lots of live rocks. Takes time to set in an aquarium. Feeds on live & frozen artemia in the aquarium. Shows the blue color patch clearly only after it is properly set in the aquarium. Does well with members of its own species. Buy only fish that are accepting dry feed at the pet shop.

Red Knobbed Starfish.

Red Knobbed starfish. Invertebrate. Should be introduced into stable aquariums only. Tanks should be at least 6months old. This is a Detrivore, Algaevore & opportunistic feeder. Will go after most shellfish, clams etc in an aquarium. The aquarium should not have any accumulated nitrates as this will be detrimental to the long term health of the animal.