So the other day I was at work and a coworker had told me about his neighbor that is moving to Duluth, his neighbor also has a SW setup that he is tearing down and was looking for a good home for the inhabitants.
I immediately said I would be more than happy to help out.
Wednesday...
Went to petco to buy a 40G breader tank to put on the stand I had my old 76G (that cracked) on. Had most of the water premixed already... originally he said he needed a good home for a bubbletip anemone...
Friday...
Arrive at their house and after showing pictures of my setup, he insisted on seeing, and talking to him for a bit he says I can have the anemone, all his LR..40+lbs, almost full bucket of salt (150G worth), a blue damsel which I think is not a damsel but maybe someone can ID him for me when I get some pics up, about 50lbs of argonite, a brand new/never used emperor 400 biowheel filter, 5 SW fish and coral books and a turbo snail.
I just about cried in delight for his generosity and repeatedly thanked him over n over. He repeatedly thanked me over n over also for giving his hobby a good home.
Today...
Stopped at the LFS and bought a maroon clown which took to the anemone within two minutes and hasn't left it since... that's great!!
I do have one concern... when we were taking the anemone out of the tank it was attached to two peices of rock so he was trying coerce it off of one of them and it seemed to split. He said that it felt snug between both rocks but all of a sudden it just kinda let go without any pulling and split into two.
I just took some pictures of the tank and such for all to see. so here they are...
Questions are: 1-should the greenish whithered half of the anemone bounce back and there will be two of them?
2-what kind of fish is the blue one?
3-does the anemone leave whitish spots on a clown fish?
The reason I ask about the clown is because when I bought him he was spot free and after about an hour n a half he has kinda a white spotty type stuff on the tips of his fins. It kind of resembles ich but ich doesn't spread that fast.
OK here are the pics....
I immediately said I would be more than happy to help out.
Wednesday...
Went to petco to buy a 40G breader tank to put on the stand I had my old 76G (that cracked) on. Had most of the water premixed already... originally he said he needed a good home for a bubbletip anemone...
Friday...
Arrive at their house and after showing pictures of my setup, he insisted on seeing, and talking to him for a bit he says I can have the anemone, all his LR..40+lbs, almost full bucket of salt (150G worth), a blue damsel which I think is not a damsel but maybe someone can ID him for me when I get some pics up, about 50lbs of argonite, a brand new/never used emperor 400 biowheel filter, 5 SW fish and coral books and a turbo snail.
I just about cried in delight for his generosity and repeatedly thanked him over n over. He repeatedly thanked me over n over also for giving his hobby a good home.
Today...
Stopped at the LFS and bought a maroon clown which took to the anemone within two minutes and hasn't left it since... that's great!!
I do have one concern... when we were taking the anemone out of the tank it was attached to two peices of rock so he was trying coerce it off of one of them and it seemed to split. He said that it felt snug between both rocks but all of a sudden it just kinda let go without any pulling and split into two.
I just took some pictures of the tank and such for all to see. so here they are...
Questions are: 1-should the greenish whithered half of the anemone bounce back and there will be two of them?
2-what kind of fish is the blue one?
3-does the anemone leave whitish spots on a clown fish?
The reason I ask about the clown is because when I bought him he was spot free and after about an hour n a half he has kinda a white spotty type stuff on the tips of his fins. It kind of resembles ich but ich doesn't spread that fast.
OK here are the pics....