You Know Your Anenome Is Healthy When.....

[FishGeek]

......it stings you. I was stung three times while I was trying to fix my powerhead that fell apart.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Lol, ouch. I guess your not a real reefer until you've gotten attacked by something in your tank.

 

[FishGeek]

True. Here is a pic of the Anenome that got me:

 

[CoolWaters]

LOL talk about bite the hand that feeds XDXD

but at least you know its heathly.

 

[Joe Fish]

Did you just touch the tenticles? It looks like it could have taken a finger or two.

 

[FishGeek]

I sware to you it came at me! LOL. I think what happened is that it hasnt been fed in a few days and it felt me over there and decided to see if I as edible. The thing thats funny is that you would think that I would have learned my lesson and fed the thing but I repeated the same thing 3 times!!! As far as the size of the anenome its about 8 or so inches in diameter when fully opened. I got is a few months ago and it was only about 3-4 inches. Its grown very fast It was also a little bleached when I first got it and has been coloring up nicley. But I still cant decide whether its a blue or a green carpet. Anyone have a geuss???

 

[Lotus]

It looks more green to me. And quite frightening, too. Has it eaten any of your fish?

 

[TRe]

i agree that it looks more like a green

 

[FishGeek]

Nope it hasnt eaten any of them. My Clarkii LOVES it. I was lucky to get a pic of the anenome without him in it but he thought he was getting food.

 

[Lorna]

Green carpets are far more prevelant than blue ones. If it is a blue one they are fairly rare from what I hear. They can be mean little beggars too......consuming fish etc. They are the natural host for ocellaris and clarkiis just aren't picky so no suprise they are hosting in it. They pack a nice sting as you found out. I regularily get a nasty sting from my frogspawn that resembles a nasty case of poison ivy, itching like crazy and hives. I suppose this should reinforce why we should be wearing gloves eh?

 

[Limi310]

Ouch! And to think I was afraid of getting a pinch from my hermit crab

 

[FishGeek]

This is what it looked like last night (and there is not much of a difference today):

 

[Lorna]

Looks like a frogspawn sting.....does it itch? the frogspawn sting itches so bad and gets weepy like that. cortisone cream helps...

 

[Lorna]

ps....how's Chance ?

 

[Helena21]

ouch that looks like a nasty sting!

i just spotted in your sig "5 kittens"!! where'd they come from? lol pics?

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

wow... didnt know you had a carpet anemone.... that looks painful! my hammer has stung me before. nothing compared to that though...

 

[Mushroomman]

If it was a true blue it would have been pretty expensive.

Funny, Ive never been stung by carpets (or any anemone), or euphyllia, even when I used to handle them when I worked at a lfs. My coworker there brushed his arm against something nasty in a tank, he cant remember what did it, and ended up with a rash kinda like yours, covering most of his forearm, its still kinda there and it happened half a year ago maybe.

Bet it feels good when you dip it in saltwater

 

[Lorna]

well the frogspawn really only stings me on the inside of my forearm and all I have to do is brush by it........I now am extra careful around it......