dshnarw

So I asked this one: But he/she/it didn't say much

Well, shrooms certainly dont like it....they squirt water at you (with fairly good accuracy and distance). Luckily I have poor eyesight and need glasses

Thanks for the tank tour - awesome tank - and the steaks (will be eating very soon). Jamal and Josh - nice to meet you guys! Sorry to hear about the firefish - I've had that happen a couple times now.

I wouldn't trust the digital either. Most of them have error ranges of 2* or more listed on the specs, which realistically means you can trust it to within ~3*. I only use mine to get a general idea without giving myself a headache reading the alcohol thermometer.

Thats the craziest thing I've heard of in a while. Glad to hear it's alive.

Yeah - they do release some chemicals that can be toxic. One of nano-reef.com's admins cuts them for propagation fairly often. He usually leaves them in a container outside the tank for a few hours, then puts them back (no transfer of the water, of course). My best way of explaining the stickiness - I was moving things in the tank a few days ago, and one grabbed my finger. When I moved it, the entire rock the mini carpet was attached to came along - probably a pound or so. I'd love to have a haddoni or any of the larger carpets, but I'm stuck in nano mode because of apartment restrictions.

Very nice looking 'nem.... I'd bet it was - I remember a while back a guy on another forum lost a 4" yellow tang to his 8" mini carpet. They're also extremely good subjects for propagation by cutting (much easier than a BTA) - especially with the big maxis, since they very rarely split. (I'll just throw in that anyone who wants to get rid of a few - sell/trade, send me a pm, as I know this forum isn't for selling/trading, and the discussion of these little beauties can continue)

Consider me there! Only thing I've heard about them is that they spread really bad, so that's not an issue really - as thats pretty much it for the tank anyway. Is there something else (I haven't seen much in the literature about them?)? And no, clownfish won't host in them - the "mini" mini carpets are way too small - couple of inches is "big" for them. The "maxi" mini carpets supposedly get to 12", but eat fish - including clowns.

I have 19 right now, and always looking for new color varieties. I'm going for a mini carpet dominated nano (15g +10g sump).

Awesome. Thanks!

Hey guys, I'm fairly new to the area, but certianly not to SW aquariums, and I've been having problems finding mini (or maxi) carpet anemones - Stichodactyla tapetum. Seems that LFSs around here can't get them/haven't heard of them. Anyone know where I can find a few? Thanks!