Bendalat November 19, 2014 Share November 19, 2014 It's been one and a half months. Hopefully, the Red Haddoni loves its spot, and will not move again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoelace November 19, 2014 Share November 19, 2014 That is exceptional! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogurnda November 19, 2014 Share November 19, 2014 O! M! G! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S November 19, 2014 Share November 19, 2014 darn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy November 19, 2014 Share November 19, 2014 Beautiful !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendalat November 19, 2014 Author Share November 19, 2014 Thank you Shoelace, mogumda, Ryan S, and Tommy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roni November 19, 2014 Share November 19, 2014 As usual, fantastic. Looks like the skunks are doing well together. Aggression at a minimum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave w November 19, 2014 Share November 19, 2014 Absolutely stunningly beautiful! Great to see so many clowns servicing their anem. Now it must stay alive and happy for you for at least 10 years to makeup for the loss to the wild. Which it certainly looks happy enough in your tank to occur. People that keep carpet anems report that once a year or so it will expel sperm or eggs, usually upon a major or accidental change in water parameters. Changed salinity due to a malfunctioning ATO, neglect by being out of town for a couple of weeks, etc. If this happens for you, late one night you'll see a little smoke eruption of sperms or eggs coming out of the mouth and your skimmer will go crazy. From what I understand, these anems are either male or female and they do not self fertilize. Mike at the National Zoo is the best anem expert I've heard of so he'll have better advice for you. I think that in nature they spawn on a full moon in late summer in the southern hemisphere, so if you have night "moon" lighting and could raise the water temps in February/March you might get lucky enough to see that happen. But it sounds pretty tricky to me. However they do need to spawn once a year, and perhaps more often. Often you can tell a female by candling. You put a high powered light or flashlight behind the anem and you can see if eggs are developing inside. It's kind of like a poor man's version of an X-ray machine. If you find that you have a female with eggs, you could post to WAMAS for anyone with a male and the two of you might be able to change water parameters at the same time, although I think it would be very hard to time the spawns. Again, in nature mass spawning is probably typical, so maybe for a few weeks one of you could loan your anem to the other. Usually the male goes first and this triggers the female to release eggs. All of this is high level stuff and you're probably not interested. But it would be amazing if you kept this as a background goal for a year or two until you could pull it off. There should be several people (like me) that would be happy to assist, then would try to provide the right conditions to grow the resulting planulae. You would definitely win aquarist of the year somewhere. If not MACNA, certainly on a regional level. Not saying you have to do any of this, but how much fun it would be to try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2nhle November 19, 2014 Share November 19, 2014 wow, amazing. Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gws3 November 19, 2014 Share November 19, 2014 beautiful. not your cookie cutter tank for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion November 19, 2014 Share November 19, 2014 Gorgeous tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 November 20, 2014 Share November 20, 2014 Khanh, as always, you are an artist with your tanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob A November 20, 2014 Share November 20, 2014 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendalat November 20, 2014 Author Share November 20, 2014 As usual, fantastic. Looks like the skunks are doing well together. Aggression at a minimum? Thanks roni. Yes, they chase each other sometime. But over all, they are okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendalat November 20, 2014 Author Share November 20, 2014 Absolutely stunningly beautiful! Great to see so many clowns servicing their anem. Now it must stay alive and happy for you for at least 10 years to makeup for the loss to the wild. Which it certainly looks happy enough in your tank to occur. People that keep carpet anems report that once a year or so it will expel sperm or eggs, usually upon a major or accidental change in water parameters. Changed salinity due to a malfunctioning ATO, neglect by being out of town for a couple of weeks, etc. If this happens for you, late one night you'll see a little smoke eruption of sperms or eggs coming out of the mouth and your skimmer will go crazy. From what I understand, these anems are either male or female and they do not self fertilize. Mike at the National Zoo is the best anem expert I've heard of so he'll have better advice for you. I think that in nature they spawn on a full moon in late summer in the southern hemisphere, so if you have night "moon" lighting and could raise the water temps in February/March you might get lucky enough to see that happen. But it sounds pretty tricky to me. However they do need to spawn once a year, and perhaps more often. Often you can tell a female by candling. You put a high powered light or flashlight behind the anem and you can see if eggs are developing inside. It's kind of like a poor man's version of an X-ray machine. If you find that you have a female with eggs, you could post to WAMAS for anyone with a male and the two of you might be able to change water parameters at the same time, although I think it would be very hard to time the spawns. Again, in nature mass spawning is probably typical, so maybe for a few weeks one of you could loan your anem to the other. Usually the male goes first and this triggers the female to release eggs. All of this is high level stuff and you're probably not interested. But it would be amazing if you kept this as a background goal for a year or two until you could pull it off. There should be several people (like me) that would be happy to assist, then would try to provide the right conditions to grow the resulting planulae. You would definitely win aquarist of the year somewhere. If not MACNA, certainly on a regional level. Not saying you have to do any of this, but how much fun it would be to try! Thanks Dave W. I will keep in my. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendalat November 20, 2014 Author Share November 20, 2014 Thank s s2nhle, gws3, Orion, davelin315, and Rob A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind November 20, 2014 Share November 20, 2014 Impressive!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moga November 20, 2014 Share November 20, 2014 Wow!! great look.. you need big leather coral.. ^.^.. if you want trade with me I want your Purple Monster frag!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendalat November 20, 2014 Author Share November 20, 2014 Impressive!! Coral Hind, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendalat November 20, 2014 Author Share November 20, 2014 Wow!! great look.. you need big leather coral.. ^.^.. if you want trade with me I want your Purple Monster frag!!! Thanks moga. Sorry, I don't have any Purple Monster frag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisTran November 20, 2014 Share November 20, 2014 Wow, the carpet stays nicely in the center of the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipg November 21, 2014 Share November 21, 2014 wow! stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendalat November 21, 2014 Author Share November 21, 2014 Wow, the carpet stays nicely in the center of the tank. Thanks Chris. I hope it stays that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendalat November 21, 2014 Author Share November 21, 2014 wow! stunning Thanks dipg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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