|
|
|
07/25/2013, 06:25 PM
|
#26 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 119
|
Theres no point , I just do this for fun. I'm not a professional fish tank guy. This is actually my 2nd anemone just my first carpet and I had the last one for well over a year and kept him in a 5 gallon fluval chi with a clown before I moved them up to my bigger tank. (which I eventually sold when I moved)
I'll keep posting if he lives or not but honestly it doesn't really matter, it's just like every fish you buy. Some make it some don't , if you never have had a fish or anemone die then congrats to you. |
|
|
07/25/2013, 07:24 PM
|
#27 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: NY,NY
Posts: 2,072
|
I have had my anemone since 2001. I bought my first heteractis magnifica in 2000 and it died. I vowed I would never buy something that I was obviously going to kill again and joined RC just after that to help educate myself. What I learned online has lead to the success I have had. I have lost many fish to disasters like hurricanes and power blackouts, but never because I intentionally disregarded the advice of more experienced aquarists. Your callous disregard for oceanic life is astounding and a primary reason why this hobby is threatened by conservationists. I recommend you take the anemone back to Petco and tell them they should not be selling a species like this without the sales knowledge to back it up, but I'm an idealist and you can hate me or disagree but that is who I am and what I believe.
__________________
Joe Peck TOTM Apr. 2013 Advanced Aquarist Featured Tank March 2011 Reef Hobbyist Magazine journalist, and all around SPS nut! Current Tank Info: 240 with 750 gal total system, ATI LED Powermodule, MTC-HSA 1000. MTC Pro-Cal.. |
|
|
|
07/25/2013, 08:29 PM
|
#28 |
|
Grizzled & Cynical
 Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Stamford, CT
Posts: 17,319
|
Well, its NOT like every fish you buy because the vast majority of fish can be kept in a reef tank. Yes, we all lose fish, but it is irresponsible, IMO, to attempt to keep any animal that we know cannot be maintained in captivity.
The problem with these anemones is that they can be kept, it just takes a lot of knowledge and experience. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people who try to keep them, have neither. |
|
|
|
07/26/2013, 03:33 AM
|
#29 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 119
|
Well captain know it all you can't get experience without trying it!
Anyways I'm out, you guys obviously are professionals and never have things die and only you guys can have certain fish/anenomes/corals. I remember why I stopped coming here in the first place , ask a question and everyone goes off topic about something I didn't even ask. |
|
|
|
07/26/2013, 04:20 AM
|
#30 |
|
Premium Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Hummelstown, PA
Posts: 2,353
|
Man does this smack of the usual order. Make a bad purchase (and in a 29 cube this is), ask a question, get nose bent out of shape when warned of mistakes, use the I know others excuse/reasoning, insult other posters, post an I'm out when it gets direct.
Either tons of trolls or there is a study to be done on this. Lol |
|
|
|
07/26/2013, 05:55 AM
|
#31 | |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Seattle, Wa
Posts: 540
|
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
07/26/2013, 06:25 AM
|
#32 | |
|
biggliest cofveve champ
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: 5th floor, Illinois, gewgaw expert
Posts: 3,506
|
Quote:
__________________
of all the things i've lost, i miss my gary the most. Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine into your brain, and that is where crappy ideas come from. Current Tank Info: i gave my reef away and i feel like a bird out of a cage!! |
|
|
|
|
07/26/2013, 06:33 AM
|
#33 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Posts: 835
|
The idea of strict collection and trade laws sickens me. The idea of people acting like this sickens me more. :smh:
__________________
I got a fever, and the only prescription is more pictures. |
|
|
|
07/26/2013, 09:53 AM
|
#34 | |
|
Grizzled & Cynical
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Stamford, CT
Posts: 17,319
|
Quote:
I guess the only thing I would say is that beyond the petulance, he does make a reasonable point about experience. All of us, at some point, were beginners, and I suspect the universe of hobbyist who didn't make an ill-advised purchase at one point or another shrinks rapidly to zero. The key point is to actually listen to more experienced reefers - as opposed to looking for the answer you want and bristling when you don't get it. Frankly, places like Petco really shouldn't be selling animals like carpet anemones that have, what, a 1% chance of surviving. Less? And BTW, that's Professor Know-it-all 
|
|
|
|
|
07/26/2013, 10:17 AM
|
#35 | |
|
Moved On
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: usa
Posts: 209
|
Quote:
You would think people would have a sense of humor. |
|
|
|
|
07/26/2013, 02:03 PM
|
#36 | |
|
Sir Brian The Lenient
 
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Mattoon, IL
Posts: 32,111
|
Quote:
__________________
Always strive for the optimum environment, not the minimum environment. Current Tank Info: Empty |
|
|
|
|
07/26/2013, 02:03 PM
|
#37 | |
|
Sir Brian The Lenient
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Mattoon, IL
Posts: 32,111
|
Quote:
__________________
Always strive for the optimum environment, not the minimum environment. Current Tank Info: Empty |
|
|
|
|
07/26/2013, 02:04 PM
|
#38 |
|
Sir Brian The Lenient
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Mattoon, IL
Posts: 32,111
|
No advice is going to be listened to, so no reason for this to remain open.
__________________
Always strive for the optimum environment, not the minimum environment. Current Tank Info: Empty |
|
|
 |
|
|
