coralhawaii
04/10/2002, 06:06 PM
Dr. Ron
I have what appears to be an unusual anemone (at least for the online forums) - cladactella manni.
I'll try to post an image with my crappy digital camera when I get home this evening.
I acquired it from an LFS here on Oahu. I've had some trouble finding good information regarding this anemone, my primary source being: Hawaii's Sea Creatures, a Guide to Hawaii's Marine Invertebrates by John P. Hoover
Hoover's book, as well as my conversation with the collector, indicates this anemone prefers turbulent rocky areas and typically wedges itself into crevices or overhangs. It has attached itself to a large rock and has not moved after the initial getting settled period.
I have a very healthy looking (approx 4" in diameter) individual which I acquired a few days after it was collected. It is housed in a 400 gal DSB tank which is about 4 months old. This tank uses filtered NSW (compliments of the Waikiki aquarium), temp of 82F and 0's in Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrate. A Euro-Reef skimmer is the only mechanical filtration and a refugium is just getting established.
A tank bred common clownfish (which does not interact with the anemone in any way) and a black sea cucumber or the only other (macro sized) tank mates.
It has readily accepted both lance fish (gamma brand) and krill but will egest them essentially undigested within 6 hours. It seemed to hold on to the fish longer than the krill. The egested fish were encased in a fragile translucent package.
I'm working down a list of possible food items and was hoping you could give me some direction in what areas to pursue. I have read your Anemone booklet, which of course does not discuss this particular anemone.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
for reference:
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Hexacorallia
Order Actiniaria
Suborder Nyantheae Carlgren, 1899
Tribe Thenaria Carlgren, 1899
Subtribe Endomyaria Stephenson, 1921
Family Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815
Genus Cladactella Verrill, 1928
Species Cladactella manni (Verrill, 1899)
I have what appears to be an unusual anemone (at least for the online forums) - cladactella manni.
I'll try to post an image with my crappy digital camera when I get home this evening.
I acquired it from an LFS here on Oahu. I've had some trouble finding good information regarding this anemone, my primary source being: Hawaii's Sea Creatures, a Guide to Hawaii's Marine Invertebrates by John P. Hoover
Hoover's book, as well as my conversation with the collector, indicates this anemone prefers turbulent rocky areas and typically wedges itself into crevices or overhangs. It has attached itself to a large rock and has not moved after the initial getting settled period.
I have a very healthy looking (approx 4" in diameter) individual which I acquired a few days after it was collected. It is housed in a 400 gal DSB tank which is about 4 months old. This tank uses filtered NSW (compliments of the Waikiki aquarium), temp of 82F and 0's in Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrate. A Euro-Reef skimmer is the only mechanical filtration and a refugium is just getting established.
A tank bred common clownfish (which does not interact with the anemone in any way) and a black sea cucumber or the only other (macro sized) tank mates.
It has readily accepted both lance fish (gamma brand) and krill but will egest them essentially undigested within 6 hours. It seemed to hold on to the fish longer than the krill. The egested fish were encased in a fragile translucent package.
I'm working down a list of possible food items and was hoping you could give me some direction in what areas to pursue. I have read your Anemone booklet, which of course does not discuss this particular anemone.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
for reference:
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Hexacorallia
Order Actiniaria
Suborder Nyantheae Carlgren, 1899
Tribe Thenaria Carlgren, 1899
Subtribe Endomyaria Stephenson, 1921
Family Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815
Genus Cladactella Verrill, 1928
Species Cladactella manni (Verrill, 1899)