interesting trip to *****

[jstdv8]

So I went to ***** today to see if they carried reef crystals, which they didnt
But I was standing there looking at the saltwater sectiona nd found a really nice looking good sized condy anemone and they were 10 bucks. It's my first anemone and it has good coloration. The lady asks if I need help and I told her I wanted the anemone.
I've never bought stuff from ***** before except salt for obvious reasons (most of their fish looked rough) but it was fathers day soon so I treated myself to a nice looking specimen.
I expected her to just bag it up, but instead she asked me if I had a clown fish. I told her I did and she requested I tell her how long I'd had the clown, what kind of lighting I had, how established the tank was etc. just like you would expect at a quality fish store. She told me if my clown decided to be hosted by the anemone that it might kill it if it didn't give it time to adapt because they were just getting used to the ***** system and all.
Very intelligent on the saltwater stuff from what I usually get.
I told her I quarantine everything so it will have plenty of time to get settled in with no disturbances and get strong before I throw it to the black and white striped wolf in my DT.
Anyways, found it interesting, thought I'd share

 

[acrylic51]

That's a shocker......Congrats!!!!

 

[meowzer]

LOL
where's the picture????

 

[2quills]

There are some descent ones out there no doubt. It's just the majority that gives them the thumbs down from me. And the fact that their tanks are loaded with unhealthy and diseased ridden fish every time I go in there. Or at least down here they are.

 

[hawkfish203]

I agree the fish always look horrible every time I'm in there. I've often thought if I had more free time I would get a part time job there just to get the tanks looking better.lol. There systems are pretty good they just don't maintain them by the looks. Congrats at finding a good one.

 

[jstdv8]

Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/386266/interesting-trip-to-petco#post_3391700
LOL
where's the picture????
I'll see what I can do about that in the morning. I just hope my sixline has enough sense to stay away from this thing when it's out of quarantine.

 

[aquaknight]

Simple economics here. For that Condy anemone to be $10, ***** ain't going to pay much more then $8.75 an hour for the "fish tanks keeper." And for $8.75/hr., you aren't going to someone experienced with aquariums (marine at least) as, well, hard to live off $8.75 and spend hundreds a month on the aquarium.... It's cool that there's an exception to the rule.

 

[coral guy]

a couple years back i bought my first angel as fathers day gift and the systems were great then now a days me and dad stop there once and while and the system look like crap all the coral or anemones are either half dead or just decaying.

 

[bang guy]

Does anyone here have a Condy hosting a Clownfish other than a Maroon or a Tomato? I've seen Condy Anemone eat Ocellaris Clownfish but I haven't actuall seen one host them. Just curious if anyone from here has successfully made this pairing.

 

[reefkprz]

I have heard anecdotally that they might but I have never witnessed it. none of my clowns ever hosted in a condy though they have been available, they preffered my power head or toadstool leather over the condy. being from different oceans may make it less recognizable as a possible host. I don't think the likley hood very high of a successfull hosting. I will point out that within days off adding a BTA they were making residence in it over the leather powerhead and condy.

 

[gemmy]

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Originally Posted by Bang Guy http:///forum/thread/386266/interesting-trip-to-petco#post_3391748
Does anyone here have a Condy hosting a Clownfish other than a Maroon or a Tomato? I've seen Condy Anemone eat Ocellaris Clownfish but I haven't actuall seen one host them. Just curious if anyone from here has successfully made this pairing.
I had a condy as my first nem and my female Ocellaris took to it right away. She was so excited that she killed it. That was my last experience with a condy. I thought about trying another, but not if it will kill my clowns.

 

[jstdv8]

I hadn't considered that

 

[smartorl]

I had a pair of Clarkii's host a condy, it was during the hurricane blitz a few years back when I had to combine tanks because of only having generator power for a few weeks.
I rarely go to ***** but the few times I do, they usually have the Clarkii's housed in the tank with nem's listed as Condy's.
I had a friend, new to salt and dying to do it all, who bought a pair of condys that consumed both of her picassos and several other specimens within a week. Picassos were running about $150 - $200 a pair then. Turns out buying the $6.99 nem as opposed to buying the $40 nem turned out to be a costly mistake, lol.

 

[kylev]

I have a ***** around me that has a saltwater section that was really surprising as well. The guy working the department was very knowledagle and was even running some of his own equipment to keep corals healthy. All their fish and corals seemed happy. They even had some really nice ORA sps frags for sale. It's actually where I got my pair of black and white clowns. I havn't had a single problem with them and theyre healthy and happy as can be, just wish they'd host my RBTA.

 

[jstdv8]

Well, here it is, white balance is all out of wack for the LED's it's under, but it has nice brown tentacles and bright purple tips. Now you guys are freaking me out with it eating the clowns. I'm working on a trade for some frags for a nice brain coral at the LFS I might bring this guy along to throw in, I'd be pretty angry if my Emo Nemo went missing

 

[flower]

.... EDIT: Below is a list of why I never used a QT on an anemone...I'm so worried about sounding wrong, I have been so misunderstood lately.
I just don't understand the whole concept of quarantine for an anemone.

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  They have to adapt to your tanks water flow to find a happy place to dig in.
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  They can't get ich or other fish diseases.
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  The moment you move it from whatever happy place in a QT and then after 3 to 4 weeks move it to the DT it's a whole new thing like it was never quarantined to begin with, and will be all stressed out from being disturbed.
  You have MH or equivalent light on a QT? I ask because my QT had the minimum lighting, certainly not enough for an anemone.
  They need a very stable system in a tank established for at least 6 months.

Your helper at ***** may have sounded like she knew her stuff but said nothing when you mentioned a quarantine???

 

[jstdv8]

Flower,
I quarantine EVERYTHING. rock, inverts, corals, fish, anemones, sand you name it.
Power heads can't get ich either but that doesn't prevent them from bringing it into your system.
The lady at ***** was concerned that after the anemone had just gotten through being shipped up to Alaska from who knows where that if I put it in a DT and the clown took to it right away that the clown could mess with it so badly in it's weak state it could kill it. I tend to agree and have heard of this happening before. Her point was that in a QT it will have time to get strong after being shipped thousands of miles, much more traumatic than a 6' move to my DT.
Yes I have a powerful LED lighting on my QT tank for when I QT my corals. fish get QTed in an entirely different system since they get copper treated and the rest of the stuff just gets a waiting period with no fish present.
My QT tank has LR in it that has been in my main system for 1.5 years as well as a filter that has bacteria built up on it from my established tank
Anemones themselves do not get ich, but anything that can bring in a drop of water or has a hard surface on it can introduce ich into your system.

 

[2quills]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jstdv8 http:///forum/thread/386266/interesting-trip-to-petco#post_3391817
Flower,
I quarantine EVERYTHING. rock, inverts, corals, fish, anemones, sand you name it.
Power heads can't get ich either but that doesn't prevent them from bringing it into your system.
The lady at ***** was concerned that after the anemone had just gotten through being shipped up to Alaska from who knows where that if I put it in a DT and the clown took to it right away that the clown could mess with it so badly in it's weak state it could kill it. I tend to agree and have heard of this happening before. Her point was that in a QT it will have time to get strong after being shipped thousands of miles, much more traumatic than a 6' move to my DT.
Yes I have a powerful LED lighting on my QT tank for when I QT my corals. fish get QTed in an entirely different system since they get copper treated and the rest of the stuff just gets a waiting period with no fish present.
My QT tank has LR in it that has been in my main system for 1.5 years as well as a filter that has bacteria built up on it from my established tank
Anemones themselves do not get ich, but anything that can bring in a drop of water or has a hard surface on it can introduce ich into your system.
I'm with you on that. I don't know if their coral tanks are on a separate system than their fish or not. But it would be possible when they are bagging something that they could pick up the parasites when they are in the free swimming stage. Or even a piece of rock or coral could harbor the parasites when their in the breeding stage. Just because it's not a fish doesn't mean the stuff still can't get passed around from tank to tank. You may get lucky and not get something bad, or then again you just may. Gotta ask yourselves this question...are ya feeling lucky...well, are ya?

 

[kiefers]

I have to agree. I have seen fish in the LFS in the coral tanks and it makes me shiver with the thought of possibly the corals being infected or holding in water that is contaminated. I wish they wouldn' do that. place fish in one area and coral in a seperate area.
On that note, My fish guy does not have fish in his live rock tanks, amen to that, and typically the rock sits there for a great deal of time so QTg the rock is in my opinion pointless.

 

[flower]

Interrsting, also you have a much more prepared QT than the run of the mill type like I had set up. You have the right lighting, and with the 1.5 year old live rock it's an established tank. All very different than I imagined in my head.
I haven't added a fish in my 90g in ages. However I have added corals (I do dip) and anemones. I don't have any means of quarantining them (I don't have the lights) and never concidered they could contaminate my tank with ich. I was more concerened with flat worms or a coral munching nudi. ...new things to think about..LOL..I may never add another critter to that tank, it may be nitrate loaded but everything in it is alive and healthy.