marbiol Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Hi, I'm a marine biologist at Vic Uni in Wellington and I've seen a lot of mentions across the forum about Aiptasia. Does anyone know if these anemones are the Atlantic or Pacific species (A. puchella or A.pallida)? I would really appreciate some samples if anyone has the time to remove them in one piece from their aquarium. I can provide dishes and drop them off/collect them from the kelburn end of Wellington. You can contact me at daniel.logan at vuw dot ac dot nz Cheers, Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 They will be pacific. We don't get coral imports from the Atlantic. Sounds like you have a research project going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I am in Wellington and am ashamed to say it, I have all your aipstasia needs covered. Your welcome to as many as you can scrape off Not sure as to what species, as Layton said most likley to be Pacific species. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Hi Dan, I have a smallish rock in my sump that has some nice ones on it. You can take it away if you like, they are pretty hard to remove without just ending up with a lump of mush, plus tend to pull back into a hole if you go near. I work on the terrace, but would rather not have to take a rock and water into work, any chance you could pick it up from Tawa? If you can figure out a good easy 100% way to kill them I reckon you could make a fortune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbiol Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I'm currently working with native anemones (Anthopleura aureoradiata) but it would be useful to have some Aiptasia to work with as well as they are better known and have been studied mroe in the past. The general background behind the work feeds into coral bleaching and anemones (being related to corals) provide a good model system. What temperature do these Aiptasia seem to grow fastest at? Cheers, Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 All our tanks are run in the mid 20's. Don't think anyone would be willing to adjust the temp to see if there A. did better :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 so we're having a competition to see who has the biggest aipstasia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbiol Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I was mostly asking because I have a few cultures of algae (some of which were originally isolated from Aiptasia in the US) and I keep those at 25˚C. It sounds like conditions are probably ideal for the Aiptasia to grow which would explain why they are so much of a problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Do you have access to rotifer cultures? Getting these is a big problem for us, a few of us have looked into breeding saltwater fish but most easily breed fish (clowns) need rotifers for the first few days or they starve so we end up leaving the babies in our tanks and they become fish food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbiol Posted September 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Unfortunately I only have dinoflagellate cultures (the symbiotic algae that live in coral and some anemones). I don' t know of anyone working with rotifers here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Ha, I've had a nice dinoflagellate culture in my tank for the last few months. Finally getting on top of it with Vodka, rock blasting and running phosban. :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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