My two 230g tanks and 80g add on

christyf5 · #1 10-06-2011, 06:59 PM

Looking great Laurie! Love that anemone(s are there 2 there or just one?). I assume cuz they're called "mini-maxi's" they stay small (ish)? They kind of look like hairy mushrooms but prettier

fishoholic · #2 10-06-2011, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by christyf5

Looking great Laurie! Love that anemone(s are there 2 there or just one?). I assume cuz they're called "mini-maxi's" they stay small (ish)? They kind of look like hairy mushrooms but prettier

There is just one (for now

) I took that pic of it the day after I added it to the tank. It has since fully opened up, in that pic it's partly tucked into the rock. The maxi minis grow around 2-5 inches, mine is around 3-4". Very similar to mushrooms and apparently were mistaken as such for years. Also apparently you can frag them like mushrooms.

christyf5 · #3 10-09-2011, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by fishoholic

There is just one (for now

) I took that pic of it the day after I added it to the tank. It has since fully opened up, in that pic it's partly tucked into the rock. The maxi minis grow around 2-5 inches, mine is around 3-4". Very similar to mushrooms and apparently were mistaken as such for years. Also apparently you can frag them like mushrooms.

Oh neat! Do you know if they ever reach out and sting anything?(I have zero experience with anemones but people always seem to talk about losing stuff to them). I wonder how they'd fare in a nano tank?

fishoholic · #4 10-10-2011, 02:45 PM

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Oh neat! Do you know if they ever reach out and sting anything?(I have zero experience with anemones but people always seem to talk about losing stuff to them). I wonder how they'd fare in a nano tank?

Apparently they can sting corals but their sting isn't very strong and generally they stay in the spot you put them and they tend not to move around much. They are great for nano tanks because they stay small, don't need strong light and host anemone crabs and sexy shrimp. I went to the store to pick up another one (I had wanted the orangeish ones they had) but unfortunately they only had purple/green ones left. I posted a link in the maxi mini thread I started but I'll post it here too.

maxi mini info
http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/cont...l-sea-anemones

maxi mini thread
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79036

and a new pic of mine

fishoholic · #5 10-10-2011, 02:53 PM

When Doug was visiting at the beginning of the month he bought this guy

an orange formia starfish (funny thing is I'll try forever to get a pic of my flame angel and fail miserably but in both pic's I took of the starfish there he is

go figure)

fishoholic · #6 10-10-2011, 03:03 PM

Coral pic's

A cool pic of my lion and tusk

Peek-a-boo

fishoholic · #7 10-15-2011, 03:43 AM

I was looking at some of my old photos and saw this pic of my blue line trigger when he was a juvi about 2 inches

It's amazing how much he's grown! He's about 5-6 inches now.

The Grizz · #8 10-15-2011, 04:51 AM

I now know what my next trigger is going to be

thanks Laurie. That mini is so nice, I want some now

lastlight · #9 10-15-2011, 06:18 AM

amazing how drastically some of these fish can change. think i prefer the adult colouration very nice!

fishoholic · #10 10-15-2011, 03:13 PM

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I now know what my next trigger is going to be

thanks Laurie. That mini is so nice, I want some now

He is an awesome trigger. A bit aggressive though and he get's huge, up to 24"
http://www.aquariumdomain.com/viewSp...ine.php?id=74#

I've seen them for sale at Ocean City (now called Ocean Creation) in Calgary and at Blue World in Edmonton. I'm sure Red Coral could also get them in.

As for the mini check big als next time your in Edmonton