Mertens

[Jimr7]

Couple of my Mertens

[Ron Popeil]

always love a good mertensii. what clownfish will/do you have with them?

[WatDatThing]

Couple of my Mertens
Nice....

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[Rallos]

That looks like one huge nem in the middle of the pic, is it attached to the rock or the tank bottom?

[Jimr7]

Probably 14+". Its foot is attached in the rock. Pretty much what Mertens do.

[nemguy]

What params do you have these guys under? My big mertans won't sit still he's got a 400w metal halide above him and a slow to medium current but he won't find a spot. This is my first mertans and I can't find anything online:/


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[Ron Popeil]

i can hit my mertens with some pretty intense flow and it stays put. i think the crucial part is providing a rock structure that allows it to hide its foot deep inside. my mertens is currently perched on top of a rock shaped like a doughnut, with its foot deep down in the middle allowing it to retract inside if needed.

[Jimr7]

Mine is under a Orphek Dif100 which is about the intensity of 400 wat MH. Think the rock
Structure is probably the key - flow about medium. He moves around some but stays pretty put in that area.

[nemguy]

Okay so they do hide there foot, I wasn't sure. I can never get any good pictures on how they like to attach there foot I will try to make that for him. Thank you for the advice! I currently have another one in cipro that I can try to settle soon too.


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[Jimr7]

Here's a shot of the foot on one. Sorry haven't figured out how to post a real picture. Jim

[nemguy]

Wow that's awesome and yeah sometimes posting pics is annoying and doesn't work mine looks to be settleing into a crevice finally https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170422/0a53a54533fb0659fe44fa324530b8a3.jpg


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[Jimr7]

He looks good and healthy.