Death of a Aptasia

kryppy · 10/30/2006, 09:30 PM

Early in the day this aptasia I had recently cut down the middle was minding its own affairs.

Later its luck ran out.

This guy must have got a whiff.

So did this guy.

ATTACK!!

kryppy · 10/30/2006, 09:31 PM

Yum yum

Oh NO!! Trouble for the little guy....

....Or is it?

Watch him slide out. Is this guy Teflon or what?? Can't touch this.

Running scared.

ADA33 · 10/30/2006, 09:32 PM

Love it!!!!!

kryppy · 10/30/2006, 09:33 PM

Nah, still hungry.

Short break.

Back for more.

kryppy · 10/30/2006, 09:33 PM

Hey, that was good.

Haven't I seen you somewhere before??

Lets mate.

You stay over there junior.

DarthBaiter · 10/30/2006, 09:34 PM

wow... nice shots. The blue one is real purty.

p.s. Is that the arms of a starfish in the back?

kryppy · 10/30/2006, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DarthBaiter
wow... nice shots. The blue one is real purty.

p.s. Is that the arms of a starfish in the back?

Thanks. I'm not sure what is up with that blue. Must be from the flash somehow.
That is a tiny serpent star who lived in one of the rocks I threw in there. I only had seen his tiny arms sticking out before this. I'm not sure how he climbed up to the top.
In some of the other pictures I swear it is eating the aptasia also!
Maybe he is getting a brine shrimp from inside the aptasia.

romunov · 10/31/2006, 12:51 AM

Who made those nice egg masses?

Snakebyt · 10/31/2006, 01:01 AM

wow, i need to get a few of those

DarthBaiter · 10/31/2006, 01:02 AM

It does look like it's getting it's share of kicks in...LoL, especially in the "Back for More" shot.

plandy · 10/31/2006, 02:59 AM

Awesome pics! Nice

Tang Salad · 10/31/2006, 03:17 AM

Sweet action pics.

Arthur Miller would be proud.

skeeter-doc · 10/31/2006, 08:55 AM

looks great YGPM

jarhed · 10/31/2006, 09:47 AM

BEST POST EVER!!!!

Now, I gotta get me some of those bad boys, there is a buffet waiting for them in my tank (a couple tiny ones and one huge one).

SuperNerd · 10/31/2006, 12:07 PM

Yeah this was a good post.
Nice clear shots too...and the berghia who came back after almost getting eaten was funny.

DouglasTiede · 10/31/2006, 12:41 PM

Do all Nudis eat Aptasia? I have a HUGE aptasia problem and
pepermint shrimp sure do not do the trick!

SuperNerd · 10/31/2006, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DouglasTiede
Do all Nudis eat Aptasia? I have a HUGE aptasia problem and
pepermint shrimp sure do not do the trick!

No, "berghia" is what eats them (although I believe the name has "officially" changed many people in the hobby continue to refer to these particular nudibranchs as "berghia").

kryppy · 10/31/2006, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DouglasTiede
Do all Nudis eat Aptasia? I have a HUGE aptasia problem and
pepermint shrimp sure do not do the trick!

Nope, nearly every nudi has only one specific thing they eat.

I have some zoanthid eating nudis that look almost identical.
I am tempted to try and cross breed them, but the resulting monster would be bad news.

Here is a link to read more about the good guys:
http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=aeolstep

kryppy · 10/31/2006, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jarhed

BEST POST EVER!!!!

Now, I gotta get me some of those bad boys, there is a buffet waiting for them in my tank (a couple tiny ones and one huge one).

Thanks.

A couple tiny ones and a big one aren't even a snack for these guys!!

The four of them ate 40 in about a week! Some were pretty big and they were still small.

SuperNerd · 11/01/2006, 01:09 AM

kryppy: In your experience, what are some potential predators of the eggs, juveniles, and adults?

kryppy · 11/02/2006, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SuperNerd
kryppy: In your experience, what are some potential predators of the eggs, juveniles, and adults?

I have them isolated now, so nothing has attacked them yet, but I'd bet a green sea grass wrasse would eat them.

onehundred20 · 11/02/2006, 07:55 PM

man I need those, i redid my tank with all new rock and they still came back!

greenbean36191 · 11/02/2006, 08:03 PM

I used to work in a lab that shared a room with Stephen Kempf (the guy who originally bred these guys), so I got to see lots of this. He had two 120s or 150s full of nothing but Aiptasia for these guys.

kryppy · 11/02/2006, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by greenbean36191
I used to work in a lab that shared a room with Stephen Kempf (the guy who originally bred these guys), so I got to see lots of this. He had two 120s or 150s full of nothing but Aiptasia for these guys.

Wow, that is awesome. I have tried to read everything he has written on them.
I have some tanks devoted to aptasia already and will be expanding soon.
Where was the lab anyway? I am lucky I can drive an hour and collect more when these monsters eat them all.....which is happening FAST!!

greenbean36191 · 11/02/2006, 08:41 PM

It's here at Auburn. It's still here. I just don't work there anymore.

10/30/2006, 09:30 PM	#1
kryppy Moved Down Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 869	Death of a Aptasia Early in the day this aptasia I had recently cut down the middle was minding its own affairs. Later its luck ran out. This guy must have got a whiff. So did this guy. ATTACK!!

10/30/2006, 09:34 PM	#6
DarthBaiter Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 662	wow... nice shots. The blue one is real purty. p.s. Is that the arms of a starfish in the back? __________________ "Fluke, I'm yo faddah, come join me on the DockSIde!" Current Tank Info: 90g reef display 30g sump, 75g display 10g sump, 30g cube display, 12g AP reef, 14g BC reef, and a 75g planted livebearer tank.

10/31/2006, 12:51 AM	#8
romunov Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,453	Who made those nice egg masses? __________________ Life is too short to learn everything from experience. "And ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free."

10/31/2006, 01:02 AM	#10
DarthBaiter Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 662	It does look like it's getting it's share of kicks in...LoL, especially in the "Back for More" shot. __________________ "Fluke, I'm yo faddah, come join me on the DockSIde!" Current Tank Info: 90g reef display 30g sump, 75g display 10g sump, 30g cube display, 12g AP reef, 14g BC reef, and a 75g planted livebearer tank.

10/31/2006, 02:59 AM	#11
plandy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Schenectady, NY Posts: 411	Awesome pics! Nice __________________ Peter Landy Schenectady, NY Recent Returnee to the Marines! 12gl Aquapod New "custom euro" 90 gallon under construction!

10/30/2006, 09:31 PM	#2
kryppy Moved Down Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 869	Yum yum Oh NO!! Trouble for the little guy.... ....Or is it? Watch him slide out. Is this guy Teflon or what?? Can't touch this. Running scared.

10/30/2006, 09:32 PM	#3
ADA33 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Francisco CA Posts: 3,131	Love it!!!!!

10/30/2006, 09:33 PM	#4
kryppy Moved Down Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 869	Nah, still hungry. Short break. Back for more.

10/30/2006, 09:33 PM	#5
kryppy Moved Down Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 869	Hey, that was good. Haven't I seen you somewhere before?? Lets mate. You stay over there junior.

10/31/2006, 01:01 AM	#9
Snakebyt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lubbock Tx Posts: 2,141	wow, i need to get a few of those

10/31/2006, 03:17 AM	#12
Tang Salad Algae skeptic Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 78702 Posts: 3,098	Sweet action pics. Arthur Miller would be proud. __________________ Your algae is not special. Current Tank Info: TBD ADA 120-P SPS NLPS

10/31/2006, 08:55 AM	#13
skeeter-doc Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: TX Posts: 1,643	looks great YGPM

10/31/2006, 09:47 AM	#14
jarhed Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,638	BEST POST EVER!!!! Now, I gotta get me some of those bad boys, there is a buffet waiting for them in my tank (a couple tiny ones and one huge one).

10/31/2006, 12:07 PM	#15
SuperNerd Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: SoCal/Left Side- USA Posts: 4,572	Yeah this was a good post. Nice clear shots too...and the berghia who came back after almost getting eaten was funny. __________________ I said fraggit! Current Tank Info: M-728 Combat Engineer (based on M60 hull). M-3 Lee Medium (British version with squatter).

10/31/2006, 12:41 PM	#16
DouglasTiede Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kaukauna,WI Posts: 1,018	Do all Nudis eat Aptasia? I have a HUGE aptasia problem and pepermint shrimp sure do not do the trick!

11/01/2006, 01:09 AM	#20
SuperNerd Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: SoCal/Left Side- USA Posts: 4,572	kryppy: In your experience, what are some potential predators of the eggs, juveniles, and adults? __________________ I said fraggit! Current Tank Info: M-728 Combat Engineer (based on M60 hull). M-3 Lee Medium (British version with squatter).

11/02/2006, 07:55 PM	#22
onehundred20 Moved On Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 826	man I need those, i redid my tank with all new rock and they still came back!

11/02/2006, 08:03 PM	#23
greenbean36191 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 10,598	I used to work in a lab that shared a room with Stephen Kempf (the guy who originally bred these guys), so I got to see lots of this. He had two 120s or 150s full of nothing but Aiptasia for these guys. __________________ Some say the sun rises in the East. Some say it rises in the West. The truth must be somewhere in the middle. Current Tank Info: tore them down to move and haven't had the time or money to set them back up

11/02/2006, 08:41 PM	#25
greenbean36191 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 10,598	It's here at Auburn. It's still here. I just don't work there anymore. __________________ Some say the sun rises in the East. Some say it rises in the West. The truth must be somewhere in the middle. Current Tank Info: tore them down to move and haven't had the time or money to set them back up