white malu?

[androo]

is this a nem please guys seen one today thats wot it was marked down as anyway?

i went to a lfs today i was listioning to the shop attendent who was talking to a customer wanting to get into marines.

he told him you could use r.o or you could also use tap water if you wanted to:jawdrop: he was cuming out with so much rubbish it was unreal!!!!

just wanted to share with you all

andy

[Paul-H]

A white Malu is a near death Malu. and stay away from the LFS

Paul

[Buster]

is this a nem please guys seen one today thats wot it was marked down as anyway?

i went to a lfs today i was listioning to the shop attendent who was talking to a customer wanting to get into marines.

he told him you could use r.o or you could also use tap water if you wanted to:jawdrop: he was cuming out with so much rubbish it was unreal!!!!

just wanted to share with you all

andy


Would that be the lfs on the way to hornsea just after coniston?

[androo]

yep buster that was a good guess mate but did'nt see the malu there seen that at another lfs

andy

p.s would'nt buy anything there but thats my own opinion mind

[Buster]

yep buster that was a good guess mate but did'nt see the malu there seen that at another lfs

andy

p.s would'nt buy anything there but thats my own opinion mind


funny how I knew which one you ment.:jump:

[androo]

mmmm yer it is mate but they do have a bit of a reputation there i never ever bought anything from there i dont think i will either i just go in there to have a look see wot they have in etc?

its a shame realy but i wont carry on about it just wanted to mention about poor advice you seem to still get at lfs and if you dont know anybetter it could be a disaster!!!

andy

[Gaters]

Contrary to what some lfs say there is no such thing as a white anemone. If it's white then it's on it's way out and would take some serious care and attention to bring it round. It also depends which anemone it was as lfs wrongly name many malu's and especially when they are white. If i was looking for a 1st nem i would try to get a bta from a fellow reefer that had split. Far too many are taken from the wild only to perish. I've heard over 95% of wild caught anemones die within 1 year.:eek: I personally believe it's only a matter of time before most nems are illegal to take from the wild.

[cl0wn]

get fed up with seeing shops selling "white malu's", as if they are supposed to be that colour. agree with gaters, tank split bta's are the way forward. as always, they sell them because people still buy them, hopefully when noobs become educated, the demand for these creatures will drop.

[pinkskunk]

ahhhhh, mys lfs sold me a malu, white with purple tips, said thats how it is, looked after it really well but lost it after 18 months, is he wrong then?????? should it not be white after all?????? The longer i keep marines and the more i learn the less the guy at my lfs seems to know - funny that!!!!

He is currently selling a mimic tang as a lemon angel - how good is that, it was obvious to us as soon as he saw it, getting quite worried now!!!!!


Contrary to what some lfs say there is no such thing as a white anemone. If it's white then it's on it's way out and would take some serious care and attention to bring it round. It also depends which anemone it was as lfs wrongly name many malu's and especially when they are white. If i was looking for a 1st nem i would try to get a bta from a fellow reefer that had split. Far too many are taken from the wild only to perish. I've heard over 95% of wild caught anemones die within 1 year.:eek: I personally believe it's only a matter of time before most nems are illegal to take from the wild.

[cl0wn]

mimic tangs do mimic lemon peels, but should still be easy to tell the difference.

any white nem is bleached and has ejected it's zooanthellae, it is possible to help the nem get it's proper colouring with feeding and the correct lighting, but very difficult, and not for the beginner, who unfortunately,end up buying these nems

[cl0wn]

bleached nem sold as "white malu"

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q1/Picture%20108%20(Small)%20(3).jpg



same nem recovering well

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/DSCF0718%20(Small).JPG


took lots of tlc, but still eventually expired after about 2 years.:(

[Gaters]

That looks like a job well done-i wonder if it has an effect on them when getting so stressed and this leads to an untimely death even though they look to have recovered. Was it a h. crispa?

[cl0wn]

yup crispa. just gradually shrunk away to nothing over the course of a few weeks. think it may have been a combination of factors, always did better under t-5's and switch over to MH didn't help, IMHO. was a lovely nem, didn't wander.

[Gaters]

ahhhhh, mys lfs sold me a malu, white with purple tips, said thats how it is, looked after it really well but lost it after 18 months, is he wrong then?????? should it not be white after all?????? The longer i keep marines and the more i learn the less the guy at my lfs seems to know - funny that!!!!

He is currently selling a mimic tang as a lemon angel - how good is that, it was obvious to us as soon as he saw it, getting quite worried now!!!!!

You have to remember that anemones don't age as such so in reality have an indefinite life span. In the wild they can live for 100s of years, so 18 months is not a long time. As Clown has said nems become white through stress-being taken from the reef, no light, poor water quality etc and as he has shown even though he expertly 'brought round' his nem it died later when it appeared in good health.

Just the fact that your lfs can't spot a mimic tang would raise alarm bells;)

[Gaters]

yup crispa. just gradually shrunk away to nothing over the course of a few weeks. think it may have been a combination of factors, always did better under t-5's and switch over to MH didn't help, IMHO. was a lovely nem, didn't wander.

It looks lovely in the 2nd pic. It just goes to show how fragile they are. I have a crispa at the mo'. I got it with the setup when i bought it 1.5 years ago. It was bleached but not as bad as your one and it isn't as brown now more beigey purple and it's more than doubled in size. I would put some pics up but still can't work out how to do it. Always says image is too big and i don't know how to resize it.

[Tangman]

It looks lovely in the 2nd pic. It just goes to show how fragile they are. I have a crispa at the mo'. I got it with the setup when i bought it 1.5 years ago. It was bleached but not as bad as your one and it isn't as brown now more beigey purple and it's more than doubled in size. I would put some pics up but still can't work out how to do it. Always says image is too big and i don't know how to resize it.
Hi Neil this is what i use m8, its free and its easy to use it must be as i use it LOL Twiggy:jump:

http://www.xemico.com/photogadget/freeware.html

[Gaters]

Thanks Eric i'll give it a go-you may well see some pics of my tank in the near future-tommorrow (about time) and the start of the 6x2x2.5 i got from Piglet.

[Tangman]

Thanks Eric i'll give it a go-you may well see some pics of my tank in the near future-tommorrow (about time) and the start of the 6x2x2.5 i got from Piglet.
Hi Neil its easy to use,and it will be nice to see some pics of your new tank. I will have to get over sometime to all you Leeds area reefers and have a look at all your tanks Twiggy:jump:

[Gaters]

When i eventually get the thing filled you'll have to call in and have a coffee and a 'butcher's'. Oh and what's happened to the smiley's in quick reply?

[Tangman]

Hi dont know m8 as i use the other one not quick reply Twiggy

[pinkskunk]

It did, and he is still tring to get me to take a malu, glad i saw this on here, thanks all for your input!!!


You have to remember that anemones don't age as such so in reality have an indefinite life span. In the wild they can live for 100s of years, so 18 months is not a long time. As Clown has said nems become white through stress-being taken from the reef, no light, poor water quality etc and as he has shown even though he expertly 'brought round' his nem it died later when it appeared in good health.

Just the fact that your lfs can't spot a mimic tang would raise alarm bells;)

[Gaters]

It did, and he is still tring to get me to take a malu, glad i saw this on here, thanks all for your input!!!

That's what we are here for-sharing info. If you are thinking of getting a nem-when you have 5 mins spare have a good read of www.karensroseanemones.com (http://www.karensroseanemones.com). It's very informative mainly about bubble tip nems but alot of the info is transferable to all species. Imo if it's your 1st anemone then a bubbletip will be less hard to keep (note i said less hard-all are extremely difficult) and can be bought from fellow reefers whose have split and bubbletips tend to be far more colourful.:D

[moorish]

if its white more than likely its bleached,more than 90% of nems usually die in the first 12 months even the wholesalers tend to lose up to a third of nems before they even sell them.if you want a nem try & buy a clone from somebody or a one that has been in somebodys tank for over 6 months.derek

[pinkskunk]

Thanks, it wouldnt be my first but I will still be taking a look at that site, you can never learn too much imo. Can you suggest a good place to get a nem from as i don know anyone else who keeps marines and I am getting increasingly unhappy with my lfs? Thannks again!
:jump:


That's what we are here for-sharing info. If you are thinking of getting a nem-when you have 5 mins spare have a good read of www.karensroseanemones.com (http://www.karensroseanemones.com). It's very informative mainly about bubble tip nems but alot of the info is transferable to all species. Imo if it's your 1st anemone then a bubbletip will be less hard to keep (note i said less hard-all are extremely difficult) and can be bought from fellow reefers whose have split and bubbletips tend to be far more colourful.:D

[cl0wn]

try popping an ad in the classifieds section on here for a tank split clone.