One of mine stays on the bottom and the other one stays mid-way up my mountain of LR. Both stay hidden most of the time with just a half-inch of one tentacle sticking out. The bodies are smooth and the heads are smaller than a pencil eraser. The only spines are along the sides of each tentacle and are used to grasp the pellets I drop in. I'm still unsure as to whether there is a different varitey that is "brittle" and more dangerous to reef mates or whether these are the beasties that I should be thinking about removing from my little piece of ocean. Any KISS clarification would be appreciated (KISS = keep it simple sweetheart) (g).
Still not giving up on the anemone. Thanks, Larry At 08:03 AM 10/18/01 -0500, you wrote: >The one I have (for now) is medium green with a smooth top & spiny on the >bottom. It moves very fast & is an aggressive feeder. I believe it is the >type that can catch fish but I have never seen it climb the rock, it stays >on the sand usually in a cave. > >HTH >Chris > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:24 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: serpent stars? > > >The problem with this confusion is due to the plague of multiple common >names. The brittle/serpent star name is applied to a few seperate species. >And with a few of the species both can be used. As the spiny or smooth legs >is just a genetic trait. ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> ><HTML> ><HEAD> ><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> ><META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> ><TITLE>RE: serpent stars?</TITLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY> > ><P><FONT SIZE=2>The one I have (for now) is medium green with a smooth top & spiny on the bottom. It moves very fast & is an aggressive feeder. I believe it is the type that can catch fish but I have never seen it climb the rock, it stays on the sand usually in a cave.</FONT></P> > ><P><FONT SIZE=2>HTH</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Chris</FONT> ></P> > ><P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [<A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>]</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:24 PM</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: serpent stars?</FONT> ></P> ><BR> > ><P><FONT SIZE=2>The problem with this confusion is due to the plague of multiple common </FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>names. The brittle/serpent star name is applied to a few seperate species. </FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>And with a few of the species both can be used. As the spiny or smooth legs </FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>is just a genetic trait. </FONT> ></P> > ></BODY> ></HTML> ________________________________________ LEAVING THE LIST ================ To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. For example: -------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <not needed> UNSUBSCRIBE --------------------------------------------------------------
