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Upside down Tunicates (and suggestions re WWM recent FAQs
availability) Greetings Bob, hope life is treating you well...
<Yes my friend. A joy> A question on Tunicates: <Hmm, I'll
be... just finished (finally!) putting away the Ascidians I had
pictures of from the last trips... and writing, posting and mailing a
survey piece on the group: http://wetwebmedia.com/ascidians.htm> I
recently replaced the substrate in my 55G reef (wow, what a hassle!)
and rearranged all my live rock. I noticed this really cool grouping of
tunicates growing in a cavity of a live rock that was out of sight in
the original aquascape. Only problem is, now the tunicates are upside
down from their original orientation. The "siphon arms" (I
have no idea what they're really called) <Siphons of the
zooids... no problem with terminology or orientation> look like
they're trying to turn upward now. There's not a whole lot of
info out there on tunicates. <And just sent in a review of a
book by Steve Tyree that expands on the use of these cryptic organisms:
http://wetwebmedia.com/tyreecmatv1.htm> I was wondering if they can
live "upside down", or do I need to re-orient that piece of
rock back to it's original direction? (and of course, it's on
the bottom of the rock pile...) <Would leave them as is if "the
rest" of your arrangement is as you desire... they are able to
reorient, turn their attachments...> A comment on your site: I read
the new FAQs virtually every day. I find a wealth of info in them, even
if a question doesn't directly apply to any of my set-ups. I just
went on a two week internet-free vacation. I came back today and jumped
right back into WWM. I'm wondering what great questions I missed
while I was gone. Have you ever considered having a "buffer
area" where you might hold the recent FAQs a bit longer than on
the current "recent questions" page? <A worthy idea... I
generally "leave" about sixty to ninety seconds
"worth" (at 28.8 kbps) on this page... moving the rest off to
the appropriate FAQs file/s (sometimes more than one as you might
surmise)... The idea of a "buffer" intrigues and worries me
simultaneously... the concern I have is for "time lost" doing
other things... you may know the sites contents are my domain... am
finally placing images on the Pond Index today... for instance (treated
myself to writing, scanning the Ascidians ala eating your Lima Beans
before your dessert)... If I made such a buffer, I'd have to move
all another time... Do you think/feel I can/could/should leave more
than the 90 second download on the "New FAQs" page?> I
realize all the questions I missed are there, filed in their rightful
place. But an area where new questions are held longer (two weeks, a
month?) <A day or two maximum... the sheer volume of incoming
requires that I not post some at all, that other material goes
immediately to the respective final FAQs pages...> sure would make
it easier on those of us who can't get our daily fix on WWM FAQs...
Just a thought.... <A good one... am going to ask Mike and Zo for
their input here as well. Thank you for the input. Bob Fenner> Keep
up the great work!! |
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