Hello Jim, just giving another update. I tried to enter just my username but with no @ again today and this time it saved but added the private memo key automatically with a , to separate it! ... ie: everycoinhelps,privatememokey ... Genesis did in fact come back to me, but referred me to steemit!

I found another post, This one! The post talks about Transferring STEEM From Poloniex to Steemit.com. Going from the comments people are entering their username without the @. I think I'm going to leave as is and hope for the best! When i get a payout i will come back to confirm.