Anemone tank with no rock in display?

[this is me]

I too have seen this photo many times (even posted it myself, I think), but if you look closely at some of the anemone edges (like 4 o'clock) there is a weird haze of red that extends beyond the true anemone edge. Seems unusual to me, but I'm not a photo expert to comment on what that really means.

Ding!!!!!

 

[sonofgaladriel]

Can we please return the focus of this thread back to it's intent?
If no one else has personally set up a nem display similar to what I have described or if there are no photos of similar displays to be shared, then I would prefer the thread be closed than turn into a photo debate.

 

[BonsaiNut]

Once I hear back from the person who took the photo, we will have all doubt removed. I'll see if I can grab a higher resolution image as well.

 

[phender]

Once I hear back from the person who took the photo, we will have all doubt removed. I'll see if I can grab a higher resolution image as well.

This is not a photo. It is an image capture from a video. I have the video that this captured image was taken from. The video is just as bright as the captured image. Since nothing on the rest of the video seems to have been altered, I would say that this image reflects the actual color of the anemone as well.
For what its worth, the video this image came from is one of the most incredible pieces of work that I have ever seen. Not only are there great sequences of anemones and clowns, but close-up shots of dwarf angel pairs, fire fish pairs, a baby regal angel and other things that just get passed over in most made for TV reef videos. There are also some great clam pics.

The guy who took the video charges almost nothing considering he has to send it from the Marshall Islands. He sent me mine on my word that I had sent the money so I would receive it sooner.

It just got under my skin a little that just because something looks too good to be true, some people think it must be fake and then think they need to share their view for no real reason other than to direct attention to themselves.

 

[phender]

Can we please return the focus of this thread back to it's intent?
If no one else has personally set up a nem display similar to what I have described or if there are no photos of similar displays to be shared, then I would prefer the thread be closed than turn into a photo debate.

Every gigantea I have had have wanted to be attached to a rock. Every pic of a gigantea I have seen have been in shallowish water and although they are sometimes surrounded by sand, it is evident that the sand is only a shallow dusting over rock. I would think that an imitation tide pool would be very cool with a gig and have a few rocks without much height arranged on the bottom of your tank for the anemone to attach to and for your clowns to lay eggs on.

IME, even a haddoni likes to have something to "lean" on. I think that if you tried to set up a rockless tank with a haddoni in the middle, the anemone would gradually make its way to the edge or corner of the tank.

 

[sonofgaladriel]

Thank you Phender. I will put some small and very shallow rocks just under the sand and hopefully that will work to keep him in the middle of the display.

 

[this is me]

Realistically, in order to achieve that look, you would need a really big tank. It would look a little silly with just an anemone in a 2' tank.

 

[sonofgaladriel]

Realistically, in order to achieve that look, you would need a really big tank. It would look a little silly with just an anemone in a 2' tank.

We'll see. I think its worth a try. The beauty of the project is that I can always add more rock and small accent corals if it doesn't turn out like I envision.

 

[jestr]

This with a foam rock wall on the back would be awesome imo

 

[BonsaiNut]

To prevent this thread from being completely hijacked, I started a new thread here talking about the mysterious red haddoni photo. It is from Scott Johnson in the Marshall Islands and he talks about it on the thread.

 

[Winwood]

Here is a bad photo of my old display right after I added the two anemones. Unfortunately it is the only photo I have of the entire tank and lost both nems in a power outage.