Check out these rad anemones!!!!

1. Not all things in this world come through LAX. Just becaue that is the closet for landing point dosen't have to be where it comes through. Personal business importing and transhipping should never have to be revealed or explained just enjoy the coral and don't concentrate on all the other little stuff.
2.The size is because those were taken immed. upon arrival in ym store in Florida. I should have given them more time.
3. During transit all anem. will stress, these are not the best of pictures. All this anem. have been in captivity in holding pins for at least 5 months and them shipped. that way they have adapted to the aquarium envir. before entering the world of selling them.
4. The sponge was to shoe the TRUE color of the blue. And we noticed that they love to attach to that and hang out at the top, and it's good for transit cause it keeps them happy.
5. Through experience dealing with reatail customers i always like to be very careful when advising my customers when acclimating, that way the extra time taken when acclimating expensive investments gives your chance of your coral survival rate a much better chance wheter they are KING KONG or not.
 
I have a problem with this line from the eBay ad...

As my supplier and i have been experimenting with this anemone for more than 5 months before offering them for sale.

Who experiments with an anemone for 5 months before selling it? If this is a new discovery it should have been logged the day it was collected, I also do not believe in mass collection of unidentified items, but that is your choice.
 
The anemone is not a new discovery the color is. Just settle down a bit and enjoy the anemone instead of trying to prove something that no one will win at, we can sit hear all day and continue to try to be rude and say things and repeat quotes but unless any one else has a question that pertains to the thread and not all the little things.
 
The one thing I know is that I trust Rob when he says he's had them for 5 months. I know how long he sat on his micromussas before he started selling them (over a year). On my last order, he threw in a frag that could probably fetch $300-$400 on its own. So no matter where it came from, if they are healthy I'm happy with what I paid. Even if it only cost him thirteen bucks.

I promise I will post pix over the weekend of them. :)
 
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David thank you very much, i appreciate that and you will be happy, guarantee for sure.

And trust me when i tell you this they cost alot more than 13 bucks to land them here.
 
I'd still like to know if these will acclimate and thrive in our warmer reef aquariums?
Will you gaurantee that the coloration will stay?
 
Well, as I said - I believe the 5 month statement. And they're still that color.

I own some balanophyllia (sp?) and a couple other corals that "might" be cold"er" water species and you should see the orange on those. Knock your socks off. I've still never gotten a clear answer to where some of the balano/duncans/dendros come from but I've read that they are more temperate waters. And after months in my tank, they are still striking. :)
 
I have studied/collected red and pink color varients of the Actinia Fragacia from filed trips in the Pacific. Their physiological structures are similar to the cold water speices in my view. I wished there are more clinical info that is available for learning. The anemones that I found were in 78 degree water temp in a tidal area near shore. I thought they should live in our warm water tanks.

However, in my experiences, they have not been easy to keep in home aquarium. I hope you have a better luck then I did.
Cheers
 
There is an article in this months reefkeeping about so not so good snails for your aquarium. I read this article and then read this thread and it got me to thinking about these anemones. If these anemones are from temperate or cooler waters then the optimum temp for their internal enzymes is not likely to be in the 75 to 85 degree range. They may be able to survive for many months even years in the aquarium by producing heat shock proteins (hsps) that recoil denatured enzymes.
So although they have been kept for 5 months and appear to be doing fine they may be on a downward trend towards death, tropical anemones suffer in captivity for all sort of reasons other than temperature. However if these anemones are from temperatue water then if we are trying to keep and even breed them they should not be kept in standard tropical reef tanks but dedicated species tanks.

I think keeping them is fine but as I said maybe in cooler tanks 5 months of keeping is not sufficient for an animal that may live for many tens of years in the wild.
 
Since our seller has confirmed that this species is Actinia equina, you might want to read up on it:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.e..._equina.html#bfbc11e4485506820e63bc7383213d96

I am especially interested in the size, since beadlet anemones only grow to 2" and he says these anemones are 7-8". Also, these are solitary individuals that will attack nearby anemones, including those of its own species. Does this include attacking other sessile inverts? (SPS, etc?) Also note the "optimal temperature" for growth and reproduction at a chilly 66 degrees F.

So... let's hope this is a special new type of Actinia equina found somewhere south - perhaps off the coast of Africa - where the water is a little warmer (and the anemones grow a little bigger). Hence waiting 5 months - they wanted to put the anemones in warmer water aquariums and see if they would die.
 
I was just going to start a thread asking what species these are. I bought one of these from his store in S Florida about 6 months ago and it is alive and well, not stinging any of my corals, it moved itself onto the back glass of my tank and to lower lighting. Mine is orange red and yellow and the sides of this anemone like just like a Florida ricordea, mine has the same orange and red bumps as a Fl rcirdea with yellow tentacles.
Next, the seller is a great guy and he did not dye these anemones blue, besides the pics of the "blueberry anemone" posted by Bonsainut look a little like the anemones but don't have the bumps all over it, which these do. I bought the very first one he had(months ago) and love it. I didn't know the exact requirements(temp, feeding, etc) and was going to return it if it wasn't doing well, the owner had no problems with that. Fortuneately it is doing well, so I think, it has retained it's color and size, but I don't have much experience with anemones so it may not be doing as well as it seems. Please don't ask me for pics, I don't have a digital camera, and when I tried putting up pics with my friends camera I couldn't figure out how to make the image small enough to post, yes, I am a complete bufoon when it comes to electronics. I'll just let you know that my tank is a 46gallon w/ 250w MH, 2 36"t5 actinics, and my temp stays between 78-80.5*.
Next I will say that his corals are insane, every micro you see on his site is incredible, I know because I have every one of them. So if you are thinking about buying some micro's from him, go for it, you won't be disappointed. As soon as I saw him start the website and sell some of his micro's, I immediately bought a few of them, even though I already had some of them. I have bought quite a few different micro's from online vendors and here on reefcentral, but all the ones I have bought from him are so insanely vivid in color.
Obviously I am pretty good friends with the owner, but that is because when I first went to his store a couple years ago and saw all the micro's he had, and his hands-down best customer service in S Florida it was easy to become friends with a genuinely great person and vendor. So if you are thinking about ordering one from him, I cannot guarantee that they are going to thrive in your tank, the only thing I can guarantee is that they aren't dyed and that the seller is not trying to screw anyone over, he is a hobbyist just like the rest of us, and half thetime I go into his store I ask hime when he will be getting more of these, because I have never seen them before, they have never stung any of my corals(mine is basically touching my seriatopra at all times), and they are so cool looking, when it is closed up it looks like a huge, fat ricordea. I know a lot of people are going to ridicule me and tell me I'm wrong or that I'm making all of this up, but if you don't want believe me, don't belive me, I'm not getting anything out of telling you my experiences with Rob and my experience with these exact anemones, I'm just trying to give some of you any help that I can.
 
That is very reassuring man, thanks! BTW I ended up only going for the blue one. Only reason is space and an eminent move. I'm hoping when I get moved I'll be able to setup a more temperate water tank and hopefully Rob can help me out at the time. I love Steve Weast's coldwater tank!
 
Folks,

This is not a vendor experience forum.
This is not the place for a number of the posts on this thread.

If the desire is discuss the proper ID, environment, and care of the species, then continue on.

Vendor related discussions need to be taken elsewhere immediately.

Thanks.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8493970#post8493970 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Fliger
Reef4Fun, I'm really glad you edited that.
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I know, I didn't realize it was the same person, after I saw that then I quickly changed the post, shows how we must not judge so quickly :), my bad, I am embarassed you saw the first post :) no harm intended at all.
 
To make this thread even MORE confusing, I wanted to share some info.

After discussing this anemone with two well-regarded PhD's, I am of the following opinion: (1) this anemone is not dyed and (2) it is not Actinia equina. I think I am getting close to the real identification (which will help with care, etc) but I have to wait to hear back from someone outside of the U.S.
 
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