vthondaboi
Premium Member
Well I've been thinking about doing this for a while but time and space was always in the way. When I saw a tank go up for sale I liked I then asked Kris if he would house it and we would do this together. Got the tank in October from a fellow member and slowly set it up and let it cycle. We then took water from my tank and Kris's along with live rock from my tank to kick start the system.
Shortly after we removed one of my RBTAs from my display. What I didn't realize though was that we picked out the biggest one. When fully open it's a good 10" across at least.
System Specs:
Oceanic 30G Cube and Stand
Mag 5 Return Pump
175W MH Pendant
1" Overflow with dual returns
3-sided acrylic box in the middle for containment after the cut
Smooth and flat Fiji/Tonga with no holes for easy removal
We've been feeding the anemone a few pieces of krill each day for over a week now. So we figured it was about time to start our little project. Tongith we cut it open. One issue was that it was ppretty limp/smushy. Couldn't get it aligned properly for a nice cut of the foot and mouth. The foot kept sliding a certain direction so we concentrated ont he mouth and guessed about the foot.
Kris did the cutting and the razor was pretty sharp but the anemone looked ragged after cutting it. We may try to find another knife of sorts for the next cut. Before the first cut we were tempted to cut it into four due to its size, but since the foot didn't cooperate too well and the cut looked ragged we thought we should give it a rest.
We plan on adding in some carbon tomorrow and doing a partial water change. There is no filtration on the tank besides live rock.
Shortly after we removed one of my RBTAs from my display. What I didn't realize though was that we picked out the biggest one. When fully open it's a good 10" across at least.
System Specs:
Oceanic 30G Cube and Stand
Mag 5 Return Pump
175W MH Pendant
1" Overflow with dual returns
3-sided acrylic box in the middle for containment after the cut
Smooth and flat Fiji/Tonga with no holes for easy removal
We've been feeding the anemone a few pieces of krill each day for over a week now. So we figured it was about time to start our little project. Tongith we cut it open. One issue was that it was ppretty limp/smushy. Couldn't get it aligned properly for a nice cut of the foot and mouth. The foot kept sliding a certain direction so we concentrated ont he mouth and guessed about the foot.
Kris did the cutting and the razor was pretty sharp but the anemone looked ragged after cutting it. We may try to find another knife of sorts for the next cut. Before the first cut we were tempted to cut it into four due to its size, but since the foot didn't cooperate too well and the cut looked ragged we thought we should give it a rest.
We plan on adding in some carbon tomorrow and doing a partial water change. There is no filtration on the tank besides live rock.
) is a very rich hue. I don't think my rose compares at all. Is it a matter of what strain a RBTA is, or do you find that certain foods help bring out that richness, or do you think it's just the lighting? (I have mine under Iwasaki 14k). (Sorry for the slightly off topic question. .. Your setup looks cool. Good luck with the prop!)
