How long have you kept your anemone?

[carolinespine]

I want to know how long people have kept their anemones.

A) 1 Year
B) 2 Years
C) 3 Years
D) More then 4 years

 

[auntynatal]

I've kept this one 8 weeks now, and thats a record!!! the last 3 died in days - THEN I read here that a tank needs to be running more than 6 months so I waited til it had run 10 to be on the safe side. Its eating well and stays 'open' most of the time. Will my clown host in it?????? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[auntynatal]

I need to change my hobby experience bit lol

 

[atvdave]

2 years now with T-5's (BTA)

 

[jukboxx]

bUBBLE TIP

bUBBLE TIP

i've had my bubble tip for about 3 years now, it has split five times since i purchased it. the largest one i have is about 7" in size,

 

[Anemone]

I've had my RBTAs for between 12 and 13 years now.

Kevin

 

[PogoMonogo]

I know someone with an eight year old rose anemone that has never split and like 20 inches across. Its amazing.

 

[pIankton]

My green BTA's have been with me since basically the beginning and have been through PC's and T5's. I can't even count the number of times it's split. I sold one rock alone with 12 clones on it a couple of years ago. It's almost a plague.

 

[45commando]

I've had my green BtA for 10 years & my rose BTA's & Haddonis for 2+ years.

 

[Reefing102]

2 gbta's - 3 years - PC Lights
1 Green with Rose tips BTA - 1.5 years - PC lights

 

[ransomed4ever]

LTA almost a year under pc's

 

[maroun.c]

RBTA going on 8th year now. Bleached when I first got it then it recovered. bleached again few years later then it recovered and now it's recovering froma third bleach. it gre a lot bigger around year 3-4 but then got smaller when i relocated for 2 years and it wasn't properly fed all the time. it only split once and that's after I tore it's foot a bit when trying to take it off one rock. still the small one disappeared in the rockwork and never surfaced again.

 

[dhoch]

I have an RBTA for 3 years now, and it's parental colony (still floating around our club somewhere is 5 years). Same lineage under a variety of light.

Dave

 

[briangg57]

Almost 2 years. A beautifull rose. he got to be 16 inches across, I measured. Being that I only have a 75 gal. I decided to divide and sell 1 of them. That was 4 months ago. Now I have 2- 12 inch anemonies,but due to RC policy I can't try to sell it in CT. RC. untill I get 12 more posts in. Maybe next week.

 

[AZDesertRat]

Sebae anemone. Its in its fourth system now and only its second Clown fish and is over 16 years old. I bought it in late 1991.
You can just see the clown peeking out, he hardly ever gets more than a few inches away!

 

[carolinespine]

Thats amazing! Great job!

 

[AZDesertRat]

My RBTA is over 4 and has split numerous times too.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Before I sold off my BTAs -- red and green they were 6+ years old.
One of my Haddoni ( carpet ) is 7+ years old, the other one just under a year.

 

[LeslieP]

RBTA over 3 years old under VHO lights. It has split once and is about 12" in diameter. Even when it split it didn't get any smaller!! It takes up a lot of room in my 55 but I'll never get rid of it. My Tomato clown loves it and he's close to 8 years old and also huge.

 

[suasponte2/75]

I've had my LTA (I think) since it hitchhiked onto my LR when I started this hobby over 9 years ago. At first I thought it might have been a majano since it was so small (size of a dime) and contemplated killing it. Then I thought hey just try to feed it a little to see where that went. 9 years later it's over 12 inches with minimal feeding. It also started with PC lighting for the first 5 years. My clowns have been hosting in it ever since it got big enough to host them. I just recently added a RBTA that's been doing great as well. Hopefully I can get 9 more years from both of them!