My Anemones

[this is me]

Very nice. Looks like it's splitting.

Is this under LED? I noticed my clowns orange is black orange and everything is just florescence crazy.

 

[srusso]

Very nice. Looks like it's splitting.

Is this under LED? I noticed my clowns orange is black orange and everything is just florescence crazy.

Thanks! The new clown (small one) is an almost red color... looks black under actinics.

I have a 250w metal Halide and 4 39w T5 actinics. No LED... I wish!

The female looked at it but that's it. I think shes too big...

 

[srusso]

Another hosting video.

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[CockyBrock]

It was very bleached...sad but true. I have about 10 rose bubbles and frankly, they should all have a nice deep rose/red color (see photo).

From what I can tell based on your initial post to the most recent one is that it's beginning to color up nicely. And it appears yours is going to have some green in it as well. That's pretty cool b/c I don't have any with green in them.

As far as splitting, they tend to split evenly at the mouth..they just sorta pull apart..so I don't know if it's splitting. It can take half a day to three/four days to split depending on the size.

Just some thoughts....you can feed it small pieces of food if you want, just make sure the food is no bigger than its mouth so it can actually eat it. Maybe two times a week?

 

[srusso]

Here are some updated pictures





Both clowns are now hosting.

 

[srusso]

Now I think it's splitting!
I been feeding it a small piece of shrimp, every day!

FYI it has not been fed yet today.

Right now.....


2 hours ago

 

[srusso]

False alarm... He looks normal again...

 

[srusso]

An update...

Anemone is doing great and has even given me this little present!

 

[this is me]

Definitely more color now.
Is that a split? It's a lot greener.

 

[srusso]

Well some bad news, my RBTA decided that it wasn't going to live much longer... Detached from the rock, found my powerhead and became diced anemone for the tank.

Babies still doing good, only two are visible ATM but I think there are more.

For those who think my "baby" anemone are nothing more then a mojo have a look at this link and tell me you still think that is that case.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-03/nftt/index.php

 

[romsoccer12]

bummer! that nem when fully colored would have been absolutely beautiful green/red maybe orange? if those are truly small nems of the same one, which i would bet they are, theyll grow to be just as great. just keep up the feeding and good params

 

[rssjsb]

Sorry to hear it. Splitting is a bad sign in a bleached bubble tip. I'm afraid the "babies" will keep moving around and maybe splitting until they just disappear. Once they're down to that it's hard to save them.

I think the rock flower (e. crucifer) may be part of the problem. I've seen people have a hard time keeping the two together. You may want to try running some carbon in your system if you want to keep them both.

 

[srusso]

Sorry to hear it. Splitting is a bad sign in a bleached bubble tip. I'm afraid the "babies" will keep moving around and maybe splitting until they just disappear. Once they're down to that it's hard to save them.

I think the rock flower (e. crucifer) may be part of the problem. I've seen people have a hard time keeping the two together. You may want to try running some carbon in your system if you want to keep them both.

Well now that I have the two crucifer and I have the anemone bug. What anemone do well mixing with these?

 

[rssjsb]

It's generally not a great idea to try to mix them. Keeping healthy closed systems means making choices between the things you want to keep. That's why so many of us end up with multiple tanks.

 

[srusso]

It's generally not a great idea to try to mix them. Keeping healthy closed systems means making choices between the things you want to keep. That's why so many of us end up with multiple tanks.

I figured you would say that. Its a lesson we have to learn over and over in this hobby. So I guess there is no compatibility list of which anemones have been successfully kept together?

 

[rssjsb]

I've never seen such a list. I wouldn't say it can never work - some people report keeping LTAs and crispas in very large systems without issue. I've heard of magnificas and BTAs being kept together, too, but it's always risky and, in my opinion, best avoided.

 

[srusso]

So here is an update on these BTA "babies"

They are now larger then a quarter.

 

[srusso]

 

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[Postal]

I very seriously doubt that those are RBTA babies. They look like what are often called "tulip anemones".