D-Nak
Active member
While I agree that our knowledge of anemone care and our technology has come a long way in the last 10-15 years, I can't agree with your example. RBTAs are way more expensive now (2 -10x more) than they were 10-15 years ago and BTAs were pretty easy for anyone who had a modicum of knowledge about reef animal care. Now, if you want to go back 30 years, you can say the people generally didn't have much anemone knowledge and there weren't many people keeping them successfully, but even RTBAs were under $60 with most anemones in general being under $30.
Sorry for being picky, but things written on forums have a way of getting repeated and all of a sudden become people's reality. Happens in politics a lot too.
Wow, sorry I'm dating myself -- it was more like 15-20 years ago. I'm getting old!
I clearly remember about 15-20 years ago, RBTAs were going for a couple hundred dollars. It may have been a regional thing, but they were not $60 when they first showed up for sale. In my area, I recall a LFS who brought in hundreds of RBTAs and the market became flooded, and the price started to come down. Combined with the fact that folks where having their RBTAs split with little effort, and yes, the price dropped. Now you can get clones in my area for $25. Granted, there are "morphs" such as a flamethrower that can command a lot of money, but in general RBTAs have come down in price significantly, and the price continues to fall.
Just to make myself clear -- and I know I may be thinking a bit "too positive" -- but my point is that I hope we find a way to increase the rate of survival with gigantea so that they become as common in the hobby as RBTAs. I think most can agree with once a gig is established, it is a hardy anemone.