My new Diver's Den red Haddoni

[Toddrtrex]

Looks good! I know my red likes the M 40 i change settings now and again and never moves! Thats a nice looks tight mouth if i have seen 1! It looks like it is setteling in nice!

Thanks a lot, I am pretty happy with the way it looks. Grabs onto the fish food very quickly.

Your tank is what 6' long? (( Or is it 8? )), I was wondering if the 20 would be the Vortech to get. The spot where the red Haddoni is is where I used to have my clam, still trying to find a spot for it -- the mantle keeps getting lifted up.

 

[Jamie1210]

cool urchin! I used to have one identical to that, but eventually gave him away bc he'd actually move big frags of zoas for me! lol. looks like you mainly have carpets, but if you have frags of anything, hope you got your stuff glued down well

 

[puter]

Georgeous anemone Todd! Good luck with it.

Mark

 

[Haddonisreef]

Thanks a lot, I am pretty happy with the way it looks. Grabs onto the fish food very quickly.

Your tank is what 6' long? .

Yes it 6 foot long!

 

[velvetelvis]

Got some new pictures last night, looking pretty good.

Though one thing I did notice is that my MJ SureFlow is boarder line too much flow for it -- even when using an MJ400, instead of an MJ900 which I had been using. Going to have to look into a Vortec, since it seems like I would have better control over the amount of flow.

A top down, which was a bit difficult with the lights on -- has to use my hand to block the MH -- darn that got hot.

Can sort of see the mouth in this shot, it is pretty closed up.

And lastly and new urchin I picked up over the weekend.

I'm glad to see it's still doing so well. That's a nice little tuxedo urchin, too. My favorite LFS (now sadly closed) had one that carried a piece of tubing around on its feet for months--it looked like it was wearing a tiny top hat.

I have two Vortec MP10s on my Solana 34 and love them. They're very pricey, but IMO the amount of control they give you, and the smaller footprint, are worth it. It's also an advantage not having the motor in the tank where it can get clogged up with crap (especially if you're continually battling hair algae like me).

 

[slk55r]

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I had a couple tuxedo urchins but I eventually removed them. Those buggers are so big they move stuff around ... they were pushing some frags around ALL the time and it was getting annoying.

 

[Toddrtrex]

cool urchin! I used to have one identical to that, but eventually gave him away bc he'd actually move big frags of zoas for me! lol. looks like you mainly have carpets, but if you have frags of anything, hope you got your stuff glued down well

I do have 4 frags, the rest are colonies. Once I get the flow figured out I am going to epoxy the frags down. Hopefully the urchin won't move them too much.

Georgeous anemone Todd! Good luck with it.

Mark

Thank you

Yes it 6 foot long!

Hmm, still torn b/t the 10 and 20 -- the 10 seems like it would have enough flow -- at least for the left side of the tank.

I'm glad to see it's still doing so well. That's a nice little tuxedo urchin, too. My favorite LFS (now sadly closed) had one that carried a piece of tubing around on its feet for months--it looked like it was wearing a tiny top hat.

That is funny. So far mine is still "clean"

I have two Vortec MP10s on my Solana 34 and love them. They're very pricey, but IMO the amount of control they give you, and the smaller footprint, are worth it. It's also an advantage not having the motor in the tank where it can get clogged up with crap (especially if you're continually battling hair algae like me).

I will have to see how thick my glass is, and see if I can get away with a 10. They are pricey, but seem like they are worth it. And as least they have sponges for them, wouldn't want to lose the anemone to something like that.

I had a couple tuxedo urchins but I eventually removed them. Those buggers are so big they move stuff around ... they were pushing some frags around ALL the time and it was getting annoying.

Mine is small so far, hopefully it will stay that way for a while. I haven't made an impulse purchase in a while, figure one wouldn't kill me.




The anemone looked good this morning, with it being in the tank for a week now. Going to remove one layer of window screening tonight, and see how it reacts.

 

[Toddrtrex]

On a side note, the cleaner shrimp in my cube released their eggs the other night. It was a feeding frenzy for the SI perc pair in there, the female was getting fat.

Was able to get a few pictures -- before they were eaten/sucked into the sump.

All the blurry dots are them.

 

[goat585]

I have a mp10 in a 30 breeder tank 36X18X13 and it provides a ton of flow. I have minimal rockwork in that tank though.

Nice anemone, I am hoping to try one out in my new cube eventually.

 

[mmotown]

I think I want a rbta

I think I want a rbta

I think I want a anemone for my sps tank. Anything I should know before getting one? Anything I need to know about rbta? Also where can I get a nice small red one? Thanks for your help...

 

[noworries]

I know this was first posted a couple weeks ago, but wanted to commend you on your PROPER acclimating tutorial. SO many people don't value this, and I hope many learn from it. Beautiful nem by the way ;-)

 

[Toddrtrex]

I have a mp10 in a 30 breeder tank 36X18X13 and it provides a ton of flow. I have minimal rockwork in that tank though.

Nice anemone, I am hoping to try one out in my new cube eventually.

I ended up getting 1 MP10ES, and so far I like it. I think any bigger would have been too much --- for the Haddonis. I am going to save up and get another 10 for the left side of the tank.

Thanks.

I think I want a anemone for my sps tank. Anything I should know before getting one? Anything I need to know about rbta? Also where can I get a nice small red one? Thanks for your help...

Personally, I will never keep an BTA in an SPS tank again. They take up too much real estate and while I didn't have an issue with the main one moving, the clones sure did -- stung my SPS.

I would stick with a sand dwelling anemone for an SPS tank, but the key is finding the right flow for the anemones and the SPS -- they often require different flow rates.

I know this was first posted a couple weeks ago, but wanted to commend you on your PROPER acclimating tutorial. SO many people don't value this, and I hope many learn from it. Beautiful nem by the way ;-)

Thank you very much. And I agree, it can be simple but is often skipped, and leads to issues.



As of last night and this morning the anemone was looking good, and today is the 14 day mark. When I get home from work I am going to take some updated pictures.

On Saturday I removed the last layer of screening --- wanted to be around to watch how it responded, and so far it is doing great under full light.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Time for the 3 week update. So far so good. Though, for some reason it actually moved up onto the rocks. This is a first for me, but I am inclined to leave it be. I did a water change the other day and gently felt it, and it was secure on the rocks. Since it was secure I decided to leave it as is. Not sure what caused it to move, but 2 things could have done it -- I added an MP10 to the left side of the tank (( anemone is on the right side )), but it doesn't have a whole lot of flow, so don't think that would have caused it. The other thing is that the day before I had tried to clean up all my wires, and left the MHs unplugged for a day -- the T5's were still on, 2 actinics and 2 KZ figi purples. Oh, and it couldn't be the clown, I had removed it 2 weeks before this happened, it was spending too much time in it.

Here is it before it moved, just finishing up its first direct meal, showed great feeding response

And here it is on the rocks. But, I have to say it gave me a heck of a scare when it moved. It happened sometime over night, and when I looked in at it in the AM, I couldn't find it (( didn't think to look on the rocks, and the lights were off )). After about 2 minutes of freaking out I saw it.

Can't see in this picture, but the mouth is still tightly closed.

And for the heck of it, 2 pictures of my sun coral in my 58,

Close up,

 

[hdean]

wow i loved scanning this thread the anenome is gorgeous and the sun coral is beautiful as well!

 

[COreefer]

It may have moved up looking for the MH, or even a little more flow...IDK, but it looks good, nice and compressed to the rock.

 

[clowns101]

Looks nice.Hope it continues to do well for you.I belive that rkelman's Blue Haddoni is in the rocks,so who knows.I think as long as its happy leave it and see how it does!

 

[nanoman31]

Great nem. good luck. I'm having luck with my GBTA and my new RBTA, but i know these are childs play for an expert like you! je je, but i'm learning from you.

 

[Toddrtrex]

wow i loved scanning this thread the anenome is gorgeous and the sun coral is beautiful as well!

Thanks a lot

It may have moved up looking for the MH, or even a little more flow...IDK, but it looks good, nice and compressed to the rock.

That might be it, though my other one didn't do anything --- but it has been in the tank (( and with me )) a lot longer

Looks nice.Hope it continues to do well for you.I belive that rkelman's Blue Haddoni is in the rocks,so who knows.I think as long as its happy leave it and see how it does!

Update about it below.

Great pic

Thanks.

Great nem. good luck. I'm having luck with my GBTA and my new RBTA, but i know these are childs play for an expert like you! je je, but i'm learning from you.

Thanks. But, BTA's can be just as tough. The main key to any anemone, IMO, is starting off with a healthy one.


So, tonight I went upstairs to start some laundry, and noticed it was starting to release from the rock. So I took that opportunity to move it back to the sand bed. So far it is looking pretty good, and seems to be settled back into its spot.

Here is a picture -- and it was releasing some waste.

And my urchin carrying around a lot of "stuff"

 

[Fishy_Clown]

Hi Todd, great nem mate I have had some haddoni's that have preferred being on rocks than on the sandbed (contrary to popular opinion). You may just have "one of those guys"....

Good luck though and keep us posted
Cheers
Keith