Post your Flower Anemone / Epicystis Crucifer pictures

[Nano's Rock]

I received this flower anemone on a frag of sun polyps. It originally looked like a small aiptasia and I almost juiced it. It had a slight orange color under actinics so I kept it. It eventually grew into this after about 7 months. The picture is a few months old and it is about twice that size now. I haven’t seen a thread with lots of flower anemone pictures so lets start one.

 

[Riona]

Humm. . . I still want to know about care. . . I love those guys, but don't want to get one if I couldn't care for it. I've got a 20 gallon tank with 65 watts 50/50 PCs and am probably going to double that lighting soon. Anyone think it'd be doable? If not why? I know they're supposedly lower lighting than hosting 'nems.

 

[Slakker]

I think you'd probably be okay...afaik these guys are a lot hardier than hosting nems.

 

[Nano's Rock]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9433132#post9433132 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Riona
Humm. . . I still want to know about care. . . I love those guys, but don't want to get one if I couldn't care for it. I've got a 20 gallon tank with 65 watts 50/50 PCs and am probably going to double that lighting soon. Anyone think it'd be doable? If not why? I know they're supposedly lower lighting than hosting 'nems.

Mine is under 80 watts of PC’s and likes to eat anything you give it. They like to keep their foot in the sand next to a rock. I hope that helps.

 

[saltycreefer]

I personally feel they are easy as mushrooms to keep.

 

[Riona]

Cool Now all I've got to do is wait until my tank is a bit older!

 

[cowboyswife]

This is one of my husband's. Its in my tank until his is ready for it.

 

[Riona]

Wow, that's amazing!

 

[TOURKID]

wow!!! Dont see much blue.. i love that!

 

[Slakker]

That's gorgeous! Two please.

 

[cowboyswife]

The picture doesnt do it justice. The tentacles are really purple with pink stripes, and he has a bright orange mouth. My hubby is really proud of it and really attached to it. He got him when were at a local inlet collecting critters.

Here is a side shot. His base is really bumpy and neat looking. This was taken right after feeding him.

 

[cowboyswife]

And this is one that came as a hitch hiker on his TBS rock.

 

[Nano's Rock]

Nice anemones. It seems like a lot of people get them on the TBS rock. That purple one is very cool!

 

[cowboyswife]

Thanks!

 

[Nano's Rock]

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[elegance coral]

I had a peach colored one that spawned in the tank and I had tiny peach anemones poping up everywhere. You can find them in every color of the rainbow down in the Keys.

 

[elegance coral]

This is a pic of my wifes flower kicking the crap out of her hadoni.

 

[elegance coral]

Sorry! I need to work on resizing the pic.

 

[jer77]

Here's mine:

Who said they weren't hosting nem's??

 

[elegance coral]

WOW!!!!! I can't believe those shrimp don't get eaten by that flower. That is to cool!