Purple Anemone

[E.intheC]

Dun dun dun... I'm excited to say that ill be able to add some pictures to this thread tonight.

 

[E.intheC]

It's been almost 48 hours since I put the purple LTA in the tank.. and WOW.. it's amazing! Great color, movement, and it's close to 8 inches wide! I LOVE it.

I'd really like to get a nice pair of percs to host the 'nem.. but I know they're not a natural host for the percs. I've seen a few pics of people with similar clown/nem combo's, but is it common for percs to host?

(Just concerned b/c my old pair of occi's never hosted anything but a powerhead..)

 

[Henryreef]

Dun dun dun... I'm excited to say that ill be able to add some pictures to this thread tonight.

Looking forward to it! :thumbsup:

 

[E.intheC]

Looking forward to it! :thumbsup:

Not the best pic, but here's the first. The color is pretty close, but not exact:

And a second, with flash (shows the nice contrasting colors, if you use your imagination ) :

 

[E.intheC]

The 'nem is about 8 inches wide. Much larger than I thought it was going to be, as I had expected 4 inches max, :lol: ... not complaining though.

I have to get in there and do some scraping of the overflow box THAT'S for sure...

 

[E.intheC]

here's a pic of the 'nem in first few hours that best shows the colors:

 

[saltydogs]

nice pics, beautiful nem

 

[Remicade]

I love the purple nems, is there a bubble tip version of the purple, or is it long tipped only?
i got a real nice 7" rbta but my new snow's would look better in purple i think.

 

[jwilliams860]

heres my PLTA

and my purple gig

 

[victor90]

Mine under T5s only daylight on

 

[fullmonti]

My H. malu. Purple and carrying eggs. The green on is the male. They spawned once already. I got my timing down and hope to be able to raise some babies next time. My observation indicated that H. malu is a species that reproduce by internal fertilization (like report of S. gigantia). She released the babies at night between 48-60 hrs after spawn. I was not able to save any. They got chew up by the pump

What are the green things on the rocks in the back ground? I ask because I have some on one of my rocks.

 

[OrionN]

They are just some algae. Very slow grow and i never research for their names. Tangs love them, IME

 

[E.intheC]

Yeap, that looks like bubble algae from my blackberry.

 

[vaporize]

wicked_NaCl_h2o & everybody who has them:

How deep is your sandbed, I know the recommendation of 4". I find that for mine, they seems to be satisfied with 2.5" sandbed, so wondering what everybody's are at?

I tried multiple healthy ones in a barebottom tank without much success long term (~3months). There are also pink ones that are more rare

 

[E.intheC]

Mine is in about 2.5 inches or so. Seems to like it so far.

 

[OrionN]

Yeap, that looks like bubble algae from my blackberry.

It is not the usual bubble algae. The are formed by tiny little bubbles not one large bubble.

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

wicked_NaCl_h2o & everybody who has them:

How deep is your sandbed, I know the recommendation of 4". I find that for mine, they seems to be satisfied with 2.5" sandbed, so wondering what everybody's are at?

I tried multiple healthy ones in a barebottom tank without much success long term (~3months). There are also pink ones that are more rare

My sand is 5 inches deep on the side where the LTA is. It seems to love it and completely buries itself under the sand every once in a while. It hasn't moved from the spot where I put it. This anemone tends to move when you put them in shallow sand.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Apic of my purple tip lta

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[E.intheC]

that's a good pic!

 

[super1man]

great pictures love the purple color