Rock Flower Anemone Experience?

[Sundog101]

I recently ordered a rock flower anemone and from what Ive read they seem to be relatively reef safe. Its going in a 90g mixed reef. Fish include a clownfish (i know will not host), coral beauty, starry blenny, yellow wrasse, and flasher wrasse with a cleaner shrimp and a banded coral shrimp for inverts. Do you think I would have to worry about it eating or killing anything? What are your experiences?

I normally do a ton of research before I buy something, but I needed to get over $150 for free shipping from live aquaria so pulled the trigger. I figure if its too risky it can go in the sump.

 

[Fiver]

Safe and tend to stay put. That's my limited experience so far.

 

[Joey_bananas420]

I have several in my display and more in my display refugium they generally don't move around if at all most of the ones I placed are still in the same spot. Have tons of small shrimp never had a casualty due to the anemone. They eat a lot I feed mine every other day mix it up they won't eat the same thing all the time. Mine like silversides the most but will accept krill squid frozen fish food basically anything lol. Not too demanding on light either like most other anemone.

 

[Janetsplanet]

I've got a handful of rock flower nems. I did watch one TRY to eat a fairly large snail at one point, then spit it back out. No idea how the snail got in the mouth, but the snail ultimately scooted away like nothing happened. Otherwise I've not witnessed any aggression between inhabitants and these nems.

My stocklist is otherwise similar to yours, fairy wrasse, clown pair, lawn mower blenny, firefish, and a randall's + shrimp pair.

Hardy and USUALLY stay put, but mine don't like being shaded. Mine moved around the first week or so, until they found exactly the right spot. After that I've not witnessed any movement. Once it's settled, it's nearly impossible to move it. I moved tanks recently and the ones attached to the glass under the substrate were angry at me, but movable. The ones in the rock were near impossible. I had to cut the rock to get them out.

I feed mine weekly with mysis and they're growing, happy and healthy and seemingly spawning.

 

[SantaMonica]

I've heard the same, more or less. Avoided them for the longest time because I thought they were all browns. But looking again, it seems they can be bright, and not overly costly:
https://www.rarereef.com/rare-coral...16560&osCsid=5096fe36bc77f7ded1e6b5ac7c2b91d7

 

[horwitzs]

Mine never moved, and never ate anything it wasn't supposed to.
Less interesting to look at than anemones with longer tentacles maybe, but super easy and peaceful and adds variety to the aquarium.
Mine was 3, maybe 4 inches in diameter. Light brown & green.

 

[ulli]

Safe and tend to stay put. That's my limited experience so far.

Same
They have potent sting tho so it could grab small fish.

 

[oldbones]

They are opportunistic feeders, but not overy aggressive.

Just this weekend my wife picked out a really nice bright orange mushroom. I tried to wedge it into a hole in the rock without using glue, which turned out to be a bad idea. The mushroom floated loose before my hand was even out of the tank, caught by the current and immediately drifted into one of my Rock Flower Nem's. Gulp, gone!

 

[SantaMonica]

Whoops, nems eating good nowadays.