Rose anemone
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jpitts101
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im not a pro but i have read that if a Ritteri has even the smallest tear in its foot that it will not recover and will end up dieing. Alot of people dont know the tear is what eventually kills them because it can take up to six months or longer, and in the mean time they act fine. i wanted one untill i heard that, so i settled with a green BTA. its nice i have seen rose's on the anemone forum that go for pretty cheap and they supposidly split alot. i have had mine about 8 months and havent gotten a split. i've also read that splitting is due to stress not healthyness, is that true?? anyone??
herpchat
New member
No there are a number of factors that can cause a rose or green BTA anemone to split.
I love mine but she won't stay still and is always exploring the tank but will take silversides from me and is a pig when it comes to mysis shrimp.
Some naturally split when they reach a certain size, others never split at all and some will split due to damage or stress.
I love mine but she won't stay still and is always exploring the tank but will take silversides from me and is a pig when it comes to mysis shrimp.
Some naturally split when they reach a certain size, others never split at all and some will split due to damage or stress.
Lazyreefer
Premium Member
Most will split with a razor blade as well.
That's very true... 
Lazyreefer
Premium Member
Pamela and Phillip have some of the best rose's in this country. Perhaps you can buy one of thiers. I think they have 10 plus. BTW, none of thierss is from china.
Doug
Doug
captbunzo
Premium Member
If I have things right...
Pamela = Pamela
http://reefcentral.com/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=14068
Philip = Pcferguson
http://reefcentral.com/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=132354
Pamela = Pamela
http://reefcentral.com/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=14068
Philip = Pcferguson
http://reefcentral.com/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=132354
Lazyreefer
Premium Member
Tuan,
Look at this thread. They are in Dallas.
dual thread---quitting hobby...everything for sale...Dallas,TX
Here's the list of "livestock ONLY" for this thread. Guess you can do a search on my posts for the "equipment ONLY" portion in other forums.
will priortize inquiries by pm dates or post dates.
All livestock initially (about 2 yrs) raised under 640W VHO (actinic/white mix). And recently under two 250W 10K MH fixtures plus 320W VHO actinic.
Reef Livestock (all prices negotiable)--all livestock has been in tank 2-4 yrs:
-10-12 Bubble tip anemones (4-5 rose, 4-5 green marble, 2 green) ranging from golf ball size to at least dinner plate size--say 18 inches round with 10 inch tentacles and about a foot long body when extended. All of similar color are from same initial parent of that color (though interestingly enough ALL splits occurred on the LEFT side of the tank...NEVER on the right???).
-male/female yellow stripe maroon clownfish pair (should go with anemones or at least the largest rose BTA)
-yellow tang
-foxface rabbitfish
-six line wrasse
-sea cucumber (bottom mopper only--won't climb). Only suitable for very fine grained sandy bottoms. this guy "cleans" several inches of sand daily (several inches of cleaned sand piled behind him). "sheds", or whatever they do, regularly. has even attempted to spawn (it's a male) if there are any serius cuke people out there. prefer to keep him with his sandbed.
-many colonies/colors of zoanthids (hundreds of polyps, dozen or so colors). All started from small colonies (few polyps to maybe 20).
-many colonies/colors of mushrooms (dozens of polyps, 8-10 colors)
-several large colonies/colors of ricordia/yuma (orange/green, purple/green, green, blue, brwn, green/purple starburst, purple/green starburst...kind of opposites). All started from 2-3 polyp colonies.
-3 fungia plate corals (green, orange, both about 3 inches and purple/green about 5 inches). short tentacles. eat mysis.
-fungia plate coral skeleton (rumored to sometimes spawn new corals months after dying). this one died a few months back for unknown reasons.
-1 heliofungia plate coral (long tentacles). eats krill.
-2 maxima clams (baseball/softball size, 1 blue, 1 gold). clams have been in tank 1 year and have put on about 1/2 inch of shell already. Blue is attached to ~20lb piece of LR (couple of BTAs and some corals attached there as well). Gold is in sandbed.
-140lbs of highly active/healthy live rock (show piece sizes, very few pieces below 15 lbs). mix of tonga, fiji, marshal, and 2-3 others. frickin crawlin with sponges, fans, algaes, corallines, worms, etc.
-135 lbs aragonite fine grained live sand (highly active/healthy sandbed). full of nassarius snails, clams (don't know where they came from...little white ones), worms. cleanup crew goes with sandbed (red/blue leg hermits, one "strawberry" hermit, cleaner shrimp, emerald crabs, etc). keeps itself stirred nicely. Cuke should really stay with this sandbed.
---also have 2-3 colors of zoas growing on my back glass. Each colony is huge. perfect for fraggers...easy to just scrape off the glass.
-Please note that due to my choice of inhabitants and maintenance, most everything is encrusted onto the live rock (ESP the BTAs, Zoas, and Shrooms). And most LR pieces are show pieces (20lbs or more). So you'll want to either buy a rock with stuff on it or come pull the stuff off the rock yourself. I won't risk damaging/killing something by removing it for you and won't allow you to do so until payment is received. Everything was allowed to just propogate at will and mix up where ever it landed. I really don't know what all is back in there!
This tank was basically allowed to take care of itself and has thrived (though it can look more like a fuge at times). Can provide old pics of some stuff for comparison.
because of this, you'll have to pick "groups" of things. Each rock or colony has more than one color of a coral and usually more than one type of coral (zoas and shrooms for example). People who want the large show pieces of LR with all the different things (BTA, clam, zoas, rics, etc on one piece!!!) WILL GET PRIORITY over all other inquiries for individual specimens on the same rock. However, I do have some colonies of unique colors that have very few other specimens attached.
But, all livestock is extremely healthy and resilliant. I scrubbed off a bunch of brown hairy mushrooms, green star polyps, and clove polyp with a wire brush and they're back in force a few months later. Some of the BTAs have gone through the plumbing to the sump more than once (within a few days)...they just split afterwards instead of dying. Basically I can't keep ANY of soft coral growth rates under control and anemones will grow/split as fast as you can feed them!
If you want the reef equipment WITH all the livestock, checkout the equipment list on the other thread and let me know. It would definitely be better for the tank if it all stayed together.
*******My tank is infested with bubble algae******** be warned. I just haven't taken the time to clean it up. prices will take this into account. I've also let a couple of types of macro algae get all in the rocks out of preference (looks natural). So all livestock must be considered fully infested with bubble algae and other macro algae. I do have one macro that's like a fern if somebody is into collecting the stuff.
edit......by the way....shipping is your problem (pay for it, tell me what to do, and I'll follow it to the letter)....I prefer to meet up with people and have them grab the livestock themself (willing to drive maybe 50 miles or so depending on deal reached).
Also have a 40G setup that can go. will describe in pms since I can't desribe both the equipment and livestock living in it.
__________________
Angels don't have 2 wings...they have 4 legs.
Hobby Experience: 135 reef, 2003; second 135 reef coming in 2006
Current Tanks: Reef:135, 140# mixed LR, 2" aragonite sand bed, 2x 250W MH @ 10,00K, 320W actinic VHO, Lifreef Berlin system: emphasis on shrooms, zoas, BTAs, clowns, tangs
Look at this thread. They are in Dallas.
dual thread---quitting hobby...everything for sale...Dallas,TX
Here's the list of "livestock ONLY" for this thread. Guess you can do a search on my posts for the "equipment ONLY" portion in other forums.
will priortize inquiries by pm dates or post dates.
All livestock initially (about 2 yrs) raised under 640W VHO (actinic/white mix). And recently under two 250W 10K MH fixtures plus 320W VHO actinic.
Reef Livestock (all prices negotiable)--all livestock has been in tank 2-4 yrs:
-10-12 Bubble tip anemones (4-5 rose, 4-5 green marble, 2 green) ranging from golf ball size to at least dinner plate size--say 18 inches round with 10 inch tentacles and about a foot long body when extended. All of similar color are from same initial parent of that color (though interestingly enough ALL splits occurred on the LEFT side of the tank...NEVER on the right???).
-male/female yellow stripe maroon clownfish pair (should go with anemones or at least the largest rose BTA)
-yellow tang
-foxface rabbitfish
-six line wrasse
-sea cucumber (bottom mopper only--won't climb). Only suitable for very fine grained sandy bottoms. this guy "cleans" several inches of sand daily (several inches of cleaned sand piled behind him). "sheds", or whatever they do, regularly. has even attempted to spawn (it's a male) if there are any serius cuke people out there. prefer to keep him with his sandbed.
-many colonies/colors of zoanthids (hundreds of polyps, dozen or so colors). All started from small colonies (few polyps to maybe 20).
-many colonies/colors of mushrooms (dozens of polyps, 8-10 colors)
-several large colonies/colors of ricordia/yuma (orange/green, purple/green, green, blue, brwn, green/purple starburst, purple/green starburst...kind of opposites). All started from 2-3 polyp colonies.
-3 fungia plate corals (green, orange, both about 3 inches and purple/green about 5 inches). short tentacles. eat mysis.
-fungia plate coral skeleton (rumored to sometimes spawn new corals months after dying). this one died a few months back for unknown reasons.
-1 heliofungia plate coral (long tentacles). eats krill.
-2 maxima clams (baseball/softball size, 1 blue, 1 gold). clams have been in tank 1 year and have put on about 1/2 inch of shell already. Blue is attached to ~20lb piece of LR (couple of BTAs and some corals attached there as well). Gold is in sandbed.
-140lbs of highly active/healthy live rock (show piece sizes, very few pieces below 15 lbs). mix of tonga, fiji, marshal, and 2-3 others. frickin crawlin with sponges, fans, algaes, corallines, worms, etc.
-135 lbs aragonite fine grained live sand (highly active/healthy sandbed). full of nassarius snails, clams (don't know where they came from...little white ones), worms. cleanup crew goes with sandbed (red/blue leg hermits, one "strawberry" hermit, cleaner shrimp, emerald crabs, etc). keeps itself stirred nicely. Cuke should really stay with this sandbed.
---also have 2-3 colors of zoas growing on my back glass. Each colony is huge. perfect for fraggers...easy to just scrape off the glass.
-Please note that due to my choice of inhabitants and maintenance, most everything is encrusted onto the live rock (ESP the BTAs, Zoas, and Shrooms). And most LR pieces are show pieces (20lbs or more). So you'll want to either buy a rock with stuff on it or come pull the stuff off the rock yourself. I won't risk damaging/killing something by removing it for you and won't allow you to do so until payment is received. Everything was allowed to just propogate at will and mix up where ever it landed. I really don't know what all is back in there!
This tank was basically allowed to take care of itself and has thrived (though it can look more like a fuge at times). Can provide old pics of some stuff for comparison.
because of this, you'll have to pick "groups" of things. Each rock or colony has more than one color of a coral and usually more than one type of coral (zoas and shrooms for example). People who want the large show pieces of LR with all the different things (BTA, clam, zoas, rics, etc on one piece!!!) WILL GET PRIORITY over all other inquiries for individual specimens on the same rock. However, I do have some colonies of unique colors that have very few other specimens attached.
But, all livestock is extremely healthy and resilliant. I scrubbed off a bunch of brown hairy mushrooms, green star polyps, and clove polyp with a wire brush and they're back in force a few months later. Some of the BTAs have gone through the plumbing to the sump more than once (within a few days)...they just split afterwards instead of dying. Basically I can't keep ANY of soft coral growth rates under control and anemones will grow/split as fast as you can feed them!
If you want the reef equipment WITH all the livestock, checkout the equipment list on the other thread and let me know. It would definitely be better for the tank if it all stayed together.
*******My tank is infested with bubble algae******** be warned. I just haven't taken the time to clean it up. prices will take this into account. I've also let a couple of types of macro algae get all in the rocks out of preference (looks natural). So all livestock must be considered fully infested with bubble algae and other macro algae. I do have one macro that's like a fern if somebody is into collecting the stuff.
edit......by the way....shipping is your problem (pay for it, tell me what to do, and I'll follow it to the letter)....I prefer to meet up with people and have them grab the livestock themself (willing to drive maybe 50 miles or so depending on deal reached).
Also have a 40G setup that can go. will describe in pms since I can't desribe both the equipment and livestock living in it.
__________________
Angels don't have 2 wings...they have 4 legs.
Hobby Experience: 135 reef, 2003; second 135 reef coming in 2006
Current Tanks: Reef:135, 140# mixed LR, 2" aragonite sand bed, 2x 250W MH @ 10,00K, 320W actinic VHO, Lifreef Berlin system: emphasis on shrooms, zoas, BTAs, clowns, tangs
Pamela
New member
Morning Tuan, we've got 3 others who are going to pick out one and we will be keeping 3 but we have around 16 . The really big ones over 1 foot, we want 100.00 and for the med 6" or so we want 50.00. We really don't have any that you would consider small at the moment but that can easily change when we start pulling some out. Pamela
Lazyreefer
Premium Member
Tuan,
You may not have the room but I promise you will want a big one!
Doug
You may not have the room but I promise you will want a big one!
Doug
