S. tapetum

[crsaz]

any body have experience with these guys? I know they grow fast but what are there light requirments? I want to pic up a few different color specimens as my lfs has them for $12(decent price from what I've seen) but I only want a few in my tank so I was thinking of making a "basket" out of acrylic and hanging it inside my sump to put the "babies" when they split. but my question is will 3 20w 65k cfl flood light bulbs 120w equiv. rated at 1250 lumens each be sufficient to maintain these anemone's?

 

[Coral Hind]

The required care as far as lighting and flow is basically the same as any other anemone. I feed mine small shrimp pellets a few times a week but any small sized food a few times a week will work.

 

[traveller7]

crsaz,

Are you looking at the 1-2" specimens or the 4-5" specimens? While the larger variant will divide under severe stress or a knife, the small ones divide consistently.

In my tanks, the larger variant has gone for years without a division cycle.

 

[crsaz]

the smaller 1-2" guys

 

[traveller7]

In my experience, the small ones move around all over the place

Not sure how you would "put" babies in a basket, unless they move up the glass, rubble, etc.

 

[crsaz]

I have made an acrylic "basket" the can hang in my refugium so if/when they start multiplying like rabbits I can move them to the refugium

 

[OrionN]

The smaller are very small and seem insignificant unless it is is a nano or small tank. They do reproduce by fission often. I have a larger green on that is exceptional, but it have not divided for the last 6 months or so.

 

[drtrash]

Had one eat a prize Onyx so may have to make a choice, very sticky Hombre

 

[crsaz]

all I've got is a cheap fire fish and a damsel so I really dont care if either one gets eaten