Trying to keep a collection of anemones. Just need a Sherman..
Lets be safe.
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Lets be safe.
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pga7602
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That's beautiful. How big is your tank?
christygirl
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Untico,
That is really cool. Have you had problems with the anemones moving and / or stinging each other? It looks like you have some nice coral in there as well....
My single RBT is huge and it really doesn't move, but, it is so big, that it has killed off the edges of my frogskin...
Just wondering and again, really nice collection...
Randy
I'm by no means an anemone expert as BTA's have really started to get fancy names and IDs within the past few years. I've had my RBTA since 2005 before all the fancy names and a few people have ID'd it as a Sherman. Depending on lighting, the tentacle and base will shift in color. I've had mine under power compacts (yes, you read correctly) and MH and color intensity of tentacles and base always improved whenever I replace with new bulbs. What color is the foot?
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I think the high flow helps to keep them in place. I try to stick their foot in a crevice or I'll make with one with a couple of rocks and glue them, then I place the nem and they never move and if the start I try to push them back with an acrylic rod, usually that's all it takes. It scares them [emoji317] As for stinging each other, my Orange nems killed my first two greens that I introduced, but never bothered my red anemone that my friend thinks it's a Sherman? then I introduced some Rainbows and they bleached to almost white but I continued feeding them and they recovered. After that the fighting is over and I've introduced 3 green anemones and 5 rainbows. Now I have two babies not sure what type that look bleached but they're recovering and I'm sure they'll make it. One thing is for sure my nems never Split??
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I think the high flow helps to keep them in place. I try to stick their foot in a crevice or I'll make with one with a couple of rocks and glue them, then I place the nem and they never move and if the start I try to push them back with an acrylic rod, usually that's all it takes. It scares them [emoji317] As for stinging each other, my Orange nems killed my first two greens that I introduced, but never bothered my red anemone that my friend thinks it's a Sherman? then I introduced some Rainbows and they bleached to almost white but I continued feeding them and they recovered. After that the fighting is over and I've introduced 3 green anemones and 5 rainbows. Now I have two babies not sure what type that look bleached but they're recovering and I'm sure they'll make it. One thing is for sure my nems never Split??
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My display is 8 feet long, and the whole system total water volume 400 gal
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Glad to be of help [emoji1]. Let us know what you get
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gveng
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Going to keep it simple. Probably a red bubble tip.
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My tank crashed in November and killed my previous batch of anemones, only a tiny Sherman and a rainbow survived and I started adding nems after that once tank settle (magnets from Ocean Motion unit) all the clowns and just about all the fish and lps and sps for sure. When the Sherman started growing I added three small orange anemones. After that every time I added a rainbow they would all bleach but would survive so I used to lame the orange ones but now some people tell that Sherman's are tough in Chemical warfare. The first couple of greens that I added only one made it after it bleached . I stopped carbon since a couple of Blue tangs that survived the crash developed real bad lateral line disease and I didn't want to make things worse for them. I started using Purigen and that's it.
So Now I have 1 Sherman
3 Orange nems
3 Greens
8-10 Rainbows
Looking for a Red RBTA
Anyone in the Inland Empire!
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My tank crashed in November and killed my previous batch of anemones, only a tiny Sherman and a rainbow survived and I started adding nems after that once tank settle (magnets from Ocean Motion unit) all the clowns and just about all the fish and lps and sps for sure. When the Sherman started growing I added three small orange anemones. After that every time I added a rainbow they would all bleach but would survive so I used to lame the orange ones but now some people tell that Sherman's are tough in Chemical warfare. The first couple of greens that I added only one made it after it bleached . I stopped carbon since a couple of Blue tangs that survived the crash developed real bad lateral line disease and I didn't want to make things worse for them. I started using Purigen and that's it.
So Now I have 1 Sherman
3 Orange nems
3 Greens
8-10 Rainbows
Looking for a Red RBTA
Anyone in the Inland Empire!
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