True Rose anemone

paytonv

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Anyone know of a place where i can find a "true rose" anemone? I have seen lots lately that are listed as rose anemones that really aren't true roses. Do the ture rose anems come from Bali? The one that I would like to get is the deep red with dark almost black tentacle base. Any help would greatly be appreciated.
 
It would be best to wait till your tank is established at least 8 months to a year, as i see you are a beginner i would hold off till you can keep your tank stable and parameters in check.
 
What criminal said. ;)
If your tag line is accurate it is MUCH too early to buy an anemone. Unless this tank was set-up and running before and you bought the whole thing and just transfered it to your residence.
-imo
 
My reef has been setup since early Feb and everything in there is thriving. All water perameters are where they need to be. I already have a rose anem in there that's been given to me and in the tank and thriving for over a month. I would like to sell that one or exchange for partial credit for a much nicer deeper colored one. Nice roses are definitely hard to come by.
 
There are no "true rose" anemones. I know sometimes they get advertised that way, but roses just come in a very large variety of colors. There are some that are deep red, there are some that are cheetos orange, copper w/yellow tips, more pink than red, brick red, red half way down, red all the way to the disk, some that look red in one person's tank and brown in another. Any and all can have tan, red or purple bases. Most of them will not look the same after a year in your tank as they did when you bought them.

Some really nice ones come from Bali, so do some pretty pathetic ones. I saw a couple tanks full of "true roses" from Bali a couple weeks ago and they looked exactly like the greenish base, pale pink tip (soon to be brown) rose anemones that flooded the market a few years back.

I know the color you are looking for. The dark tentacle base is more a function of the anemone's condition that anything else. I have seen anemones that come in like that lose that dark base in a week or so in a retailer's tank.

The color you are looking for is very hard to come by and usually fetches a pretty hefty price ($150 - $300) in online stores and even LFSs.

Your best bet is to find someone local who has one that splits. I know the SoCal Reefers forum here allows "want to buy" posts. I don't know if the other local club forums do, but that would be your best chance to find what you want. If nothing else do a "Let me see your Rose Anemones" post in the Orlando area forum and then privately contact the person with the one you like best.
 
We don't even know the details of the tank or his history... jeez. Anemones can be added much sooner that 6 months ... lol. I've seen additon in one day that lead to a thriving system. Too many variables for all encompassing rules. I could hardly imagine a 6 month old tank that couldn't take a BTA ... unless the guy bought all TBS deco rock and ran it at 94 deg. with no light until now....

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10556985#post10556985 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Criminal#58369
It would be best to wait till your tank is established at least 8 months to a year, as i see you are a beginner i would hold off till you can keep your tank stable and parameters in check.

For the question at hand, I agree that it would be good to start a WTB thread. I would also contact reputable vendors and see if they have a supplier who regularly has them ... same with your LFSs.
 
Phender and EJ,

I want to say thanks for your replies. I will definitely take your advice and post in Orlando forum. Hopefully, I will be able to get in touch with someone who has an anemone that produces nice colored clones. I know these types of anems are very hard to come by. I have recently been to some LFS and have seen rose anems come in but most are a dull brown color.

Here is a really nice one...
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That is a nice one, but realize that it is not fully expanded. When the tentacles are fully expanded the color becomes much more washed out.

This is not a rose, but it illustrates what I mean.
Contracted with almost purplish tentacles and green tips.
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Expanded with mostly brownish tentacles with barely noticable green tips.
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how do you expect a nem with a green base and pink tips turn brown? i have one and the pink tips are getting deeper red.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10562748#post10562748 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tripinpn01
how do you expect a nem with a green base and pink tips turn brown? i have one and the pink tips are getting deeper red.

Because a lot of them do/did. Ask around. That is why we have the "true rose" term in the first place. The green faded when the anemones expanded all the way and so did the pink.
I am glad your's is not one of those.
 
ok ok. i guess you mean the different coloration when they fully expand. i get it, and i'm also glad i mine isn't one of those.
 
That was a pic of my first rose anem. That was the nicest one I've ever come accross. May she rest in peace. I came back from vacation to find out that my newly purchased Sunpod 150 HQI had shorted out and consequently lost my rose along with some nice milleporas due to lack of light. Phender, you have some cool pics of some very nice anemones that i haven't seen before. I really like the Blueberry BTA and the copper anem.

Also, one other question..hopefully someone will know this one. i have tried researching why BTAs go from Bubble shaped tips to almost elongated tips which never bubble up. Some say lack of light or food. My rose for instance is well fed (alternate marine cuisine and mysis 3-4 times a week). My anem seems to prefer lower light and has settled in lower light part of tank and fully expands when the dawn/dusk light are on and halides are off. The only other thing could be that temps may be a little high. 79-80 at night and up to 82 during the day.
 
The little copper colored one is real, and I like it too. The blueberry was photoshopped as a joke, I need to take it out of my gallery.

Nobody seems to know what causes the bubble tips vs. elongated. Everytime somebody comes up with a hypothesis, someone else comes up with evidence to the contrary.

Are you ready for my new hypothesis? I think it might be related to how far the anemone has to stretch its base back to find an attachment. If they keep their column is compact then their tentacles tend to stay compact as well.

I'll start another thread for that in a couple days, but I will likely have people whose anemones don't follow that idea either.
 
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