Rock Flower Anemone Information and Appreciation Thread

[kazoofish]

Well I pulled the trigger. One more left on ebay!!

[FlowerMama]

Well I pulled the trigger. One more left on ebay!!

 

I haven't checked anything in a loooong time, not eBay or VIPReef, anything- I bought so many before and with the tank equipment I have no room on my credit card. I had a spawning right before I moved the nems down to the basement 60 so I'm hoping something came out of it.

[Tamberav]

Do RFA really come in patterns like that? So cool!

 

The stripes remind me of a Warty Anenome or Gem anenome.

 

[FlowerMama]

I've never seen them striped myself.

[keydiver]

Keydiver can you confirm that is really an RFA from your dives? Or, at least a Caribbean/Florida anemone?

I can't although they show up once in a while down here. I believe it's a RFA due to the shape of the tentacles (The similar species seem to be more haphazard). I've only ever seen two that look like the one in the picture so who knows, it could be mislabeled as it happens at the time

[cindyp]

love this thread! i just got two yesterday for my new 8g nano

and i might have room for a third if all goes well

with these first two. i'd LOVE a deep red one

for sure.

 

here is my "cheaper" RFA.

 

 

and here's the expensive orange tri-color one. when the

light is on, it's smaller like this, wedged into the rock.

 

 

after i turned off the tank lights, it opened up like below.

then this morning, i noticed when it was open, but when i

turned on the lights, it sort of squished back again.

do you think i should move it to a more shaded area? it

is fully exposed to light right now.

 

 

i will be trying to feed them mysis shrimp for the first time

today!

[cindyp]

so my first feeding went very well.

though it was challenging using the pipette

i had. the turkey baster was simply too big.

i had to get something in between.

 

the orange one took maybe 4-5 pieces of

small mysis shrimp and the bigger one ate

maybe 3? but i'm glad they ate.

 

i plan on feeding once a week.

[Spiderguardnano]

so my first feeding went very well.

though it was challenging using the pipette

i had. the turkey baster was simply too big.

i had to get something in between.

 

the orange one took maybe 4-5 pieces of

small mysis shrimp and the bigger one ate

maybe 3? but i'm glad they ate.

 

i plan on feeding once a week.

 

since your tank is small try to feed a day before your water change

[cindyp]

since your tank is small try to feed a day before your water change

 

great idea! at this point, i'm actually a little afraid

i don't have enough nutrients in there! ha! but i'm sure

that tune will change soon. i've no fish, so the feedings

are limited in this tank.

 

my sexy shrimps also ran off with some of the mysis

shrimps. i won't judge them for their cannibalism.

[supernip]

are you gunning for the AquaSD sale too?

[cindyp]

are you gunning for the AquaSD sale too?

 

like a mother. =)

 

i got two cheapo pieces.

help me please. i have an 8g

with 6g of space and keep

buying corals.

 

no bueno.

 

what about you????? did you buy anything???

[supernip]

I generally wait and email them all at the same time. I might pick up a few rock nems. Stay away from the santa claus one, thanks

 

 

but if you wanna be my sugar mama, I can keep them your pieces in my tank and take phone pictures for you once in a while. I'm cute to boot

[cindyp]

I generally wait and email them all at the same time. I might pick up a few rock nems. Stay away from the santa claus one, thanks

 

 

but if you wanna be my sugar mama, I can keep them your pieces in my tank and take phone pictures for you once in a while. I'm cute to boot

 

selfies with your "sponsored" corals?

bwhahaha

i totally want a red rock

anemone. must stop madness.

good luck and have fun!

[FlowerMama]

so my first feeding went very well.

though it was challenging using the pipette

i had. the turkey baster was simply too big.

i had to get something in between.

 

the orange one took maybe 4-5 pieces of

small mysis shrimp and the bigger one ate

maybe 3? but i'm glad they ate.

 

i plan on feeding once a week.

 

You don't even need a pipette if you don't want. Make sure hands clean and just drop them onto their tentacles. They won't hurt you.

[cindyp]

You don't even need a pipette if you don't want. Make sure hands clean and just drop them onto their tentacles. They won't hurt you.

 

that's what i wound up doing half the time.

thank you for rec and letting me know it's okay.

honestly, i stick my hand in the tank more than

i should. ha! but then, i'm getting new frags and

i do too when i feed the shrimps pellets on a long tweezer.

[BulkRate]

I find it's nearly impossible to keep my hands "clean enough"... for anything these days. With our second child over the past two years there's always some kind of sanitary product residue on my hands (diaper cream, wipe cleanser, lotion) still detectable when I go to the tank. When I'm done in the tank, there's always that aquarium water smell unless I scrub down a few layers.

 

Switched to using powder-free nitrile gloves with textured fingertips - so much easier to work on the marine critters (and probably just plain a good idea in general). Snap one on, rinse with RO and off to the races! My dentist is looking into ordering me some with a 15" cuff - that's far enough up the arm to reach the bottom of the tank. Bonus in that they're exam grade - feels almost like bare skin rather than the "bag-like" coralife gloves + still disposable.

 

Tongs will also work for feeding bits to anemones, as will a pair of melamine chopsticks. I use these when I don't have time to putter around with anything else in the tank. So... most of the time, I guess.

 

Those are some beautiful anemones, cindyp. Especially for "starter" finds! Best advice I can give as a smaller tank owner - be choosy and only get the most amazing (to you) things to put in it!

[cindyp]

Those are some beautiful anemones, cindyp. Especially for "starter" finds! Best advice I can give as a smaller tank owner - be choosy and only get the most amazing (to you) things to put in it!

 

great tips, thank you!

i feel you on the baby toddler stuff

always on our hands. that stage of parenting

was definitely challenging. but goes by

fast. enjoy!

 

i really love my flower nems, i think i've already

gone overboard already with my purchases.

the hard part is that i've got ailing corals in my

tank so of course, i want pretty ones that are healthy.

aiiiii. i'm still nursing them though, and hope they'll

get better. two are bleached and i've read it might

take up to 8 months for them to recover.

 

i like the idea of chopsticks, being chinese american

and all. ha! i'm going to look for some good ones

next i'm at the asian market.

[cindyp]

I generally wait and email them all at the same time. I might pick up a few rock nems. Stay away from the santa claus one, thanks

 

so did you buy anything??

i want another flower nem but i better

wait. my tank is beginning to be as populated

a hong kong.

[Pancetta]

These pipettes work great for feeding my RFAs Mysis shrimp.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EFMLQ2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[cindyp]

These pipettes work great for feeding my RFAs Mysis shrimp.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EFMLQ2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

great tip! thank you!!

[famousdan314]

So I was mistaken, I actually own two maxi mini carpet nems and not rfa's. Lol, hopefully they will have some rock flower nems in stock at my LFS soon as I've seen them before usually in red.

[FlowerMama]

So I was mistaken, I actually own two maxi mini carpet nems and not rfa's. Lol, hopefully they will have some rock flower nems in stock at my LFS soon as I've seen them before usually in red.

 

So I was mistaken, I actually own two maxi mini carpet nems and not rfa's. Lol, hopefully they will have some rock flower nems in stock at my LFS soon as I've seen them before usually in red.

 

Red is so common anymore, look for multicolored. I notice they're also wanting too much for just plain red anyway. I'm looking for one day for nature to make me a blue on blue, sky blue with turquoise or something. Right? It's not too much to ask.

[famousdan314]

Red is so common anymore, look for multicolored. I notice they're also wanting too much for just plain red anyway. I'm looking for one day for nature to make me a blue on blue, sky blue with turquoise or something. Right? It's not too much to ask.

 

Nature? Better yet, your RFA's in your awesome RFA tank breed one for you!!

[FlowerMama]

That would be most incredible FamousDan!

[FlowerMama]

I'm thinking of definitely doing the conch but also a harlequin serpent star for the rock flower tank. I think both would be good for the sand, don't ya think? And a small pin cushion urchin or west indian sea egg as they're aggressive algae eaters.