Rose anenome

[SLOreefer]

hey guys well i got my rose anenome and am kinda scared of what is going to happen. heres the story.

I go to work and find out some leady has just given us 4 rose anenomes. 3 are huge and one is the size of a quarter. i decide i will take it home, she found it in her sump so it is a little belached. i decde to leave it under my works lighting to make sure it is ok. next day seems fine so i take it home. i bring it home and put it in my tank. it attached to the rock and opened up, then my peppermint finds it and starts attacking it, i get he shripm out but the rose detached from the rock and fell behind everything. lost it for 3 days and now i found it and brought it back out front. no more shrimp but the anenome is somewhat bleached. what should i do? any recommendations? should i start feeding it solid food or maybe something for filter feeders? any help would be great and please no bashing for having an anenome in a nano as i intend to setup an anenome and clown only tank asap.

[tinyreef]

friggin shrimps and crabs!  

i'd just leave it alone right now.  not too much current but it should have some, not enough to move the whole animal a 'light breeze' as someone just mentioned in another post.  do you dose with any protein mixes?  i used kent's coral accel when mine was shreded accidently by a rio powerhead.  

friggin powerheads!

 

(Edited by tinyreef at 10:04 am on July 4, 2002)

[eferna]

Has the clown taken it up as a host? Send us some pics of the anenome. I wish you best of luck with it. Keep us posted on your success. From what I heard about anenomes they like to move around a lot, so by moving it to one place they may just end up moving to another. You can try putting them in a place with current and stong light and hopefully they will stay there. How long have you had the anenome? You can try giving it a small piece of shrimp or whatever was fed to them initially.

[cal3v]

Yeah it wil move where it wants, then it will stay where it wants when it finds a good spot. Try feeding it a piece of shrimp the size of a pencil eraser, just good ol' raw shrimp from the supermarket. They really like that. That should energize him up a bit. And btw, if that lady gives you any more rose bta's, PLEASE contact me. I'd love one.

[SLOreefer]

my clown doesnt seem interested but the anenome is very small...it is the size of a quarter fully open. im going to try and get my perc to take it as a host once it grows a bit. i have only had it about a week now but about 5 of the days ive had it, it was behind my rocks with no light. it has moved aaround and now seems to have found a spot with its foot under a ledge so he can poke his head out. it is opening up alot more now and i have been feeding it mysis shrimp. ill get pics as soon as i get a camera. probably not that much longer.

[cal3v]

Good to hear its doing good. Care to hook me up if/when it splits or that lady brings in more? Where do you work at, btw? A LFS?

[SLOreefer]

i work at Aquarium concepts in Hayward. if i get more ill post them up here. Nanoreefer53 got to me first so he has first dibs but you can be second in line if i get any. mine is so small i dont think it will split anytime soon. i might set up a bigger tank and try and raise them so i can sell and trade but thats a ways down the road. but for sure ill let everyone know. right now there are 2 at the store for 100 dollars. they are about 4-5 inches wide. we also have some others but they are huge and like 200 dollars.

[cal3v]

Cool, you work at AC. Maybe I'll see you there sometime. I have got to get one of those fiji devil damsels. Those things are awesome.

[davsreef]

I hope all goes well, but maybe you need more light? Mine love my 2x400mh's, not to say you would need that in your tank. I am getting ready to transfer mine to thier own tank, I have 3 now with splits. Mine also like shrimp(with the shell), and silversides. just keep feeding it, I found a lta that disapeared 4mo ago and it is getting bigger  all the time.

 

GOOD LUCK

Dave