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Wow very nice. What type of anemone are those?

hey there those anemones are what are known as Coastal Australian Waratah anemones, which i have acclimatised to tropical water! yeah the tank is looking ok but i need to do sum more to it LOL

ahhh awesome! on my recent excursion to queenscliff in i saw a couple of those guys! im so going to get a few next time i visit! how did you manage to get a hold of yours?

is that your background or the knockdown on the drywall???

Looks like drywall.

 

I didn't know waratahs can be acclimated to tropical temps... any info/link on your thread regarding how to do this? How long have you had them in warm water?

I have 2 adults & a few babies of those nems but we call them Beadlet anemones over here, i live by the sea and the water is very clean so i colected them myself and accimatised them to tropical water for nearly 2 hours very slowly, they are very happy in my tank now and eat whole prawns and love mussels, BUT and yes there is a but....be prepared for them to have numerous babies! which they pop out whole from their mouth, they are very pretty tho IMO

I had them in my cold water tank(they look the same anyways)! they're awesome! just caught them out of the irish sea;)

Hey all, thanks heaps for your feedback, and yes waratah anemones are very very hardy, in fact they can adapt to variying salinities as they are found in rockpool, of which salinity fluctuates greatly on a daily basis, in conjuction the temperatures of these rockpools also fluctuates due to small volumes of water being exposed to the sun, so these nems can be readily acclimatised to many water condtions and especially tropical water. All one needs to do is perform it slowly possibly using the drip system, if not tho they are used to shock, so its not a big deal if u dnt acclimatise them for prolonged periods before introduction. Another thing about these nems is that they a predominantly asexual live brooders and that is why they spit out clones of themselves every once in a while. Another thing about them is, they dnt take much food from light ie they hav a small concentration of zooxanthellae in their cells, so they have to be fed on plankton, whitebait, prawn, muscle or oyster bits lol anywz hope this info helps. thanks

sweet waratahs

It's amazing how such straightforward simple aquascaping can be so elegant. Fantastic. A++