anthopleura fuscoviridis "antho fusco” aka covid nem

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i'm very excited to have received these two specimens today. i'm not sure how many are still alive here in the u.s. and i was just told there may be no more coming in, as well. we'll see how they do. they are currently housed in a biocube 32g with two clownfish, one starry blenny, one cleaner shrimp and several e.quadricolor. i'll try and update their progress. the main things i'm interested in:

• reproduction (will they spawn?)
• energy - do they contain zooxanthellae? if so, how abundant? will i need to spot feed?
• do they share the same characteristics as other anthopleura species?
• will they host fish or inverts?

if you own or have owned this species, please feel free to add your input.

 

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here’s a different cold water species i was able to convert to tropical water. this lived in one of my reef tanks for several years. i was never able to identify it 100%.

 

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https://www.takuyamorihisa.com/gall.../anthopleura/fuscoviridis/a_fuscoviridis.html

 

[Johnrriddlesr]

Keep me updated if you do successfully get them to reproduce.

 

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Is this the "Rainbow Bottom" anemone??

Tim

 

[Gaufl]

Congratuations on these beautiful specimens!
Try keeping them a little cooler, I think they cant handle the warmer temps.

Keep us updated!

Greetings,
Flo

 

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Is this the "Rainbow Bottom" anemone??

Tim

i guess some people
call it that. i don’t.

 

[Steffnap]

Any updates on these guys? A year later and there's still not a ton of info anywhere. How are you caring for them?

 

[AcroNem]

I'm also curious how these did? I remember arguing quite a bit about these cold water nems after the Advanced Aquarist article, looking forward to an update.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Those are gorgeous. How are they doing? I am guessing you have to feed these guys. Cool creature.