Sir, I am going to chime in. I am thinking about trying to get a healthy population going and would like your input.
My plan is to get a 3 gallon tank with a small pump and heater. I'll use this to grow my Aptasia. Unfortunately I have some in my tank so I should be able to get them going. In a few months I figure I should have enough Aptasia to get the Berghia.
I figured I would buy 3-4 Berghias. Not sure what I will keep them in. How important is temperature? From what I read here so far something smaller might be ideal. I was thinking another 2-3 gallon tank but that might be too big.
If I add a few Aptasia every day or every other day, I am hoping it would be enough for the adults I get to lay eggs. Do you manually transfer the eggs to a smaller container when you see them? How are you raising the aptasia to feed them, and do you just look for tiny ones to put in the containers with the eggs? How does one identify "tiny" Aptasia to feed the babies upon hatching?
Overall the process sounds simple, but it probably isn't :).
My overall plan is to get some adults and maybe hatch a crew of babies and set them free in my 120 to deal with the Apatasia. If I can keep a few for a farm so be it. Is it hard to keep adults alive? It seems like keeping enough Aptasia is the limiting factor from what I've read. Though if that were the case, because they multiply too quickly, couldn't you just remove eggs and/or babies so you raise much smaller batches?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
