Let's see your biggest rock nems!!!

[fl3xlinton]

I wanna see the biggest rock nems y’all got!!! I’m curious to see how big they get cuz I got a huge ugly one and a few small good looking ones. Lol

 

[Peace River]

@Ron Reefman - can you help with this question about RFAs?

 

[fl3xlinton]

@Ron Reefman - can you help with this question about RFAs?

Not really a question I just wanna see folks biggest rfas

 

[Ron Reefman]

I'll see if I can get any good photos when my lights are on later today. Right now mine are just getting settled in and acclimated to a new tank.

Just to be clear, size has nothing to do with how colorful or good looking a RFA can be. I know that isn't what you meant to imply, but I just wanted to make the point.

I've had several of mine for 5 years or more and the biggest ones are a rainbow and a couple of other bright colorful ones. They have given me 3 rounds of babies and now I have about 35 small ones along with a few others I've bought. Those big original RFAs are about 3" to 4" in diameter (just a guess).

We (my wife and I) snorkel in the Florida Keys a lot and we have a favorite spot to see lots of RFAs. Unfortunately, it's in shallow water which is 99.99% less colorful, but sometimes with attractive patterns, RFAs. This tiny island is only 100' or so in diameter and the water is only 2' to 3' deep, but 1/2 to 3/4's of the circumference of the island drops vertically into the water and that vertical wall is loaded with RFAs of all sizes. I'd guess the biggest ones are about 5" in diameter. I did find and collect one small one there that is rather plain looking overall, but has some blue coloration which made it quite different. But unlike all the really colorful RFAs, this one and most of the shallow water RFAs don't fluoresce much at all. Maybe some green, but the off whites, tan, brown and blacks don't fluoresce. But they do make some patterns that are quite different than what we see in the colorful, deeper water RFAs. I'd just like to get a hybrid of one with great colors and one with cool pattern to breed and give me some new looks!

This is my old 40g tank that I tore down recently.

The multi colored one (right) and the one with the orange disk have been the parents to most of the kids I have.

These are a few of the babies tucked in by the parents (at the edges of the photo).

 

[homer1475]

I have several also with a couple of them being around 5 inches. Again like you I have several that are large and "ugly", and several small ones that fluoresce. I have several babies too, and they typically resemble their parents, with the occasional one being brightly colored.

My lights are out right now, but I will post a couple pics when I get home from work.

 

[fl3xlinton]

I'll see if I can get any good photos when my lights are on later today. Right now mine are just getting settled in and acclimated to a new tank.

Just to be clear, size has nothing to do with how colorful or good looking a RFA can be. I know that isn't what you meant to imply, but I just wanted to make the point.

I've had several of mine for 5 years or more and the biggest ones are a rainbow and a couple of other bright colorful ones. They have given me 3 rounds of babies and now I have about 35 small ones along with a few others I've bought. Those big original RFAs are about 3" to 4" in diameter (just a guess).

We (my wife and I) snorkel in the Florida Keys a lot and we have a favorite spot to see lots of RFAs. Unfortunately, it's in shallow water which is 99.99% less colorful, but sometimes with attractive patterns, RFAs. This tiny island is only 100' or so in diameter and the water is only 2' to 3' deep, but 1/2 to 3/4's of the circumference of the island drops vertically into the water and that vertical wall is loaded with RFAs of all sizes. I'd guess the biggest ones are about 5" in diameter. I did find and collect one small one there that is rather plain looking overall, but has some blue coloration which made it quite different. But unlike all the really colorful RFAs, this one and most of the shallow water RFAs don't fluoresce much at all. Maybe some green, but the off whites, tan, brown and blacks don't fluoresce. But they do make some patterns that are quite different than what we see in the colorful, deeper water RFAs. I'd just like to get a hybrid of one with great colors and one with cool pattern to breed and give me some new looks!

This is my old 40g tank that I tore down recently.

The multi colored one (right) and the one with the orange disk have been the parents to most of the kids I have.

These are a few of the babies tucked in by the parents (at the edges of the photo).

Them are some nice ones! I’m just getting into rfas I only have 4. I love my hammers

 

[fl3xlinton]

I have several also with a couple of them being around 5 inches. Again like you I have several that are large and "ugly", and several small ones that fluoresce. I have several babies too, and they typically resemble their parents, with the occasional one being brightly colored.

My lights are out right now, but I will post a couple pics when I get home from work.

My big one now I think is dying soon his mouth is huge and white I’m not sure what it means but he’s about 5 inches

 

[Ron Reefman]

My big one now I think is dying soon his mouth is huge and white I’m not sure what it means but he’s about 5 inches

Do NOT rush to judgement on whether it's dying or not. Nems are know for some unusual behaviors. They will occasionally push their insides out through their mouth and then pull it back in and be perfectly OK. And sometimes this process can take a day or more.

 

[fl3xlinton]

Do NOT rush to judgement on whether it's dying or not. Nems are know for some unusual behaviors. They will occasionally push their insides out through their mouth and then pull it back in and be perfectly OK. And sometimes this process can take a day or more.

He’s been like that for a while. I’ve seen him go completely inside out before he looked real nasty. Lol his mouth just looks like that big one you showed up top.

 

[mandarinn]

my rock flower is about 4-5” and sticks it’s mouth out all the time and seems perfectly fine

 

[fl3xlinton]

my rock flower is about 4-5” and sticks it’s mouth out all the time and seems perfectly fine

That’s a pretty one

 

[steallife904]

I have seen these many times and almost jumped on one. Worried about there sting next to another coral??? Will they kill anything they touch? And will they move around the tank like other anemones?

 

[Admann]

I have seen these many times and almost jumped on one. Worried about there sting next to another coral??? Will they kill anything they touch? And will they move around the tank like other anemones?

They irritate anything they touch (nearby soft corals) in my tank. They haven't killed anything.

 

[mandarinn]

That’s a pretty one

I scored that from a local Petco for $20 lol they gave me the rock it was on too

 

[ca1ore]

Really spectacular. If you ever decide to sell any of the babies …..

 

[Daniel@R2R]

I'll see if I can get any good photos when my lights are on later today. Right now mine are just getting settled in and acclimated to a new tank.

Just to be clear, size has nothing to do with how colorful or good looking a RFA can be. I know that isn't what you meant to imply, but I just wanted to make the point.

I've had several of mine for 5 years or more and the biggest ones are a rainbow and a couple of other bright colorful ones. They have given me 3 rounds of babies and now I have about 35 small ones along with a few others I've bought. Those big original RFAs are about 3" to 4" in diameter (just a guess).

We (my wife and I) snorkel in the Florida Keys a lot and we have a favorite spot to see lots of RFAs. Unfortunately, it's in shallow water which is 99.99% less colorful, but sometimes with attractive patterns, RFAs. This tiny island is only 100' or so in diameter and the water is only 2' to 3' deep, but 1/2 to 3/4's of the circumference of the island drops vertically into the water and that vertical wall is loaded with RFAs of all sizes. I'd guess the biggest ones are about 5" in diameter. I did find and collect one small one there that is rather plain looking overall, but has some blue coloration which made it quite different. But unlike all the really colorful RFAs, this one and most of the shallow water RFAs don't fluoresce much at all. Maybe some green, but the off whites, tan, brown and blacks don't fluoresce. But they do make some patterns that are quite different than what we see in the colorful, deeper water RFAs. I'd just like to get a hybrid of one with great colors and one with cool pattern to breed and give me some new looks!

This is my old 40g tank that I tore down recently.

The multi colored one (right) and the one with the orange disk have been the parents to most of the kids I have.

These are a few of the babies tucked in by the parents (at the edges of the photo).

Those are beautiful!

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

My green monstrosity. Finally had to share with another reefer. So what do I do? Get an elegance that’s a monstrosity to replace it.

 

[Jason mack]

I have 6 ..you can just see the bit of red on the right ...hes not doing so well ...but hes been hiding in the rocks just about hanging in there...love rock flowers ...definitely getting more

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Here’s my biggest. About 4” diameter

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

And here’s my prettiest!