well mine likes to eat so i'd feed it if you want some decent growth, I got a new one about 3 months ago that started about 1" and now it has to be around 6" feeding really helps with growth.
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What are you feeding yours?well mine likes to eat so i'd feed it if you want some decent growth, I got a new one about 3 months ago that started about 1" and now it has to be around 6" feeding really helps with growth.
well mine likes to eat so i'd feed it if you want some decent growth, I got a new one about 3 months ago that started about 1" and now it has to be around 6" feeding really helps with growth.
Ok, so i received three rock flowers. I ordered two zebra's and one red, nothing special just simple plain colors. The zebra were listed as mixed color.
All three have settled in and opened but the two zebras are white. I know that usually can be a bad sign, and I'm sure right now it's because they are stressed from being shipped. Question is, how long before I start to worry about them? How long do you think i should give before they start to color up a little? Below is a pic, not a great one but better than nothing.
Can you get a pic under more white lighting? Some just have white ruffles. Some of mine have them white.
All three have settled in and opened but the two zebras are white. I know that usually can be a bad sign, and I'm sure right now it's because they are stressed from being shipped.
Question is, how long before I start to worry about them? How long do you think i should give before they start to color up a little? Below is a pic, not a great one but better than nothing.
Rock Flower Anemones can come white. When your rock flower anemones turn transparent, that is usually a sick anemone. It doesn't necessarily mean too much light or too little from my experience. I keep about 40 specimens.
They usually don't color up beyond what they are born with. You won't see a white zebra stripe RFA turn rainbow. Their are sick anemones that do lose their color. I received one from a friend last year that went black/brown and it took a year before the colors fully returned to a bright orange. I usually wait a week before feeding new rock flower anemones. A healthy anemone will grab food very quickly while a sick anemone will respond extremely slow to food and at times may not respond at all. Also said:My plan is to do a nano tank with nothing but rock anemones later, I still think they are the neatest looking creature ever. I did some research but there always seems to be more questions. That's why I didn't get anything exotic the first time. Thank you for the advice on the waiting a week, I will do just that. One question I've had the whole time is, how big a piece of food can they have? I have mysis and brine shrimp right now, but thought about getting regular shrimp and cutting them up for them. But I wasn't sure how small to cut the pieces.
thanks again for chiming in, these guys are awesome.
My plan is to do a nano tank with nothing but rock anemones later, I still think they are the neatest looking creature ever. I did some research but there always seems to be more questions. That's why I didn't get anything exotic the first time. Thank you for the advice on the waiting a week, I will do just that. One question I've had the whole time is, how big a piece of food can they have? I have mysis and brine shrimp right now, but thought about getting regular shrimp and cutting them up for them. But I wasn't sure how small to cut the pieces.
thanks again for chiming in, these guys are awesome.
sorry screwed that double quote up on that.
Those are beautiful. Good advice on the food, I'll stick to mysis and brine. I'll take another pic tonight and post them.
I placed the smallest one in a hole in the middle of the rock and the two zebras buried their selves in between the rock and sand. I started looking into rock anemones because of the reputation of not moving much. Since then I've just really grown to like these guys.
My cleaner shrimp is going to get it one day if he doesn't quit messing with them lol. The two white ones are well over 2" when they are opened up, strange feeling they could snatch him up if they wanted to.
It only takes one small mistake and he'll be a goner.