Rock Flower Anemone - Any Tips on Care? Really want to Breed / Spawn them Can I mix them with other
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Nope.
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They don't get huge and are not aggressive. I can't imagine they would eat fish unless the tiny fish laid in it and stayed still!
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They would never hurt a fish.
I have 2 and also a RBTA. in my opinion they are the easiest anemone to keep. Just put them in the sand bed at the base of a rock and let them attack their foot. If they don't like where they are they will move
Some people have had luck with them making babies. If you feed them a good amount then you might get lucky
Hope this helps
I have 2 and also a RBTA. in my opinion they are the easiest anemone to keep. Just put them in the sand bed at the base of a rock and let them attack their foot. If they don't like where they are they will move
Some people have had luck with them making babies. If you feed them a good amount then you might get lucky
Hope this helps
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I feed mine coral boom or ground up mysis shrimp until they are big enough to take regular mysis. They say you don't have to feed them, but they do much better and grow faster if you do. They don't hurt anything, rarely move. Mine produced 3 babies...
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I had an invasive Rock Anemeone, and had to cut it off the rock. I got 2 from AQUASD in March. Both haven't moved much. I was told by AQUASD that it takes between 4-5 years in perfect water to reproduce
I purchased from a diver in the keys last summer. I got several rather large ones and an assortment of others and purchased a few more retail. I think I have about 19 total now. But I had babies this spring. I think I had 6 in one batch and about 3 or 4 about a month later.
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I wish. I'm sure you will find someone local to rehome them to.
Those photos do look a bit ... saturated ... but rock flowers can be pretty eye-popping in person!
I've got seven or eight of them, all of which are doing well except the two most "ultra" colored ones. Go figure! The others all eat, bask and grow. So far, I've lost no fish to rock flowers or to maxi-mini carpets, of which I've got five - but had a green mandarin get stung and killed by a 1.5" "Bali Bloodred" carpet anemone. Tiny thing, looks like red velvet with a green mouth, and no way could it ever consume a mandy . . . or even a neon goby. :-/
~Bruce
I've got seven or eight of them, all of which are doing well except the two most "ultra" colored ones. Go figure! The others all eat, bask and grow. So far, I've lost no fish to rock flowers or to maxi-mini carpets, of which I've got five - but had a green mandarin get stung and killed by a 1.5" "Bali Bloodred" carpet anemone. Tiny thing, looks like red velvet with a green mouth, and no way could it ever consume a mandy . . . or even a neon goby. :-/
~Bruce
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I'm interested. How many do you have? I'd like to see what colors you have and how much you want for them... (rock anemones)
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I had an invasive Rock Anemeone, and had to cut it off the rock. I got 2 from AQUASD in March. Both haven't moved much. I was told by AQUASD that it takes between 4-5 years in perfect water to reproduce
How big did they get to get invasive?
Hi I bought two rock anemones about a year ago, each 2-3" in diameter. I started off feeding them mysis, but haven't directly fed them in over 6 months now. They are now about 3-5" in diameter depending on the day. Have never moved after I placed them on thier rocks. They just recently spawned and created approximately 20-30 new rock flower anemones. I would say the only thing necessary for breeding is good water parameters and a scheduled lighting system. Other than that, I think my spawning numbers were so high because they are relatively close to each other. Also you have to have a male and female to spawn, so not just any two rock flower anemones can spawn. The babies mostly stick near the mother anemone, although there are some that float to other spots in tank. I even have one that made it to the sump. I will post pictures shortly.
P.s. rock flower anemones do not eating living fish unless they are stupid fish haha, but shrimp are easily eaten by the rock anemones. Especially when directly feeding anemone, the shrimp will come try to steal food and end up getting stuck and eaten.
P.s. rock flower anemones do not eating living fish unless they are stupid fish haha, but shrimp are easily eaten by the rock anemones. Especially when directly feeding anemone, the shrimp will come try to steal food and end up getting stuck and eaten.
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Thanks for the good info.... Heres a pic of mine.... I have had him for about a month.
here is a better pic under the blue lights......
here is a better pic under the blue lights......
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he's pretty small. Hasnt moved since I placed him on the rock.
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I had about 10 and then I got about 20 babies at once. The babies grew to about 1/2 dime size, then all the babies and all but 3 of my others just disappeared. Not sure what happened. My 3 shrimp aggravate them to death as I feed them every day with mysis shrimp. My emerald crabs disappeared. As far as I know I only have 1 yellow tang, a miniature angel fish, 2 clowns, a leopord wrasse, 3 dragonets, 1 filefish and 3 shrimp..
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